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Sweet Basil - Ocimum basilicum- The Essential Oil of Empowerment: How To Heal The Mind Body Spirit With Medicinal Plants And Aromatherapy (The Secret Healer Oils Manuals) Paperback – July 24, 2015

by Elizabeth Ashley (Author)
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In clinical trials, Sweet Basil is proving to be one of the most effective treatments we have for treating depression. Its mood enhancing benefits come from a constituent called linalol which, thanks to 21st century medicine, we know is due to the way it activates the GABA pathways in the body. It lifts the mood and is hypnotically relaxing whilst it invigorates too. It clears the head and focuses the mind - so then Basil would feel to be a most benign herb. Ancient medicine though, has a different story to tell. It links Basil with sea serpents, scorpions and madness. Not just one source either, lots of them. Dioscorides describes how the plant rue, will not grow near it, and she has a reputation for disliking anything poisonous. Discover a herb, so intimately connected with the barbaric practices of slave trade brutality and torture, that voudou women cry out to her Goddess when they are raped and beaten. And yet, each year in churches around the world, on September 14th, altars are covered in basil as testament to the beneficent plant that was growing around The One True Cross when it was reputedly found in the 4th Century.Basil rights wrongs in the most powerful way. It encourages the patient to open doors into his soul to which the keys have been hidden for so, so long.Two very different aspects of medicine. On one side: joyful, benign and refreshing medicine. On the other, a dark and vengeful warrior. By the end of the book though, you may agree that the two sides are one and the same. Come with me and discover Sweet Basil, the darkest and most powerful of the soul medicines.
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    July 24, 2015
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    1515148017
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    978-1515148012
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (July 24, 2015)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 218 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1515148017
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1515148012
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 10.5 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.5 x 9 inches
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Hi everyone, I am a clinical aromatherapist with over 30 years professional experience, the UK Director of National Association of Holistic Aromatherapists and an overseas speaker for the International Federation of Aromatherapy. I am also a regular contibutor to several trade journals.

I have a rather unique slant on essential oils in that I hear them as musical notes and they sing their wisdom for me.

The white books - the essential oil monographs - take the most recent clinical evedice from the laboratories and match them with the earliest mentions of the plant in history. Join me on mythological journies into the past and discover plant medicine in ways that you have never experienced them before.

My most recent book on Melissa encouraged me to become a bee guardian and Melissa priestess. That said, if you are looking for airy fairy information, look elsewhere. Less Titania, more Gimli Son of Gloyn, I only deal in real Down To Earth Medicine.

Feel free to check out my youtube channels:

https://www.youtube.com/c/TheSecretHealerElizabethAshley

https://www.youtube.com/c/HowToUseEssentialOilsforAromatherapy

and my website:

http://www.thesecrethealer.co.uk

Thanks for your interest and support. I look forward to getting to know you better.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Life-saving: ) A MUST-HAVE!
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Life-saving :) A MUST-HAVE!
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4.0 out of 5 stars I love her mix of myth
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Elizabeth continues to present information about essential oils in a creative and informative way. I love her mix of myth, traditions and science. Great read.
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S. Richey
5.0 out of 5 stars Entertaining and refreshing
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This was a refreshing and entertaining take on basil. Exactly what I was looking for and something missing from other resources on this fascinating plant.
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Rosslyn Perry
5.0 out of 5 stars An essential oil MUST HAVE!
Reviewed in Canada on September 4, 2015
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Another wonderful book from the undisputed best authority on essential oils, Elizabeth Ashley. Complete, clear and comprehensive. Elizabeth's books NEVER fail to please and inform at a whole new depth.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great book.
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Great book I love it.
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