I take pleasure in rituals.
For example, each night before I turn out the lights and say good night, I check to
make sure the tiny blue glass bottle of Mother Nature’s “sleeping elixir” is there on
my night stand within easy reach.
Pure, unadulterated, lavender essential oil.
And every night before I go sleep, I pour one precious drop of lavender oil on my
pillowcase, and inhale it’s sweet, rich, woody, floral aroma–deeply–into my nostrils,
filling my brain, slowly stilling my mind.
This simple act has become my nightly ritual.
Why?
Because this magic elixir has changed my life.
After many years of lying awake and tossing and turning for hours,lavender’s soothing
scent has helped me to finally have “sweet dreams”–aka a good night’s sleep.
Check most herbal and medicinal books and you’ll find that lavender has been used as
a popular folk remedy for centuries.
The non toxic, non irritating essential oil is extracted through steam distillation
from flowering tops of the lavender plant.
Sure, lavender essential oil is often recommended to treat insomnia as its scent
can help induce sleep, but it has also been employed for many other uses.
As aromatherapy, lavender provides a variety of health benefits:
*Lavender has both soothing and reviving properties.
*It blends well with other floral and citrus essential oils.
*It’s pleasant and calming scent makes it helpful in treating nerves and headaches,
anxiety, depression, and emotional stress.
*It also increases mental stamina and calms exhaustion.
*It has long been used as folk remedy to used to calm an upset stomach.
*Massage with lavender oil can remedy all types of soreness and pain even when it is
deep in the joints.
*The vapor form of lavender oil is used to treat all sorts of respiratory problems
including colds, flu, chest congestions, whooping cough, sinus congestion and asthma.
*Lavender has been used to stimulate better blood circulation.
*It also stimulates the production for gastric fluids to treat stomach ailments.
*It has even been used effectively for natural hair care.
Ready to add a little magic to your life?
Try these 12 Amazing Uses for Lavender Essential Oil:
I couldn’t have read this at a better time. The last 2 weeks I’ve had so much trouble falling asleep… Off to my health food store I go!
Thanks for sharing your thoughts on this. I am so glad to hear that you found this information about lavender oil useful. Sweet dreams!
I just linked this post into today’s post on my site. It really helped me, so thanks again!
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Hi Hilary,
I am so happy to hear that you found this post helpful and also that you linked the lavender oil post. I am so thrilled. Thanks for your support and for your comments.
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Thanks for sharing your helpful comments about Theta healing.
I like to diffuse citrus oils in my diffuser when I am feeling depressed.
While you’ll see a lot of conflicting opinion about ingesting essential oils,
virtually everyone can agree that ingesting 1 drop on occasion is
safe for all but the most spicy oils (cinnamon or oregano).
If your knees get bumped and sore use a compress
as mentioned above.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts with me. I diffuse lavender oil daily in my home as a safe alternative to toxic air freshener.
Really resourceful post. Pinned and shared. =)
I LOVE lavender (especially the scent of it), so it’s great to know that you can use its essential oil for so many things. I have just posted this week on daybydayhomesteading.com about how to make a calendula lavender salve (which contains the essential oil as well), and I also recently made a homemade lotion with the same infused calendula lavender olive oil with lavender essential oil added.
I didn’t know that it can make your skin photosenstive, so that is very useful info to keep in mind. I guess that I won’t be smearing it on my bod and then go sunbathing in the summer with it!
I had no idea that lavender essential oil was good for so many different things! I keep some on hand for relaxation and I do use it for the occasional headache. I will be pinning this great graphic and trying my lavender e.o. for some of these other uses!
Thank you so much for pinning this post! Yes, lavender is my favorite essential oil.
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