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20 Reasons to use Lavender Essential Oil
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Lavender - Remedy
for many health problems
- Aching
Muscles
If you’ve spent a back-breaking afternoon in the garden, jump into a
lavender bath to soothe aches & pains away. Apply Epsom salts & a few drops
of Lavender
Oilto the
bath and soak away the tension.
- Acne
Lavender is one of the most valuable oils for the treatment of acne,
according to aromatherapists. “It inhibits the bacteria that cause the skin infection, helps to
rebalance the over-secretion of sebum, which the bacteria thrive on, and reduce scarring”. Add
a few drops of lavender oil to a plain cream sold by chemists and use as a moisturizer or
cleanser.
- Bugs &
Bacteria
French laboratory studies in the early 20th century showed that lavender
is a powerful antibacterial in dilutions of 5 per cent or less it is lethal to bacteria that
cause typhoid, TB & diphtheria. Combined with Lemon Balm, for its clinically tested
anti-viral properties.
- Burns
(minor)
After you have cooled the area by immersing it in running cold water for
5 minutes, gently stroke on neat lavender oil. Pain relief is almost immediate, and burn
usually heals without scarring.
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- Cuts &
Wounds
Applylavender
oilto sooth
pain, prevent bacterial infection and aid scar-free healing. Apply
neat.
- Earache
Warm a bottle of lavender oil in hot water for a minute or two, then
gently massage a few drops into the skin around the ears and throat. For babies & small
children, add 2-3 drops of the warmed oil to a little olive oil and massage in the same
way.
- Eczema
Stroke infused lavender oil (a few drops of lavender oil & carrier
oil) into dry, itchy skin—small children will find this especially comforting or add a few
drops of lavender oil to calamine lotion, shake before use.
- Fatigue
Add 5 drops of lavender oil to a hot foot bath and relax while your feet
soak in it. The soles of the feet are particularly porous, so lavender reaches your bloodstream
very quickly, exerting its stimulating and soothing effects on various systems of your
body.
- Fevers
For babies or small children, sponge them down very gently with tepid
water to which you have added a drop of lavender oil. Take care not to let them get chilled.
This works for adults too.
- Giddy Spells,
Faintness or Pulpitations
Make your own smelling salts—sea salt , lavender oil, peppermint oil
& basil oil.
- Headache
The distilled water of Lavender (Hydrosol) Mist around your head, is
refreshing and soothing. Alternatively, make a compress of a piece of cause or muslin soaked in
icy cold water then sprinkled with a few drops of lavender oil and apply to the forehead, or
massage a few drops into the forehead, temples and nape of the neck.
- Insomnia
In a number of small studies, elderly psychiatric patients have been
shown to sleep better and be more alert during the day when their sleep medication is replaced
with lavender oil either dropped on their pillows, or placed in a diffuser on the ward. To help
to induce sleep, put 3 or 4 drops of lavender oil on your pillow. For babies, add 1 drop of
lavender oil & geranium oil in carrier oil and massage into a babies back or a few drops in
their bedtime bath.
- Long-Haul
Travel
Combine lavender, rosemary, Neroli, frankincense & clary sage, into
your hand luggage and roll it over your pulse points to help you keep a clear head during those
endless hours in the air.
- Menstrual
Cramps
Massage a few drops of lavender
oilinto your
lower abdomen or apply a hot compress onto the area, which a little lavender oil has been
sprinkled.
- Moths,Midges
& Mosquitos
These annoying little insects all hate the smell of lavender. To prevent
bites, splash yourself with lavender hydrosol before you go out at sunset or to bed, put 3-4
drops of oil on your pillow or soak cotton wool ball in the oil and leave it on a saucer in
front of the window. Lavender oil is also a terrific remedy for insect bites, soothing itching
& inflammation: dab it on to them neat as soon as possible. To keep moths off your clothes,
hand lavender bags on you coat hangers or keep them among your sweaters and refresh them with a
drop or two of lavender oil from time to time.
- Scabie
This infestation by a tiny mite burrowing into your skin causes intense
itching. Rub the whole body with neat lavender oil, then following every day until better with
a mixture of lavender oil and alcohol. Change and wash bedding and clothes and sprinkle
lavender oil on the mattress.
- Shingles
Combine a mix of lavender oil with, analgesic, antiviral & scar
preventing essential oils neat or on compresses on the agonizing lesions of shingles. It
usually produces a cure within 5-8 days.
- Sinusitis
Lavender is one of several essential oils that aromatherapists recommend
for inhalations to relieve sinusitis, add two drops of lavender & thyme oil to a bowl of
near-steaming water and inhale slowly and deeply, with a towel over your head &
bowl.
- Stress &
Anxiety
Keep a spritzer of Lavender Mist - Hydrosol handy to spray on your face
during the day, or apply lavender oil neat to your temples.
- Sunburn
Spray pure Lavender Mist – Hydrosol directly onto the skin or Add 8 drops
of lavender oil and 4 drops of peppermint oil to a teaspoon of jojoba oil. Pour it into a
cool-to-lukewarm bath and soak for 10 minutes.
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Natural Essential
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Pure Lavender Essential
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Natural Essential
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INGREDIENTS: Organic Lavender
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PRICE
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INFO
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BUY NOW
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OM-159-LEO-05
.5 ounce
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$16.00
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View Details
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OM-159-LEO-01
1 ounces
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$28.00
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View Details
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OM-159-LEO-02
2 ounces
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$45.00
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