Aromatherapy with Chinese Medicine
Aromatherapy with Chinese Medicine, 470 pp.
Aromatherapy with Chinese Medicine explores the world of Aromatherapy from the Chinese herbal and acupuncture perspective for both the layperson and the professional. These perspectives lend great insight into understanding how to create natural healing with essential oils on the levels of the Body, Mind, and Spirit.
Part I covers basic application techniques as well as various categories for organizing essential oil knowledge including: 1) Essential Oil Chemistry, 2) the Functional Categories of Disease, and 3) The Five Phases. Part II covers ninety essential oils in depth and includes sections on essential oil contents, properties, functions, uses, blends, contraindications, and discussions of character types and signatures. It also covers important Carrier Oils and forty-four Synergies analyzed by function. Part III covers how to use essential oil for health and disease and includes extensive chapters on psycho-emotional disorders, heart and circulatory disease, healing the Body, Mind, and Spirit, children's disorders, respiratory disorders, musculo-skeletal disorders, as well as a full spectrum of other disease categories from addictions to urinary disorders.
This book is designed to read either from cover to cover for a greater depth of insight into natural healing issues, or simply as a reference manual. It is four hundred seventy-one pages long in a hardbound format and contains one hundred eighty-six charts, graphs, and figures that make it easy to understand, use, and remember the concepts that are presented in the text as well as dozens of beautiful illustrations of the plants used in the art of aromatherapy.
Dennis Willmont has been practicing acupuncture, Taijiquan and Daoist meditation for thirty years. In the early 1980s he created and directed the first professional program of Shiatsu and Acupressure Therapy in North America. His unique blend of scholarship and intuition has led to the formation of a multi-volume series on the energetics and Body/Mind/Spirit connection in ancient acupuncture. Dennis uses Essential Oils and Chinese herbs in his acupuncture practice in Marshfield, Massachusetts.
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Table of Contents
Forward by Anna Bond 1
Therapeutic Grad Essential Oils 1
Using Essential Oils 1
Renewing Yourself With Essential Oils 3
The Ten Most Commonly Used Essential Oil Singles 5
The Ten Most Commonly Used Essential Oil Synergies 5
Part I: Natural Healing and Essential Oil Basics 7
Ideologies In Conflict 7
War and Peace In Medicine and Natural Healing 7
The Military/Petro-Chemical/Agricultural/Pharmaceutical Complex 8
Resolution 9
Essential Oil Chemistry 11
General 11
The Blood-Brain Barrier 11
Categories 12
Monoterpenes 14
Sesquiterpenes 37
Phenylpropanes 41
The Functional Categories of Disease 43
Organizing Essential Oil Knowledge 43
A Chemical History of Essential Oils 43
The Problem With Essential Oil Categorization 44
Terminology 46
Spirit Terms 46
General Strengthening Terms 48
Terms for Regulating the Blood and Qi 51
Terms for Treating the Exterior 52
Excess Heat 57
Wind Terms 58
Terms for Dispersing Excess Qi 58
Fluid Terms (For Dampness and Phlegm) 59
Liver Terms 61
Terms For the Female Reproductive System 62
The Five Phases 71
Wood (Liver and Gall Bladder) 73
The Wood Phase 73
Aroma Profile Terminology 75
Wood Oils 76
Functional Categories of the Wood Phase 78
Liver Spirit Disorders 88
Fire (Heart and Small Intestine) 90
The Fire Phase 90
Fire Oils 92
Functional Categories of the Fire Phase 96
Heart Spirit Disorders 101
Soil (Stomach and Spleen) 103
The Soil Phase 103
Soil Oils 105
Functional Categories of the Soil Phase 109
Stomach and Spleen Spirit Disorders 116
Metal (Lung and Large Intestine) 118
The Metal Phase 118
Metal Oils 121
Functional Categories of the Metal Phase 127
Lung Spirit Disorders 129
Water (Kidney and Bladder) 131
The Water Phase 131
Water Oils 132
Functional Categories of the Water Phase 134
