by Robert Tisserand and Tiny Balacs

This guide provides:

• detailed profiles of 95 essential oils, including constituents, hazards, dosage, toxicity data and contraindications. 
• brief safety profiles of 311 essential oils and 135 essential oil components. 
• safety guidelines for practitioners, retailers and consumers.
• details of essential oil absorption, metabolism and excretion.
• description of essential oil toxicity with regard to the skin, mucous membrane, central nervous system, and the major organs.
• adverse reactions of essential oils and drugs.
• cautions and contraindications for therapeutic use.
• poisoning from essential oil ingestion.
• guidelines on the safe and appropriate administration of essential oils in pregnancy, cancer, epilepsy, heart disease and many other conditions.
• extensive references throughout the text in addition to a separate reference section.