Library - Bibliography

Essential Oils Bibliography

The books listed here are a small sample of what's available on the subject of aromatherapy and essential oils.

The first list appeared in the bibliography section of Gary Young's first book (no longer in print), "Aromatherapy, The Essential Beginning", and includes a number of books in French.

The second list includes other high quality books which, for the most part, were published more recently.

First list:

Belaiche, M.D., Paul - Traite de Phytotherapie Et D'Aromatherapie. Maloine, Paris, 1979.

Belvi, Viktor - Aromatherapy. Avon Books, New York 1993.

Darom, David - Beautiful Plants of the Bible. Palphot, Ltd., Israel.

Gattefosse, Ph.D., Rene-Maurice - Aromatherapy. Girardot, Paris 1937.

Guenther, Ernest - The Essential Oils. Malabar, FL 1950.

Mailhebiau, Philippe - La Nouvelle Aromatherapie. Editions, Jakin 1994.

Maury, Marguerite - The Secret of Life and Youth (Guide to Aromatherapy). McDonald & Co., Great Britain 1964.

Meunier, Christiane - Lavandes & Lavandins. Aix-en-Provence 1985.

Momchilova, A.M. - 330 Years of Bulgarian Rose Oil. Sofia, Bulgaria 1994.

Niazi, H. - The Egyptian Prescription. Elias Modern Press, Cairo, Egypt 1988.

Penoel, M.D., Daniel and Franchomme, Pierre - L'aromatherapie exactement.

Ryman, Daniele - Aromatherapy, The Complete Guide to Plant and Flower Essences for Health and Beauty. Bantam Books, New York 1993.

Valnet, M.D., Jean - The Practice of Aromatherapy, A classic compendium of plant medicines and their healing properties. Healing Arts Press, Rochester, VT 1990.

Second list:

All these books are available through www.abundanthealth4u.com.

(Compiled by) Essential Science Publishing - Essential Oils Desk Reference, Second Edition, Essential Science Publishing, Orem, UT 2001. (Excellent how-to book for use of Young Living Oils.)

Keville, K., & Green M. - Aromatherapy: A Complete Guide to the Healing Art. The Crossings Press, Freedom, CA 1995. (Nice overview of history and practical application.)

Higley, C. and A. - Reference Guide For Essential Oils. (Self-published) Abundant Health, Spanish Fork, UT (2004 edition is now available). (Another excellent "how-to" book specifically about Young Living oils.)

Penoel, D. & R. - Natural Home Health Care Using Essential Oils. Editions Osmobiose, La Drome, France 1998.

Price, L. and S. - Aromatherapy for Health Professionals. Churchill Livingstone, New York, NY, 1995. (Well organized, documented, and written for health practitioners.)

Prince, Menkit - The Essential Oils Cookbook. Earth Love Enterprises, Carmichael,CA.
(888)217-1028. (Over 180 original, outrageously delicious and simple recipes based on the Hunza diet with 27 different essential oils.)

Schnaubelt, K. - Advanced Aromatherapy, The science of essential oil therapy, Healing Arts Press, Rochester, VT, 1998 (Here's the chemistry you've been looking for!)

Young, D. Gary - Essential Oil Integrative Medical Guide. Essential Science Publishing, Orem, UT 2004. (Detailed instructions directly from Gary Young on therapeutic uses of pure oils, including 25 blend recipes and stories of his worldwide travels. Unique and easy to use.)