Aromatherapy for Health Professionals For Elsevier Commissioning Editor:Karen Morley Development Editor:Louise Allsop Project Manager:Elouise Ball Design:Andrew Chapman Illustrator:Hardlines Studio Illustration Buyer: Gillian Murray Aromatherapy for Health Professionals THIRD EDITION Edited by Shirley Price Cert Ed FISPA MIFA FIAM Hon. Member IFPA Author Practitioner and Lecturer in Aromatherapy, Hinckley, Leicestershire Len Price Cert Ed MIT FISPA FIAM Hon. Member IFPA Author and Lecturer in Aromatherapy, Hinckley, Leicestershire Foreword by HRH The Prince of Wales ©Elsevier Ltd 2007. All rights reserved. The right of Shirley Price and Len Price to be identified as the authors of this work has been asserted in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. 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First Edition 1995 Second Edition 1999 Third Edition 2007 ISBN 10: 0-443-10134-5 ISBN 13: 9780443101342 British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Acatalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Acatalog record for this book is available from the Library of Congress Notice Knowledge and best practice in this field are constantly changing. As new research and experience broaden our knowledge, changes in practice, treatment and drug therapy may become necessary or appropriate. Readers are advised to check the most current information provided (i) on procedures featured or (ii) by the manuf acturer of each product to be administered, to verify the recommended dose or formula, the method and duration of administration, and contraindications. It is the responsibility of the practitioner, relying on their own experience and knowledge of the patient, to make diagnoses, to determine dosages and the best treatment for each individual patient, and to take all appropriate safety precautions. To the fullest extent of the law, neither the Publisher nor the Authors assume any liability for any injury and/or damage to persons or property arising out of or related to any use of the material contained in this book. The Publisher Printed in China v Contents Contributors vii 12. Pregnancy and childbirth 269 Foreword ix 13. Learning disabilities and autism 285 Preface xi Acknowledgements xv 14. Care of the elderly, with particular reference Introduction 1 to dementia 297 15. Palliative and supportive care 313 SECTION 1 Essential oil science 7 SECTION 4 Policy and practice 331 1. The genesis of essential oils 9 2. Chemistry of essential oils 25 16. (Part I) Aromatherapy in the UK 333 (Part II) Aromatherapy within the National 3. (Part I) Quality and safety 43 Health Service 341 (Part II) Power and hazards 61 17. Aromatherapy worldwide 351 4. Traditional use, modern research 77 Appendices, Glossary and Useful SECTION 2 The foundations of practice 137 addresses 381 5. How essential oils enter the body 139 Appendix A 383 6. Hydrolats – the essential waters 155 (Part I) Essential oils for general use in health-care settings 385 7. Touch and massage 165 (Part II) Indications for uses of essential oils 478 8. Aromas, mind and body 199 Appendix B 492 1. Uterotonic oils which facilitate delivery 492 9. Aromatic medicine 219 2. Emmenagogic essential oils 492 3. Disputed emmenagogic oils 492 4. Toxic, neurotoxic and abortive oils not used in SECTION 3 Aromatherapy in context 231 aromatherapy 493 5. Neurotoxic and/or abortive oils occasionally used 10. Aromatherapy and primary health care 233 in aromatherapy 493 11. Stress, including critical care 251 6. Potential skin irritant oils 494 7. Phototoxic oils 494 vi Contents 8. Contact-sensitizing oils 495 Sources to Appendices 521 9. General properties of essential oils 495 Glossary 524 Appendix COccupational Health and Safety 504 Appendix D Essential oil: definition for Useful addresses 528 aromatherapeutic purposes 508 Index 530 References to Appendices 510 vii Contributors Angela Avis MBE MARGN DN Cert PG Dip Ed Christine StaceyMADip HE BSc (Hons) PG Dip Advanced Health Care Practice Complementary Therapies RSCN RN Senior lecturer, Oxford Brookes University Senior lecturer/programme leader, Complementary Therapies, University of Elaine Cooper MIFPALIAM Greenwich Lead complementary therapist for Walsall NHS; aromatologist; teacher Primary Care Trust The Rev. Dr. Robert Stephen BABD MTh (Oxon) FSAScot FIAM Dip Clin Arom Jane CumminsRGN MIFPALDCA Teacher; priest; aromatologist Nurse; aromatherapist Denise Tiran MSc RM RGN ADM PGCEA Jenny Henry Dip Cot MSROT MIFPA Director, Expectancy Ltd; honorary lecturer, Occupational therapist; aromatherapy University of Greenwich, London practitioner Elizabeth Walsh RN (LD) Dip Couns BSc (Hons) Dr William E MordenCChem MRSC Complementary Therapies Consultant specializing in analysis, quality Medway NHS Trust community nurse – post control and chemistry of essential oils diagnostic support Penny PriceM Ed MIFPAMIFAFIAM Sue WhyteRGN RM Cert Ed FE MIFPA Lecturer; Principal, Penny Price Academy; Macmillan lecturer practitioner (retired); aromatologist aromatherapy practitioner – Oncology Unit, Walsgrave Hospital, Coventry This Page Intentionally Left Blank ix Foreword