Essential Oil Safety, 2nd Edition

by Robert Tisserand and Rodney Young

Hardcover

ISBN: 9780443062414

Publication Date: 10-23-2013

Page Count: 800

Imprint: Churchill Livingstone

List Price: $102.99

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Key Features
- The only comprehensive text on the safety of essential oils
- The first review of essential oil/drug interactions
- Detailed essential oil constituent data not found in any other text
- Essential oil safety guidelines
- 400 essential oil profiles
- Five new chapters
New to This Edition
- 305 new essential oil profiles, including Cedarwood, Clary sage, Lavender, Rose, Sandalwood, Tea tree
- 79 new constituent profiles
- Five new chapters: the respiratory system, the cardiovascular system, the urinary system, the digestive system, the nervous system
- Significantly expanded text
Contents

1. Introduction
2. Composition
3. Toxicity
4. Kinetics and dosing
5. The skin
6. The respiratory system
7. The cardiovascular system
8. The urinary system
9. The digestive system
10. The nervous system
11. The reproductive system
12. Cancer and the immune system
13. Essential oil profiles
14. Constituent profiles
15. General safety guidelines

Appendix
A. Clinical safety A-Z
B. Cytochrome P450 drug substrates
C. Conversion tables for essential oils
Authors

Robert Tisserand, Past Principal, The Tisserand Institute, Hove, UK and Rodney Young