It’s probably no surprise to you that I am a big fan of essential oils and aromatherapy. I have seen first hand how powerful their effects can be…and if I can accomplish something without drugs and chemicals, I’m definitely going to give it a try. I even used essential oils with hot and cold compresses on my broken ribs when I came home from the hospital — which actually gave me some much needed extra relief during those most uncomfortable first days.
When I first started learning about aromatherapy a few years ago, I invested in several highly recommended aromatherapy books on Amazon. One of those was Aromatherapy for the Healthy Child: More Than 300 Natural, Nontoxic, and Fragrant Essential Oil Blends by Valeria Ann Worwood (or check it out on Amazon.de) which has become my “go to” book whenever something is wrong with Mackenzie or when friends ask for advice about how to help their children naturally.
The book, over 300 pages long, is broken down into two parts: The Essentials of Nature’s Healing Tools and Treating Children with Essential Oils and Aromatherapy. The first part of the book allows you to become more familiar with essential oils, provides a fantastic list of safe essential oils for children based on their age (which I must have referenced a hundred times by now) and provides instructions for all the methods of delivery that she later speaks about in the A-Z section of illnesses and other problems your children might encounter.
I love the A-Z reference section because it’s so easy to find whatever problem I’m looking for, from diaper rash to colds to piercings and tattoos. Ok, so I’m not so worried about the latter just yet, but those indications are in here…so it truly is for children of all ages – from newborns to teenagers. And in case you’re not exactly certain that you’re dealing with chicken pox or ringworm, there are also Signs and Symptoms sections to help you diagnose the problem (which of course is in no way to be substituted for a professional medical opinion.) Each illness includes multiple recipes to try to resolve the issue, from massage oils to room sprays to diffusers.
I also appreciate the fact that the author has included a list of the essential oils she finds most important for your first aid kit for children (along with what you’d use these oils for most often) and an extra list of other useful oils ordered by the frequency in which she uses them. So much easier to make sure you have what you need to get started versus flipping through the entire book and writing the oils down as you come to them (which I have done with other aromatherapy books I have — it took me hours to put my shopping list together!)
Most of the recipes can also be used on adults, but because some of them use milder forms of the essential oils (like eucalyptus radiata instead of eucalyptus) they may not always be as effective.
Overall, I think Aromatherapy for the Healthy Child (also on Amazon.de) is probably the only book you’ll need to consult if you want to start using essential oils with your children. Making us all healthy naturally is a big goal for my family and any family library needs a good manual like this to ensure that they aren’t taking unnecessary risks with these powerful oils and remedies.
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I got this book because of you and I must say, it comes in quite handy. Amelia is getting her fair share of runny noses this year, so the cold remedy is constantly on her bear (outside the crib of course). And it smells really nice, so that is great. I just need to get my stock of oils up so I can try some of the other stuff. 😉