Description
Lavender Essential Oil
Lavender essential oil is one of the most favorite essential oils, as it has wonderful qualities and also smells great. It is a calming, relaxing oil, which combats stress and crisis, while the antiseptic properties helps with cold, flu and other ailments. Lavender essential oil is excellent for asthma and migraines. Apart from that it supports female health and on the skin it has a healing effect, while preventing scarring and balancing the skin.
Lavender Essential Oil properties
Lavender essential oil has a light fresh aroma, is clear in color and watery in viscosity
Origin of lavender essential oil
It is an evergreen woody shrub about 1 meter high (3 feet), with gray-green narrow linear leaves and the most beautiful purple-blue flowers, perched on a long stem and a few varieties of it grow wild in the Mediterranean region, but the main producer is France.
The name is derived from the Latin word ‘lavera’ which means ‘to wash’ and the Romans used it frequently in their bath routine, and it is said to have been introduced by them into England, where it soon was a firm favorite.
It was a favorite for strewing on the floor, since it released an aroma when walked upon and it is often used these days in toilet water, as an insecticide or in sachets to be placed between linen. It is also used to clean wounds and to treat burns.
Extraction
The leaves and stalks are used for extraction, and the oil is obtained through steam distillation.
Chemical composition
Lavender essential oil is extracted from the flowering tops by steam distillation and yields 1.4 % – 1.6 %.
Precautions
Although lavender essential oil is considered one of the safest essential oils, you should discontinue use is you have any allergic reactions.
Therapeutic properties
The therapeutic properties of lavender essential oil are antiseptic, analgesic, anti-convulsant, anti-depressant, anti-rheumatic, anti-spasmodic, anti-inflammatory, antiviral, bactericide, carminative, cholagogue, cicatrisant, cordial, cytophylactic, decongestant, deodorant, diuretic, emmenagogue, hypotensive, nervine, rubefacient, sedative, sudorific and vulnerary.
Uses
Lavender essential oil has a soothing and calming effect on the nerves, relieving tension, depression, panic, hysteria and nervous exhaustion in general and is effective for headaches, migraines and insomnia. Add a few drops in bath water daily.
It is also very beneficial for problems such as bronchitis, asthma, colds, laryngitis, halitosis, throat infections and whooping cough and helps the digestive system deal with colic, nausea, vomiting and flatulence.
Lavender essential oil relieves pain when used for rheumatism, arthritis, lumbago and muscular aches and pains, especially those associated with sport.
On the skin, lavender essential oil tones and revitalizes and it is useful for all types of skin problems such as abscesses, acne, oily skin, boils, burns, sunburn, wounds, psoriasis, lice, insect bites, stings and also acts as an insect repellent.
Lavender essential oil is one of the few essentials oils that can be used neat on the skin, and this is especially useful when treating a minor burn wound.
Divya (verified owner) –
Great!!!
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bhakti.sm (verified owner) –
Good product.. smells amazing.. reasonable cost
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S Dsouza (verified owner) –
nice fragrance, good prices, also efficient delivery
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mai –
I have tried other lavender essential oils but this one simply smells amazing! I really love it and it is also fairly priced.
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Shera (verified owner) –
My second purchase. Great smell, high-quality product and great customer service.
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Shera (verified owner) –
Lovely smell!
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Melissa (verified owner) –
I made DIY natural deodorant it smells great combined with lemon essential oil. Will use it as well for air freshner
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Zora Sp (verified owner) –
not a lavender smell at all. I bought simultaneously French n Bulgarian, to compare. So, French one doesn’t smell like it, while Bulgarian is the usual well-known lavender smell. French one may be genuine – this is just my experience re. smell.
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bio rudix (verified owner) –
excellent
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Chandini Hingorani (verified owner) –
Very nice. Strong essence.
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