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Aromatherapy and Ailments
Aches and Pains (Minor)
- Essential oils for exercise and fitness by Nicole Barton
- Choice Health and Wellbeing Magazine Back Pain and Aromatherapy by Gill Farrer Halls (MIFA)
- Aromatherapy and Muscular Aches & Pains by Joannah Metcalfe
Allergic rhinitis (Hay Fever)
- Hay Fever - Stop the sneeze with essential oils by Nicole Barton
- Supporting Allergies with Essential Oils by Nicole Barton
Common Cold
Choice Health and Wellbeing Magazine Aromatherapy and the Common Cold by Andrea Lawrence (MIFA)
Digestive Complaints
- Essential oils for digestive problems by Nicole Barton
Headaches
- Aromatherapy and Headaches by Joannah Metcalfe
- An Ayurvedic Guide to Treating and Preventing Headaches by Christine Schrum
Nits
Aromatherapy and Nits by Joannah Metcalfe
Sprains, Strains & Fractures
- Aromatherapy for Sprains, Strains & Fractures by Christine Fisk
Ulcers (Mouth)
Aromatherapy and Animals
Cats
Using Essential Oils Safely with Cats by Salvatore Battaglia
Aromatherapy and Beauty
Anti-Ageing
The Influence of Scent on Ageing and Health Interview with Jennifer Peace Rhind
Cellulite
- Summer Detox & Anti-Cellulite Plan by Joannah Metcalfe
- Make your own natural cellulite treatment by Joannah Metcalfe
Cracked Skin
Aromatherapy and cracked skin by Joannah Metcalfe
Detox
Aromatherapy A-Z: Kidneys by Joannah Metcalfe
Hair
Essential oils for Summer skin & hair care challenges by Nicole Barton
Scars
- Scar tissue release for emotional and physical healing by Rachel Fairweather
- Essential oils for scars by Christine Fisk
Skincare
- Top to toe aromatherapy for beauty & healing by Nicole Barton
Aromatherapy and Emotional States
Bad Habits & Addiction
- Essential oils for bad habits and addictions by Nicole Barton
Balance
- Essential oils for balancing Yin & Yang by Nicole Barton
- Ayurvedic aromatherapy - essential oils for your dosha by Nicole Barton
- Using essential oils to cultivate a natural meditative state by Nicole Barton
Concentration
Creativity
Essential oils for inspiring creativity by Nicole Barton
Grief
Aromatherapy and Grief by Joannah Metcalfe
Heart Break
Healing a broken heart: a journey through 5 self-love rituals by Nicole Barton
Jealousy
Aromatherapy and Jealousy by Joannah Metcalfe
Restlessness
Essential oils for a multitude of moods by Nicole Barton
Trauma
- Positive Health Healing Unresolved Trauma Through Meta-Aromatherapy by Christine Westwood (MIFA)
- Massage, Touch and Trauma by Rachel Fairweather
Wellbeing (in General)
- IJDDR Aromatherapy: The Doctor Of Natural Harmony Of Body & Mind
- Using essential oils to cultivate a natural meditative state by Nicole Barton
- Essential oils for exercise and fitness by Nicole Barton
Aromatherapy in the Media
BBC
Daily Mail
- Daily Mail: A boozy sleep! Aromatherapy experts are now recommending BEER essential oils to help people relax and get some shut-eye
- Daily Mail: A-roar-matherapy: Zoo treats its pride of lions to the modern-day spa experience
- Daily Mail: Beauty treats to match your star sign
- Daily Mail: Benefits of Eucalyptus showers
- Daily Mail: Britains got talent winner 'Pudsey' gets a dog massage
- Daily Mail: Cancer survivor: When aromatherapy guru Geraldine Howard was diagnosed with cancer, she resolved to use her skills to boost her own recovery
- Daily Mail: Can TREES help cure your anxiety? (including Essential oils cedarwood, hiba and douglas fir ) Renowned professor reveals how to practice the Japanese art of 'forest bathing' to lower blood pressure and ease stress
- Daily Mail: Frankincense may treat arthritis by attaching to the body's swollen areas and blocking inflammation, study says
- Daily Mail: From years of grime to sparkling clean: Mother shares the $5.20 eucalyptus product that wipes off stubborn stains from shower doors within MINUTES
- Daily Mail: Heal yourself - in the bath
- Daily Mail: History in your garden: Sweet violet (Viola odorata)
- Daily Mail: How massage is playing a vital role in hospitals
- Daily Mail: Lavender really is relaxing: Scientists discover the fragrant flower may help people unwind and could even be a safer alternative to anti-anxiety drugs
- Daily Mail: Money really DOES grow on trees: Scientists in Australia find traces of gold in eucalyptus leaves
- Daily Mail: More essential oils
- Daily Mail: Oils to suit your skin type
- Daily Mail: The good essential oil guide
- Daily Mail: There are 64 ways to massage - which is right for you?