Kidney Spirit Disorders 139
Empowerment Beyond the Five Phases: Real Life Magic 140
The Seven Levels of Judgment and the Seven Chakras 145
Good Judgment and the Return to Source 145
The Chakras 146
The Seven Levels 148
Level One 148
Level Two 149
Level Three 151
Level Four 153
Level Five 154
Level Six 155
Level Seven 156
Chakra Summary 158
The Twelve Spirit Points in Acupuncture 163
Importance of the Spirit To Healing 163
Methods of Application 164
The Individual Points 164
Group Treatment: The Twelve Points 170
Essential Oils for the Twelve Spirit Points 171
Application Techniques 173
Areas of Application 173
External Application Techniques 180
Chinese Sand Scraping 180
The Vita Flex Technique 181
Internal Application Techniques 183
Cooking 183
Suppositories 184
Safety Precautions 184
Research 184
Pregnancy 185
Interaction with Medication 185
Aspiration Hazards 186
Hand Dermatitis in Massage Therapists 186
Photsensitivity 186
Allergens 187
Irritants 187
Essential Oil Toxicity 187
Sensitization 188
Undiluted Application Versus Dilution 189
Dilution Conversions 189
Part II: The Essential Oils 191
Single Oils 191
Ajowan Seed (Trachyspermum ammi) 191
Angelica (Angelica archangelica) 191
Aniseseed (Pimpinella anisum L.) 192
Artemesia, (Sweet Annie, Artemesia annua) 193
Balsam of Peru (Myroxylon balsamum) 193
Basil (Ocimum basilicum) 194
Bay Leaf (Laurus nobilis) 197
Bergamot (Citrus aurantum var bergamia) 200
Birch Bark (Betula lenta) 200
Black Cumin (Nigella sativa) 202
Black Pepper (Piper nigrum) 203
Blue Tansy (Tanacetum anuum) 204
Cajeput (Melaleuca cajuputi) 204
Cardamom (Elettarria cardamomum) 205
Carrot Seed (Daucus carota) 206
Cedarwood Atlas (Cedrus atlantica) 207
Celery Seed (Apium graveolens) 208
Chamomile (Matricaria recutica [German] and Anthemis nobilis [Roman]) 209
Cinnamon Bark (Cinnamomum zeylanicum) 211
Citronella (Cymbopogon winterianus) 212
Clary Sage (Salvia sclarea) 213
Clove Bud (Eugenia caryophyllata) 214
Coriander (Coriandrum sativum) 216
Cypress (Cupressus sempervirens) 216
Dill (Anethum graveolens) 218
Elemi (Canarium luzonicum) 220
Eucalyptus citriadora 220
Eucalyptus dives 221
Eucalyptus globulus 222
Eucalyptus radiata 223
Eucalyptus smithii 224
Fennel (Foeniculum vulgare Miller) 224
Fir Needle (Abies alba) 225
Frankincense (Boswellia carterii) 227
Galbanum (Ferula galbaniaflua) 228
Geranium (Pelargonium graveolens) 229
Ginger Root (Zingiber officinale) 230
Grapefruit (Citrus paradisi) 231
Helichrysum italicum 232
Hyssop (Hyssop decumbens) 234
Inula (Inula graveolens) 235
Jasmine Grandiflorum 236
Juniper Berry (Juniperus communis) 237
Lavender (Lavendula vera) 239
Lemon (Citrus limonum) 242
Lemon Myrtle (Backhousia citriodora) 243
Lemongrass (Cymbopogon flexuosus) 244
Lime (Citrus aurantifolia) 245
Linden Blossom Absolute (Tilia cordata) 245
Litsea Cubeba (Litsea cubeba) 246
Mandarin, Red (Citrus nobilis) 247
Marjoram (Origanum marjorana L.) 248
Melissa (Melissa officinalis) 250
Myrrh (Commiphora myrrha) 251
Myrtle (Myrtus communis) 252
Nagarmotha (Cyperus rotundus) 254
Neroli bigaradia (Citrus aurantium ssp. amara) 255
Niaouli (Melaleuca quinquinervera) 256
Nutmeg (Myristica fragrans) 257
Orange (Citrus sinensis) 258
Oregano (Origanum vulgare L. hirtum) 259
Palmarosa (Cymbopogon martini var. motia) 260
Patchouli (Pogostemon cablin) 260
Pennyroyal (Micromeria fruticosa L.) 261
Peppermint (Mentha piperita) 262
Petitgrain (Citrus aurantium var amara) 264
Pine Needles (Pinus sylvestris) 266
Ravintsara (Ravensara aromatica) 267
Rose Otto (Rosa damascena) 268
Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis) 272
Rosewood (Aniba roseodora) 274
Sage (Salvia fruticosa Miller) 275
Sandalwood (Santalum album) 277
Spearmint (Mentha spicata) 280
Spikenard (Nardostachys jatamansi) 281
Spruce (Tsuga canadensis) 281
Tagetes (Tagetes erecta) 282
Tangerine (Citrus reticulata) 283
Tarragon (Artemesia dracunculus) 284
Tea Tree (Melaleuca alternifolia) 285
Thyme, Red (Thymus vulgaris) 286
Valerian Root (Valeriana jatamansi) 289
Vanilla Bourbon (Vanilla planifolia) 290
