Understanding Hydrolats: The Specific Hydrosols for Aromatherapy

Understanding Hydrolats: The Specific Hydrosols for Aromatherapy: A Guide for Health Professionals
Authors: Len Price and Shirley Price
Publisher: Churchill Livingstone
Copyright: 2004
ISBN: 0443073163 / 978-0443073168
Pages: 300

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Table of Contents for Understanding Hydrolats: The Specific Hydrosols for Aromatherapy:

• Foreword
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Chapter 1: Introduction
  • The First Aromatherapy
  • Is 'Natural" Necessarily Safe?
  • Why are Waters Not Used More?
  • Sourcing Good Materials
  • Advantages of Distilled Plant Waters
  • What is Their Composition?
  • Scientific Proof
  • Water-based Plant Extracts
  • Conclusion
• Chapter 2: The History of Aromatic Medicine
  • Egypt
  • Aromatics Worldwide
  • Development of Medicine
  • Development of Distillation
  • Arab and Spanish Influences
  • The Holy Wars, 10th-13th Centuries
  • Hungary Water
  • Carmelite Water
  • After the Crusades
  • Paracelsus (1493-1541)
  • New Plants Bring New Worlds
  • Still Rooms
  • Renaissance Herbals
  • Eau-de-Cologne
  • Rise of Science
  • Fall and Resurrection of Plant Medicine
  • Some 20th Century Pioneers
  • Conclusion
• Chapter 3: The Nature of Water
  • Introduction
  • Universal Distillation Process
  • A Basic Necessity
  • Life and Death
  • Physical Power of Water
  • Visual Aspects
  • Judging by Water
  • Water as a Solvent and Cleanser
  • Water in the Body
  • Bottled Water
  • Healing Treatments With Water
  • Scientists Who Investigated Water
  • Structure of Liquid Water
  • Polar Solvent - Solubility in Water
  • Increased Dilution
• Chapter 4: Terminology and Nomenclature
  • Introduction: What's In a Name?
  • How Distilled Plant Waters are Obtained
  • Current Terminology
  • Hydrosols?
  • Conclusion
• Chapter 5: Prepared Waters
  • Identifying the Product
  • Not Distilled
  • Internal use
  • Fragrant Waters: Methods of Production and Uses
  • Additional of Alcohol
  • Hydroessentials
  • Witch Hazel
  • Eau-de-Cologne
  • Conclusion
• Chapter 6: Extraction Process and the Plants Used
  • What Kinds of Plant Yield Hydrolats?
  • The Plants Used
  • Drying
  • Distillation
  • Water Used
  • Still hardware
  • Chemical Changes
  • Time of Distillation
  • Yield of Hydrolats
  • Volatile Molecules in the Distilled Waters
  • Therapeutic Value
  • Cohobation
  • Water Oil, Recovered Oil
  • Are Cohobated Waters Therapeutically Useful?
  • Conclusion
• Chapter 7: Physical Aspects
• Introduction
• Temperature
• Time
• Preservatives
• Appearance
• Density
• pH
• Odour
• Quality
• Cost
• Conclusion
• Chapter 8: Analysis
• How Do We Find Out What is in Hydrolats?
• Methods of Extraction
• Discussion of the Molecules Found in Waters Analyzed
• Part 1: Table of Molecules Found in Waters
• Part 2: Chemistry of Aromatic Molecules
• Chapter 9: Alphabetical Listing of Hydrolats With Description, Properties and Indications
• Introduction
• Arrangement of the Text
• Alphabetical List of Hydrolats
• Chapter 10: Methods, Dosage and Recipes
• Reasons for Using Hydrolats
• Hydrolats Used in Association With Other Therapeutic Products
• Uses of Distilled Waters
• Methods: External Pathways
• Methods: Internal Pathways
• Dispersants
• Cautions
• Conclusion
• Recipes
• Recipes for Common Ailments
• Culinary Recipes
• Making your Own Hydrolats
• Chapter 11: Case Studies
• Chapter 12: Decoctions, Infusions, Teas
• Introduction
• Infusions, Teas and Tisanes
• Difference Between a Hydrolat and an Infusion
• Tea With Added Hydrolats
• Tisanes, With and Without Hydrolats
• Teas Made by the Authors
• Decoctions
• Cautions to Observe When Drinking Medicinal Teas
• Appendix A: Therapeutic Index
• Appendix B: Therapeutic Properties of Hydrolats: Quick Reference
• Appendix C: Plant List: Scientific and Common Names
• Appendix D: Analyses of Distilled Plant Waters
• Appendix E: Hydrolat Gas Chromatographs
• Glossary
• References
• Index

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