Lavender Oil

What is Lavender oil?

Lavender is an essential oil containing substances with calm and anti-fungal properties. The effects are sedative, anxiolytic, emmenagogue, and antispasmodic, with an unknown mechanism of action that you can’t pinpoint or put a price on. This oil has a popular scent and is popularly used as medicine and fragrance. It is an evergreen plant with its flower native to the Mediterranean.

What does this oil cure?

• Anxiety: Taking a specific lavender oil supplement, such as Silexan, seems to help relieve stress. Using lavender oil aromatherapy or aromatherapy massage also seems to help.
• In experiments conducted in Italy, people who took product ingredients with high levels of lavender oil experienced lower levels of depression and anxiety.
• This oil can reduce menstrual pain.

What is the oil not effective for?

The answer is the pain of cancer. Lavender is a natural pain relief that does not seem to cause any significant improvement for those who are experiencing pain caused by cancer.

Precautions and Warnings

• Lavender oil is typically safe to apply but can sometimes cause skin irritation.
• Considering its use during pregnancy, one should do proper research to make a reliable conclusion for safe usage. 

How to use the oil?

Substituent connection: Add two parts lavender, 1 part myrrh, and two parts clove to three drops of orange oil to decrease anxiety. Use it as a perfume also!

Dosing and using lavender oil

Administering lavender can produce a variety of positive effects. Many people like to use lavender oil mixed with vaporizer/diffuser coals or as a massage oil mixed with jojoba oil in aromatherapy. Some adults have also used lavender daily for up to 10 weeks orally at doses of 80-160 mg per day and reached several positive outcomes. Speak to an individual health professional who specializes in aromatherapy and combinations of topical therapies before starting.