The Herbal Remedies of Lavender

Lavender and lavender oil offers numerous advantages; advantages that have been recognized since ancient times. Indeed, lavender has been used by The Early Egyptians, The Ancient Greeks and the Romans. Lavender means ‘to wash’ which fits because Lavender is a natural antiseptic. Indeed, during World War I this sweet smelling plant was used to disinfect walls and floors.

Relieves Insomnia and Anxiety

Lavender is known to help ease sleep disorders (particularly insomnia) and anxiety.  Indeed, it is widely believed that lavender flowers were stuffed in pillows to help people fall sleep. Today, science also believes that lavender may possibly have certain effects in aromatherapy. For instance, lavender may well play a role in slowing the activity of the nervous system, in addition to facilitating quality sleep, improving ones frame of mind, promoting positivity and helping one to unwind and relax. It has been long established that lavender has calming and soothing effects on people.

Studies have also found significant benefits of a massage with an essential oil, particularly that of lavender. It improves quality of sleep, reduces depression, has a feel-good effect on the mood, and stimulates concentration levels. What is more, an up-to-date study revealed that patients who received massages with olive oil experienced more benefits such as feeling good and relaxed compared to those people who received a plain massage devoid of lavender oil.

Furthermore, numerous small-scale experiments have suggested that aromatherapy with lavender helps ease the anxiety in dementia patients.

Relieves Muscle Pains

Lavender oil is an essential oil that contains potent pain relieving abilities for your aching muscles. Regular massages using lavender oil is known to relieve pain that springs from rheumatism, joints, backaches, soreness, sprains and muscular aches.

Relieves Digestion Problems

Lavender essential oil can supposedly be used to take care of minor digestive issues such as colic, nausea, diarrhea, gas, vomiting and stomach aches.

Good for Skin

 Lavender is known to be beneficial for the skin. It helps relieve multiple skin conditions including; acne, psoriasis, allergies, dermatitis and eczema.
It is also believed to helpful for treating, boils, bruises, insect bites/stings burns, rashes, and sores.

Good for Hair

Regularly massaging your hair and scalp with lavender oil will improve the quality of your hair, stimulate fast hair growth, prevent and treat dandruff, in addition to treating hair lice and nits.

Moreover, the application of lavender oil has been proven to treat alopecia areata (an autoimmune disease that causes hair to fall out, often in patches),
Lavender essential oil can be massaged into the scalp to take care of dandruff, dry scalp, and hair loss; it can also be used on the hair to treat lice, eggs from lice, and even nits. By using lavender oil daily you can treat alopecia; a disease that causes hair loss, and improve your hair's texture as well.