Lavender
18 April, 2022
The essential oil or the spirit of lavender offers by its presence : maternal embrace – physical, mental, emotional and spiritual well-being – meditation…
Botanical name : Lavándula vera (l. Offícínalís / l. Angustifolia)
Family : Liped
Plant/part : Top flowering
Extraction : Distillation by steam dragging of the upper flowering
Habitat : Originally from the mediterranean, it is currently cultivated all over the world. The oil comes mainly from France
Botanical description
Sub-shrub 20-60 cm high, with pivoting root and woody stem at its base, erect, unbranched and covered with a yellowish-gray bark. The ash green leaves are linear, whole, sessile, opposite, narrow and somewhat leathery. The flowers are small and purplish blue, grouped in cylindrical terminal spikes in sets of 6-10 flowers. They sprout in the armpits of oval bracts located at the end of the fertile stems and form several floral rings that give off an intense aroma. The corolla is tubular, with two lips, the upper bilobed and the lower trilobed. The whole plant exhales an intense perfume of very pleasant smell.
What Lavender contains
How:
- Alcohols (up to 58%) : linalool (>41%), a-terpineol, borneol, lavandulol, geraniol, nerol
- Esters (approx. 50%) : linalyl acetate (up to 45%), lavendulil acetates & geranil, a-terpenyl acetate
- Mono terpenes (up to 24%) : p-ocimene (<16%), d-limonene (<5%), a- & b-pinene, camphene, d-3-carene
- Sesquiterpenes: b-caryophyllene (<7%), x-farnesene
- Phenols : terpinene-4-ol (<6%)
- Aldehydes : benzaldehyde, cuminal, geranial, hexanal, mirtenal, neral
- Oxides : 1,8 cineole, caryophyllene oxide, linalool oxide
- Coumarins (<4%)
- Ketones : octanone (<3%)
- Camphor
- Lactones.
Combinations with Lavender
How:
Fir trees – basil – camphor or ravintsara – juniper berry – bergamot – cedar – cypress – cloves – copaiba – tarragon – eucalyptus – wintergreen – geranium – helichrysum – mint – fennel – incense – jasmine – laurel – lemongrass – lime – lemon – ho wood – mandarin – blue chamomile – roman chamomile – marjoram – melaleuca – lemon balm – mint – myrrh – orange – neroli – patchouli – palmarosa – rosewood – petitgrain – black pepper – ravensara – rosemary – rose – sage – sandalwood – thyme – grapefruit – vetiver – ylang ylang – carrot
Properties of Lavender
How:
- Accelerates the process of cell regeneration
- Balances the central nervous system, emotions, metabolism in general
- Calms violent or uncontrolled emotional states, spasms or seizures and also pains
- Comforts
- Decreases nerve excitation
- Destroys germs
- Disconnect the mind
- Disinfects congested areas and also wounds or burns
- Expels pinworms
- Fights emotional problems, inflammation, infections caused by bacteria, wrinkles
- Gives strength and energy to the hair system, as well as the nervous system
- Harmonize farms
- Heals sores and also wounds
- Increases secretion and also excretion of urine
- Creates a particular aura of magnetism that leads us to favorable external energies.
- Keeps the fabric firm
- Neutralizes what disturbs the aura
- Prevents microorganisms or infectious agents from spreading
- Promotes the expulsion of gases, concentration in states of meditation and also visualization
- Protects the astral body
- Purifies blood circulation and also lymphatic
- Reduces pain and also the symptoms of anxiety
- Regenerates the skin
- Regulates the cardiac system
- Relaxant
- Relieves itching and also stinging
- Stimulates the activity of the nervous system
- Tones the scalp
Indications for Lavender
Body
How:
- Abdominal and also muscular spasms
- Arthritis
- Arthrosis
- Bronchitis
- Catarrh
- Contractures
- Cramps
- Cystitis
- Dysmenorrhea
- Dyspepsia
- Flatulence
- Halitosis
- Headaches
- Heart palpitations
- High blood pressure
- Joint and muscle pain
- Kinks
- Laryngitis
- Lumbago
- Migraines
- Nausea
- Nervous asthma
- Neuralgia
- Otitis
- Rheumatism
- Seizures
- Spasmodic cough
- Throat infections
Skin
How:
- Abscesses
- Acne
- Aged skins
- Athlete’s foot
- Boils
- Chickenpox
- Dandruff
- Dermatitis
- Eczema
- Engüeral mycoses
- Gangrene wounds
- Hair loss
- Inflammation caused by skin condition
- Pruritus
- Psoriasis
- Scars
- Skin disorders
- Sores
- Stretch marks
- Sunburn
- Wrinkles
Emotional psychic
How:
- Affective deficiency
- Agitation
- Anxiety
- Consolation
- Contradictions
- Depression
- Everyday stress
- Extreme situations
- Fear
- Hyper-emotionality
- Hyperactivity
- Hypersensitivity
- Insomnia
- Irritability
- Loads
- Manic-depression
- Melancholy
- Negative thoughts of any kind
- Nervousness
- Oscillations in mood
- Penalties
- Psychological disorders
Methods of use
How:
Baths, compresses, diffuser, lotions and also massage oils.
It can be applied pure (undiluted) when used topically. Apply directly to the area of interest and also to the reflection points.
Diffuse or inhale the aroma directly.
Place a drop under the tongue or take the oil in capsules. It can also be used in beverages or as a flavoring for cooking.
Precautions with Lavender
How:
Do not use in the first 7 months of pregnancy.
As a tendency to hypotension can manifest a certain degree of languor and drowsiness.
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