Lavender Essential Oil
Calming, relaxing and healing...
lavender wins all the popularity contests!
Lavender essential oil is generally seen as the most useful and versatile of all essential oils.
Popular for its calming, sedative properties, lavender oil is used in everything from bath salts to
candles and skincare products.
People new to aromatherapy may not be aware of an interesting fact: lavender oil is stimulating when used in large amounts - it can wind you up instead of calm you down.
Lavender is used in skincare to balance and tone skin, and it's excellent for healing
burns, cuts, scrapes and wounds.
Lavender is one of the few essential oils considered safe to use undiluted on skin.
It's also one of the few oils suitable for babies, small children and pets, when used in proper dilution, of course!
Botanical Name and Characteristics
Lavandula officinalis or Lavandula augustifolia
An evergreen woody shrub, growing up to 3 feet (1 meter) tall, with green, narrow linear leaves and violet blue flowers.
Clean, fresh, floral, herbaceous scent.
Therapeutic Action
- calms in small amounts
- stimulates in large amounts
- reduces anxiety, stress and tension
- promotes sleep; sedative
- soothes the nervous system
- relaxes tight muscles
- reduces aches, pains and inflammation
- breaks up congestion and supports breathing
- soothes the intestines and improves digestion
- promotes healing of wounds and helps reduce scarring
- soothing on insect bites
- disinfectant
Blending
Lavender's strong top note blends well with:
any citrus essential oil, bay, bergamot, cedar, chamomile, clary sage, geranium, jasmine, palmarosa, patchouli, pine, rose, rosemary, rosewood, ylang ylang
Cautions
Non toxic, non irritant and non sensitizing.
Buy Lavender Essential Oil
Click here to buy lavender essential oil
from Mountain Rose Herbs (scroll almost to the bottom of the page; they're in alphabetical order.)
I always recommend Mountain Rose first because I like and trust them.
Their quality is excellent, their prices are good, and many of their essential oils are organic (and all of them are therapeutic grade.)
Or you could
shop for lavender oil
at Amazon. They have a number of different brands available at a variety of prices. (Just remember, you get what you pay for.) Happy hunting!
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