Essential Oil Safety
eBook - ePub

Essential Oil Safety

A Guide for Health Care Professionals

  1. 800 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Essential Oil Safety

A Guide for Health Care Professionals

About this book

The second edition of this book is virtually a new book. It is the only comprehensive text on the safety of essential oils and the first review of essential oil/drug interactions and provides detailed essential oil constituent data not found in any other text. Much of the existing text has been re-written, and 80% of the text is completely new. There are 400 comprehensive essential oil profiles and almost 4000 references. There are new chapters on the respiratory system, the cardivascular system, the urinary system, the digestive system and the nervous system.For each essential oil there is a full breakdown of constituents, and a clear categorization of hazards and risks, with recommended maximum doses and concentrations. There are also 206 Constituent Profiles.There is considerable discussion of carcinogens, the human relevance of some of the animal data, the validity of treating an essential oil as if it was a single chemical, and the arbitary nature of uncertainty factors. There is a critque of current regulations.The only comprehensive text on the safety of essential oilsThe first review of essential oil/drug interactionsDetailed essential oil constituent data not found in any other textEssential oil safety guidelines400 essential oil profilesFive new chapters305 new essential oil profiles, including Cedarwood, Clary sage, Lavender, Rose, Sandalwood, Tea tree79 new constituent profilesFive new chapters: the respiratory system, the cardiovascular system, the urinary system, the digestive system, the nervous system.Significantly expanded text

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Table of contents

  1. Cover image
  2. Title page
  3. Table of Contents
  4. Biography
  5. Copyright
  6. Foreword
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. First Edition Preface
  9. Second Edition Preface
  10. Chapter 1: Introduction
  11. Chapter 2: Essential oil composition
  12. Chapter 3: Toxicity
  13. Chapter 4: Kinetics and dosing
  14. Chapter 5: The skin
  15. Chapter 6: The respiratory system
  16. Chapter 7: The cardiovascular system
  17. Chapter 8: The urinary system
  18. Chapter 9: The digestive system
  19. Chapter 10: The nervous system
  20. Chapter 11: The reproductive system
  21. Chapter 12: Cancer and the immune system
  22. Chapter 13: Essential oil profiles
  23. Chapter 14: Constituent profiles
  24. Chapter 15: General safety guidelines
  25. Appendix A: Clinical Safety A–Z
  26. Appendix B: Examples of drug substrates for CYP enzymes
  27. Appendix C: Conversion tables for essential oils
  28. Glossary
  29. Abbreviations
  30. Resources
  31. References
  32. Index