In Focus Essential Oils & Aromatherapy: Your Personal Guide by Marlene Houghton. Introduction to In Focus Essential Oils & Aromatherapy Welcome to the fragrant art of aromatherapy. I have been using essential oils for many years for both health and beauty and have found them useful for the prevention and treatment of minor ailments and skin care. The life-enhancing qualities of this holistic system of medicine have provided my family and me with vital protection from colds, coughs, and flu during the winter months, and pleasure when used for skin and body care. This ancient healing system has become very popular with the general public, and today many women s magazines carry articles on essential oils and their uses. Aromatherapy has left the fringes and become complementary to mainstream medicine. The aim of this book is to introduce the layperson to the principles of this wonderful therapy so that readers, armed with a broad knowledge of the basics of these essential oils and t