Calming Benefits Of Lavender Essential Oil to reduce anxiety, stress, and other mental health challenges. Medicinal and therapeutic benefits of lavender oil, cautions, and contradictions for safe and effective use.

Therapeutic Benefits Of Lavender Essential Oil

Why pure lavender oil is one of the most popular essential oils used in aromatherapy and medicine and is recommended to be part of every home first aid kit.

The healing and calming benefits of lavender as an essential oil and an aromatherapy oil.

• Lavender oil can help calm and soothe the mind and emotions
• Lavender is known to balance and help lower blood pressure.
• Lavender helps promote rest and relaxation.
• Lavender is known to help reduce pain and inflammation such as Fibromyalgia.
• Lavender acts for many people as a sedative, but I personally prefer it when combined with something like Ylang Ylang, Frankincense, and Vetiver.

Medical Studies On Lavender Oil

Lavender In Treatment Of Anxiety And Related Conditions

In one study, “Lavender was used in the treatment of anxiety disorders and related conditions…” Silexan, an orally administered Lavandula oil preparation, is effective in the treatment of ’subsyndromal’ anxiety disorder: a randomized, double-blind, placebo controlled trial. International Clinical Psychopharmacology. 2010;25(5):277–287. [PubMed] [Google Scholar] [Ref list]

Lavender Aromatherapy To Treat Insomnia In Midlife Woman

Chien LW, Cheng SL, Liu CF. The effect of lavender aromatherapy on autonomic nervous system in midlife women with insomnia. Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2012;2012:740813. doi: 10.1155/2012/740813. [PMC free article] [PubMed] [CrossRef] [Google Scholar]

Lavender And Improved Quality Of Sleep In ICU

Lytle J, Mwatha C, Davis KK. Effect of lavender aromatherapy on vital signs and perceived quality of sleep in the intermediate care unit: a pilot study. Am J Crit Care. 2014;23(1):24–9. doi: 10.4037/ajcc2014958. [PubMed] [CrossRef] [Google Scholar]

Lavender And Reduction Of Inflammation

Effect of Lavender (Lavandula angustifolia) Essential Oil on Acute Inflammatory Response https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5878871/

The Safe And Effective Use Of Lavender As An Essential Oil

How to use lavender essential oil safely and effectively.

• Don’t use essential oils near the eyes, ears, and nose.
• Never ingest essential oils
• Never apply essential oils directly to skin; always dilute ( choose the right dose appropriate for age and condition)
• Always check for cautions and contraindications

Lavender oil should never be ingested or applied directly to the skin always be diluted with a carrier oil or base oil or mixed with milk or water. Although lavender is generally soothing on the skin, it rarely irritates some people, especially in cases of overuse of lavender.

Although lavender oil can be extremely therapeutic, like all natural medicine, all essential oils have to be used with caution. Recent research suggests lavender has estrogen boosting and anti-androgenic effects, so it should only be used occasionally in young boys and after the first trimester in pregnancy, avoid during breastfeeding, and in infants under 3 months.

Lavender, although classed as a balancer,  you should avoid it if suffering from low blood pressure and check for contraindications in relation to prescription medication.

Where Can I Buy High Quality Lavender Oil?

If you are based in the UK, I would recommend a reputable, high-quality grade essential oil supplier like NYR Organics.

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