- Daily Mail: The secret of natural beauty: Essential oils that will keep you looking younger for longer
- Daily Mail: Treatment of the week: Aromatherapy massage is a scent of success
- Daily Mail: Using Essential Oils Safely
- Daily Mail: Which is your essential oil?
- Daily Mail: Why a whiff of rosemary DOES help you remember: Sniffing the herb can increase memory by 75%
- Daily Mail: Why massage is good for your health
Hello Magazine
- Hello Magazine: Aromatherapy during pregnancy
- Hello Magazine: Argan oil: Find out why celebrities love this liquid gold
Independent
Telegraph
- Telegraph: Aromatherapy offered to pregnant women during birth as 'natural pain relief'
- Telegraph: Aromatherapy really works
- Telegraph: How entrepreneur Geraldine Howard made aromatherapy an investor's dream
- Telegraph: Lavender is the secret to keeping a horse calm, scientists find
- Telegraph: Scents that are here to stays that are here to stay
- Telegraph: Shakespeare Was Right: Rosemary Oil Boosts Memory
- Telegraph: Smell of jasmine 'as calming as valium'
- Telegraph: What will save the frankincense tree?
- Telegraph: Rosemary is not a rosemary, rules RHS - it's a sage, as they tell gardeners to change plant labels
Other
- Diet Weight Lose: Kirstin (Dunst) loves aromatherapy and essential oils
- Medical News Today: How to use rosemary oil for hair growth
- Natural News: Avocado oil is a key component in the fight against free-radical aging and cancer proliferation
- TV Show Super Nanny: How aromatherapy can help children and how it works
Aromatherapy and Medical Conditions:
Adhd
Aromatherapy and Attention Deficit Disorder (ADHD) by Heather Godfrey (FIFA)
Arthritis
Essentialoils for Rheumatism / Arthritis by Christine Fisk
Asthma
Aromatherapy and Asthma by Christine Fisk
Blood Pressure
Bronchitis
Aromatherapy and Bronchitis by Joannah Metcalfe
Cancers
- Cancer Radiation and Massage
- The Progression of Oncology Massage
- A vacation from Cancer
- Choice Health & Wellbeing Magazine Aromatherapy for People with Cancer by Joanna Hoare (MIFA)
- Advice for Breast Cancer Awareness Month by Joannah Metcalfe
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Touch Therapy for the Techno generation by Rachel Fairweather
Depression
- Choice Healthand Wellbeing Magazine Aromatherapy and Depression by Pamela Wilson (MIFA).
- Frankincense Has Been Proven to Be a Psychoactive Antidepressant
- Essential Oils for Depression by Christine Fisk
Eczema
Fibromyalgia
Understanding and treating fibromyalgia through advanced massage techniques by RachelFairweather
Influenza (Flu)
- Aromatherapy and Flu Joannah Metcalfe
Insomnia
Sleep Help: Essential Oils for Sleep
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
Aromatherapy and Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) by Joannah Metcalfe
Lupus
Aromatherapy and Lupus by Carolyn Bertram
Pain Management (Acute)
- Choice Health and Wellbeing Magazine Back Pain and Aromatherapy by Gill Farrer Halls (MIFA)
- Aromatherapy and Muscular Aches & Pains by Joannah Metcalfe
Parkinson's
Positive Health Parkinson's Disease Project by Shirley Price (MIFA)
Post-operative care
Aromatherapy essential oils for post-operative care by Christine Fisk
Psoriasis
Aromatherapy and Psoriasis by Joannah Metcalfe
Raynaud's Disease
Aromatherapy and Raynaud's Disease by Joannah Metcalfe
Sinusitis
Aromatherapy and Sinusitis by Joannah Metcalfe
Stress
- Massage World - Stress and Aromatherapy by Colleen O' Flaherty-Hilder (MIFA)
- Choice Health and Wellbeing Magazine Aromatherapy Relieving Stress by Andrea Lawrence (MIFA)
- Massage Magazine: Aromatherapy Massage with Music Reduces Anxiety in Emergency Nurses
- Aromatherapy and Anxiety by Joannah Metcalfe
- Essential oils for relaxation & stress relief by Nicole Barton
- Aromatherapy for the mind - addressing the cause by Nicole Barton
- Aromatherapy & mental health: emotional blending by Nicole Barton
Temporo-manibular joint disorder (TMJ)