Vetiver (Vetivera zizanioides) 290
Vitex Berry (Vitex agnus castus) 291
White Cedar (Azadirachta angustifolia) 292
White Lotus Absolute (Nelumbo nucifera) 292
Wintergreen (Gaultheria fragrantissima) 293
Yarrow (Achillea millefolium) 293
Ylang Ylang (Cananga odorata genuina) 297
Blends and Synergies 297
Categories For the Synergies 313
Addictions 313
Circulatory 313
Digestive 313
Infectious Disease 313
Menstrual 313
Musculo-Skeletal 314
Psycho-Emotional 314
Skin 314
Vision 314
Carrier Oils 315
Almond (Prunus amygdalus var. dulcis) 315
Apricot Kernel (Prunus armeniaca) 315
Calendula (Calendula officinalis) 315
Coconut (Cocos nucifera) 315
Evening Primrose (Oenothera biennis) 316
Foraha 317
Grape Seed 318
Jojoba (Simmondsia californica) 318
Hazelnut (Corylus avellana) 318
Pumpkinseed 318
Red Oil of St John¡¦s Wort (Hypericum perforatum) 318
Part III: Essential Oils for Health and Disease 321
Psycho-Emotional Disorders 321
Modern Psychiatry and the Inability to Confront Reality 321
Schizophrenic Reactions 321
Depressive and Manic-Depressive Reactions 322
Anxiety Reactions 323
Hyperactivity Reactions 325
The Natural Healing Perspective 326
The Spirit 326
The Five Phases 327
Categories 329
Anger 329
Concentration 329
Depressed States 330
Emotional Weakness 330
Fear 330
Grief 331
Hyperactivity 331
Instability 331
Love and Happiness 331
Mental Disturbance 332
Over-Emotionality 332
Repression/Suppression 332
Self-Esteem 332
Spirit 333
Tension and Stress 333
Trauma 333
Heart and Circulatory Disease 335
Blood Vessel Disorders 335
Psycho-Emotional, Psycho-Spiritual, and Psychosocial Components 335
Types of Blood Pressure Disorders 336
Circulatory Problems 351
Poor Circulation 351
Irregular Heartbeats 353
Healing the Body/Mind/Spirit 355
Breast Cancer 355
The Problem 355
Acupuncture Energetics of the Breast 356
Social Dynamic 357
Treatment and Prevention 358
Other Female Reproductive Disorders 360
Pregnancy and Childbirth 361
Prostate Cancer 362
Prostate Function 362
Prostate Disorders 362
Cause 363
The Energetics of Prostate Disorders 366
Treatment of Prostate Disorders With Essential Oils 370
Other Male Reproductive Problems 372
Natural Healing Approaches To Cancer With Nutrition 372
Death, Dying and Separation 375
Children¡¦s Disorders 381
Natural Antibiotics 381
Natural Immunization 381
Infectious Diseases in Children 382
Learning Disorders and Hyperactivity 383
Contraindications and Cautions For Children 384
Respiratory Disorders 385
Colds and Flu 385
Essential Oil Inhalant 385
Sand Scrapping and Vita Flex For Respiratory Infections 386
General Respiratory Conditions 388
Musculo-Skeletal Disorders 391
Traumatic Injuries 391
Single Oils Used For Traumatic Injuries 393
Synergies and Blends Used For Traumatic Injuries 394
Treatable Conditions For Traumatic Injuries 395
Degenerative Diseases of the Muscles and Joints 396
Single Oils Used For Degenerative Disorders of the Limbs 397
Treatable Conditions 398
Qigong Exercises For Arthritis and Rheumatism 398
General Disease Categories 401
Addiction 401
Bites From Animals and Insects 402
Digestive Disorders 402
Acupuncture Theories of the Digestive System 402
Obesity 402
Essential Oils For Digestive Disorders 403
Ear, Mouth, Nose, & Throat Disorders 406
Ear 406
Mouth 406
Nose 407
Throat 407
Endocrine Disorders 407
Diabetes 407
Energy Disorders 409
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome 409
Hair Care 410
Head and Neck Disorders 410
Infectious Disease 411
Natural Immunity Through Essential Oils 411
Insects 413
Insect Repellent 413
House And Garden Insect Spray 414
Brown Recluse Spider Bite 414
Black Widow Spider 414
Cockroaches 414
Head Lice 414
Parasites 415
Skin Disorders 416
Sleep Disorders 419
Toxin Removal 419
Urinary Disorders 419
More Categories 420
Suppliers 421
Essential Oils 421
Mail Order Natural Foods 421
Cooking With Essential Oils 421
Coconut Oil 421
Evening Primrose Oil 421
Moxabustion Sticks 421
Garden Seeds 422
Vaccine Education Programs 422
References 423
Index 425
Endnotes 453