Essential oils, known for their healing properties as far back as
ancient Mesopotamia and Babylonia, have reached their zenith in
Madagascar, says Dr. Georges M. Halpern, author of The Healing
Trail: Essential Oils of Madagascar. This interesting, informative,
and clearly written new book is well-documented, with entertaining
historical stories sprinkled throughout, including how
eighteenth-century botanists succeeded in making this land a garden
for botanical study. Madagascar, the planet's fourth largest
island, has long been famous for the individuality of its flora and
fauna, and for the essential oils that many consider the best in
the world. This book explains why and tells us what makes these
oils so potent and effective. It details their use in aromatherapy,
a healing method almost as old as medicine itself, and their many
benefits to the perfume, cosmetic, and food industries; it
describes the successful efforts of villagers to create a
sustainable economy around them without having to cut down the
rainforest, and offers practical advice for people wishing to visit
this lushly beautiful island, "the naturalist's promised land." Dr.
Halpern gives the history and the chemical and botanical makeup of
eight essential oils (for example, tropical basil, cinnamon leaf
and bark, geranium leaf, ginger, and vanilla) and tells how they
are best used to promote physical and emotional health. We learn
where they are grown on the island, how they are cultivated, what
studies are being conducted, and what scientists believe might be
future uses for them.
The Healing Trail: Essential Oils of Madagascar is an essential
resource for learning how the unique aspects of this island have
coalescedto create superior essential oils like no others on earth,
and how these oils can be put to use for maximum benefit.
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