- Advanced Massage Technique for TMJ, Face and Jaw Pain by Tracey Kiernan
Tonsillitis
Aromatherapy and Tonsillitis by Joannah Metcalfe
Warts and Verrucas
Aromatherapy with Warts and Verrucas by Joannah Metcalfe
Varicose Veins
Aromatherapy and Varicose Veins by Joannah Metcalfe
Aromatherapy and Multi-Disciplines/Practices
Astrology
- Astrological aromatherapy - blends for your star sign by Nicole Barton
Ayuverda
- Ayurvedic aromatherapy - essential oils for your dosha by Nicole Barton
Chinese Traditional Medicine
- Essential oils for balancing Yin & Yang by Nicole Barton
Energy Healing
- Chakra balancing with essential oils by Christine Frisk
- Aromatherapy moon rituals - blends for lunar phases by Nicole Barton
Yoga
- Essential oils to boost your yoga practice by Nicole Barton
Aromatherapy and Natural Progressions in the Body
Labour
- Using Aromatherapy in Labour by Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust
Libido
Essential oils for boosting libido (sex drive) by Joannah Metcalfe
Menopause
- Connections Magazine Massage and Menopause by Susan Mumford (MIFA)
- Essential Oils for Menopause Relief
Pregnancy
- How to use essential oils during pregnancy by Nicole Barton
Aromatherapy and Occasions
Halloween
- Essentials Oils for Halloween by West Coast Institute of Aromatherapy
Christmas
- Aromatherapy essential oils for Christmas
- Top 10 tips for a Happy & Healthy Christmas by Joannah Metcalfe
- Make your own aromatherapy reed diffusers this Christmas by Nicole Barton
Mother's Day
- Aromatherapy gifts for Mother's Day by Joannah Metcalfe
New Years
Valentine's
- Aromatherapy tips for aromantic Valentine's by Anu Järvinen
- Love yourself - a Valentine's meditation with essential oils by Nicole Barton
Aromatherapy in practice in different environments/contexts
Exams/Study
- Aromatherapy tips for study & exams by Joannah Metcalfe
- Ease back into school, uni or work with therapeutic essential oils by ChristineFisk
Gardening
Essential oils for gardens and gardeners by Joannah Metcalfe & Christine Fisk
Home Use
- Choice Health and Wellbeing Magazine The Oils in your Home
- Massage World - Emotional Balance by Michelle Roque O' Neil (MIFA)
- Bath Safety: how to use essential oils safely in the bath by Robert Tisserand
- Choice Health and Wellbeing Magazine Instinct, Intuition and health via the use of essential oils by Martin Stubbs (MIFA)
- Choice Health and Wellbeing Magazine Aromatherapy and Wellness by Heather Godfrey (MIFA)
- Make your own aromatherapy bath bombs
- Diffusing essential oils safely
- Aromatherapy blends for the bath by Nicole Barton
- Aromatherapy mood perfumes for fragranced jewellery by Nicole Barton
- Make your own all natural face masks by Nicole Barton
- Create your own herbal bath oils
- Enjoy an aromatherapy spa experience at home by Christine Fisk
Hospitals
Maternity Care
Choice Health & Wellbeing Magazine The Role of Aromatherapy in Maternity Care by Susan Mousley (MIFA)
Nursing
Journal of School of Nursing: Aromatherapy and nursing: historical and theoretical conception
Residential Care
Massage World - Using Aromatherapy with Senior People to Promote Well-Being by Stephanie Lord (MIFA)
Work place
- Massage World - Wellness at Work an Aromatic Solution by Heather Godfrey (FIFA)
- Choice Health & Wellbeing Magazine Aromatherapy Wellness: How it Works by Heather Godfrey (FIFA)
- The psychological effects of essential oils by Christine Fisk
Aromatherapy and the Seasons
Spring
- A fresh outlook for Spring - Aromatherapy Tips by Nicole Barton
- Essential oils for lifting the mood this Spring by Christine Frisk
Summer
- Essential oils for your Summer travels
- Essential oils for Summer skin & hair care challenges by Nicole Barton
- Aromatherapy for your Summer travels by Christine Fisk
Autumn
- Banish Oily Skin with Clay
- Ultimate Autumn immunity boosting blend by Christine Fisk
Aromatherapy and Symptoms
Vertigo
Top 5 Essential Oils to Help Vertigo by Chad Pegura