3rd Edition - Surviving When Modern Medicine Fails: A definitive Guide to Essential Oils That Could Save Your Life During a Crisis Paperback – November 3, 2015

What I am about to offer you is an in depth review on the book Surviving When Modern Medicine Fails. I am doing this because I spent hours of research trying to find a book that would satisfy my needs for a library NOT ONLINE for those times of power failure, or God forbid disaster when internet is NOT there for you to consult.If you are not interested in in depth reviews, then my sections will be clearly labeled with different specifics so you can find what you want, or skip to the end for THE BOTTOM LINEWHAT IS THIS BOOK LIKE?This book is 6 inches by 9 inches and about 5/8 of an inch thick. That means it is easy to keep alongside your essential oil stash or take with you should you desire to do so. It is not a coffee table book. This is not, however, a picture book. This is a basic black and white book with a few diagrams or BASIC illustrations.This book is broken into sections. There are a LOT of warnings, cautions, or explanations of situations that you need to know about using essential oils with. That includes such topics as pregnancy, epilepsy, hypoglycemia, children, ages of people for use internally or just topically, and many more.Topics such as building tolerance, implants, cancer, use around eyes, and other cautions are covered- quite a bit, but not too much.DRUG INTERACTIONS AND CAUTIONSThis section is well laid out. Each essential oil is listed independently in chart form and it outlines any cautions you might want to know about each oil individually. This allows for quick consultation with the information when you are looking into use of a blend that you want to make just to be sure you are not going to cause problems with yourself or family members.APPLICATIONS AND CARRIER OILSThis section outlines not only what you can do with the oils, but the best way to apply them. Benefits of different carrier oils are outlined as well as dilutions. There is a chart that outlines different basic oils and how best to administer them and what situations to avoid using them.SPECIFIC HEALTH CONDITIONSTo be honest with you, this is the section I really wanted the book for. I am very glad to have the previous sections as they are wonderful for reference. However, this section is the most helpful when you need help quickly. Each health condition is listed with basic blends that you can make to ease the condition.HOW USEFUL HAS THIS BOOK BEEN FOR ME?I have to say that this book has come in VERY handy for what I have needed it for. I have had to deal with a wide variety of uses in our family. Pink eye, Flu (severe), Fibromyalgia, indigestion, and migraine. I have used the recommended blend (adding a few extras that I knew would help) and have had really good results with them.I have also had the chance to help my parents which was very successful using the pain blend for back pain.WHAT I WISH THIS BOOK INCLUDEDBecause this is about surviving and disasters, I would like to see a bit more information added about using essential oils for pets- what is safe, what is not, etc. Because in times of hard living, that would be VERY helpful.THE BOTTOM LINEIf you would like to have basic information about health issues, know about cautions and situations to avoid using essential oils (or which ones NOT to use for pregnancy, if you are epileptic, etc) and other basic information about using essential oils in survival level situations, this book is an excellent reference. I have personally tried quite a few blends in this book now and found them to work very well not only for me, but other members of my family who were not believers in essential oils. This book is simple and black and white, so if you are looking for pictures and lots of colors, this book is not going to fill that desire. However for basic information to help your family through some hard situations, this book is great.If it had information about animals (and if essential oils could be at all used for them) it would be about perfect!I give this five stars and will update as I have even more experience with it in the future.

This guide is amazing!! It has science based information on how to safely use essential oils aromatically, topically, and internally. It is well organized with information on oils and medicine interaction. Scott Johnson encourages using eastern and western ideas integratively. I also love that the oils recipes are also next to whole food healing information as well, like cranberry juice for UTI. There is so much information that it could be overwhelming. But the end of the book is the best part, where you can search for conditions and see what to use quickly and easily.I will be buying hard copies for friends and family that need a guide at their fingertips. So glad I found this book.

Well organized with lots of information. There's an excellent section on essential oil safety and contraindications for specific oils and medical conditions, as well as information on methods of usage, carrier oils, and a section on specific conditions. Reviewers who said it's just like Evidence-Based Essential Oil Therapy are incorrect. Of course SOME information is duplicated because we're talking about the same oils and the same conditions, but each book is worth having for its own particular focus. I have both. Dr. Johnson is following the French school of essential oil usage, so reviewers who say his recommendations are "unsafe" are only partially correct - you must have unadulterated oils that have been properly produced and stored for the French therapeutic usage to be valid and safe, and you must know what you are doing and err on the side of caution. He also emphasizes that you should consult medical practitioners for medical conditions if practitioners are available. This information is for use in disaster situations where medical help is not available. I bought this book because it is required reading for a class I want to take, but I am very glad to have it in my library.

As with other books written by Dr. Johnson, this is a very informative book with useful recommended protocols for using EO's for many conditions. I will say that if you already have his Evidence Based EO book then this one isn't really necessary. Much of the same intro information and protocols are included in that book as well as a lot more science behind the oils (if that's your thing).

Filled with easy accesable information for uses and cautions of essential oil uses!

I love this book. It is very informative about natural solutions.

This is an evidence--based resource that is wonderful for beginners as well as experienced essential oil users. The section on Essential Oil Therapy for Medical Conditions provides concise information on numerous conditions. There is an extensive reference section showing that there are volumes of essential oils studies. I especially appreciate the ease of use that this book allows for; a real gem in the essential oil literature.

This book has turned to our families index to first aid. Dr. Johnson's thorough information is provided in a simple to understand format. His recommendations for natural solutions have saved several trips to the doctor and possible surgeries!!Definitely a must have for your families book shelf.