Essential Oil Safety

A Guide for Health Care Professionals

Robert Tisserand, Rodney Young

• Publisher: Churchill Livingstone
• Year: 2013
• Edition: 2
• eBook ISBN:
  9780702054341
• Topic: Medicine
• Subtopic: Alternative & Complementary Medicine

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

Table of contents

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