Holistic Aromatherapy for Animals: A Comprehensive Guide to the Use of Essential Oils and Hydrosols with Animals
By Kristen Leigh Bell
Holistic Aromatherapy for Animals: A Comprehensive Guide to the Use of Essential Oils and Hydrosols with Animals PDF. It is only in recent years that aromatherapy, or essential oil therapy, has gained substantial acceptance; this is primarily due to French veterinarians who have begun using essential oils and hydrosols in their practices. Laypeople, of course, have been enjoying great success treating animals with the very same substances for many years; for it is not just the medical professionals who can safely and effectively administer these aromatic oils. Anyone enabled with quality essential oils or hydrosols and adequate knowledge can use a plant’s most concentrated and energetic byproducts to improve the health of their animals, and treat and prevent various illnesses and common ailments.
Aromatherapy is actually a science that has a much larger archive of supported scientific data than most other holistic care methods. However, most of these studies were originally published in French or German. Aromatherapy was the first natural, holistic therapy the author began using, and she relies on it as my primary form of healthcare to treat and balance all sorts of minor ailments and discomforts in the lives of her family and their pets. She has rarely needed to use any other sort of remedy to achieve the desired result. These powerful substances are the most fascinating, sensual and complex of all natural therapies — a combination that proves to be so enthralling it eventually develops into a grand passion for many.
Table of Contents
Title Page
Copyright Page
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgements
Section 1 – Aromatherapy Has Gone to the Dogs… and Cats… and Horses
Section 2 – The Tools of the Trade and the Perilous Quest for Purity and Quality (Essential Oils, Absolutes, Hydrosols and Other Botanical Ingredients…)
Section 3 – A Closer Look at the Aromatics Used in This Book…
Section 4 – Man’s (And Woman’s!) Best Friend: Aromatherapy for Dogs
Section 5 – Aromatherapy for Cats – Sensitive and Mysterious Creatures
Section 6 – Aromatherapy for Birds and Other Small Pets
Section 7 – Aromatherapy for Horses and Other Large Animals
Section 8 – Brewing up Your Own Potions: Suppliers, Packaging, Resources and Education
Appendix 1 – Table of Weights and Measures and Conversion Tables
Appendix 2 – Holistic Resource Guide
