Lavender, Maillette
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Botanical Name - Lavandula officinalis
Cultivation - F
Plant Part - Flower Tops
Country - France
10 ml. - $11.99
Fresh, herbal, sweet and floral, Lavender is always the first choice for your medicine cabinet. The name Lavender comes from the Latin lavare which means “to wash”. Romans added Lavender to their bath water as much for its scent as for its antiseptic quality and it has continued to be an ingredient in popular facial waters to this day.
Lavender has many therapeutic uses. Diffused, it helps asthma, headaches, insomnia, and kills the germs that cause sinus and lung infections, coughs and colds. It calms, reduces stress, alleviates fear, and soothes frustration and irritability, especially in times of crises.
This warm, dry, pain relieving, and antiseptic oil can be used undiluted on cuts, burns, bruises, blisters and insect bites. It is cell-rejuvenating, preventing scarring and stretch marks. It is safe for use on small children.
In massage oil, Lavender, in addition to what has already been mentioned, can be used for menstrual cramps, muscular pain, rheumatism, high blood pressure, fatigue and depression, sunburns and to repel insects.
Properties - pain-relieving, calming, antiseptic, cell rejuvenating.
Blends well with - Roman Chamomile, Clary Sage, Geranium Rose, citrus and many other oils and is a middle note.