True Lavender
Botanical Name: Lavandula angustifolia
Labiatae family
Origin: Mediterranean – true Lavender grows only at high altitudes
Shrub with small delicate flowerheads, lilac to deep mauve
Extraction: Steam distillation of flower stalks
Main Therapeutic Properties:
- Antiseptic
- Healing
- Antispasmodic
- Antimicrobial
- Anti-fungal
- Anti-inflammatory
- Sedative
Applications:
- Balance
- Powerful energizing tonic
- Insomnia, irritability
- Calms heart nerves, palpitations
- Asthma
- Spasmodic cough, pneumonia
- After effects of paralysis
- Low toxicity
- Infants – colic, ear, nose, throat infections
- Migraine
- Treatment of wounds, burns
- Leg ulcers, boils, acne (in water and spritz)
- Infections, inflammation
- Diuretic
- Regulates nervous system
Mental & Emotional:
- Antidepressant
- Calming
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