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Uses for LAVENDER Essential Oil & Tea
Perhaps no other essential oil has been used as widely for many thousands
of years as Lavender. Lavendula officinalis is a native of the Mediterranean.
There are over 200 different varieties of lavender. Each variety has it’s
own unique and distinctive lavender scent ranging from heavily camphoric
too mildly sweet. The aromatic scent of Lavender has a regulating effect
on the nervous system and is known for its soothing, calming and stress
relieving qualities. Its harmonizing and therapeutic nature provides mental
clarity as well as emotional balance.
The Essential Oil of lavender is antibacterial, antifungal and extremely
concentrated. It can be applied topically to cuts, scrapes, insect bites,
burns and helps to prevent scar tissue. The oil is used to combat acne,
eczema and sunspots. Lavender is also an effective insect repellent, cleaning
agent and purifies the air. Placing a drop under the nose and on the chest
can help ease congestion from a cold. The oil can be applied to the bottom
of the feet providing relief from insomnia as well as on the temples for
headaches. A few drops are a delightful addition to the bathwater for
blissful relaxation.
Local Pain Relief and Relaxation – Lavender
oil can be applied to the skin in almost any situation involving pain.
Massage the oil on to rheumatic joints, the cheek overlying an aching
tooth, or the forehead and temples for migraine pain. A few drops of
oil on a cotton ball plugged into the ear relieve a mild earache. Lavender
tincture or tea can provide systemic support, helping relax tensed and
aching muscles. For menstrual cramps and pain, drink tea and massage
oil into the lower abdomen for pain relief. A few drops massaged into
the temples or the back of the neck or shoulders can ease tension caused
by stress. Aches and pains, elsewhere in the body, will also benefit.
Apply the oil to minor burns, sunburns, sores, and itching skin, as
well as insect stings or bites. Smelling lavender can also calm a person
who is anxious, claustrophobic, can’t sleep and feels emotionally
low.
Digestive Problems – Most often combined with
other digestive remedies, lavender has specific value where emotional
distress is the underlying cause of the digestive disturbance such as
“butterflies” in the stomach, or bloating, belching and
irritable bowel syndrome. Lavender tea can help.
Congestion and Other uses – In France, lavender
is used in the treatment of a wide range of respiratory problems,
including the flu, cough, whooping cough, asthma and bronchitis.
Its anti spasmodic and antiseptic activity combines well with other
herbs such as thyme, spearmint, chamomile, lemon balm and rosemary.
Place a dab of lavender oil under nose, on the throat and chest.
The oil will both penetrate the skin and offer up an aromatic scent
that helps relieve the symptoms. Lavender tea has a long-standing
reputation to be used as a tonic for nervous, hyper or sickly children. |
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Reduce Stress
 Stress has
been sighted as a major cause of disease and illness. For centuries,
Lavender has been used for reducing anxiety, calming nerves and soothing
the spirit.
Slipping a Lavender
Pillow Insert inside your pillowcase will help provide a more restful
sleep. Being able to breathe in instant calm and relaxation from this
fantastic herb is truly one of nature’s wonderful gifts. Lavender's
calming, relaxing, stress relieving, and healing properties have become
very popular around the world today for good reason, with the hectic
lives many of us have come to lead.
Why is lavender
aromatherapy so popular today? It is considered by many to be a natural,
alternative remedy for a variety of common ailments ranging from anxiety,
headaches, to insomnia. It is believed that lavender can ease stress,
induce relaxation, refresh, and even invigorate. For the skin, lavender
oil is often used to treat fungal infections, soothe wounds and sunburn,
even insect bites. The scent of Lavender connects to your senses, and
has a powerful influence on our bodies and minds. The scent is believed
to activate nerve cells in the nasal cavity, which then send impulses
to the limbic system, the area of the brain associated with emotions
and memory.
Emotionally, Lavender can make you feel better by evoking a pleasant
memory (the smell of lavender might remind you of fresh linen on the
clothesline or a fragrance worn by your favorite Aunt, for example).
Physically, the scent of Lavender may help to relieve certain conditions
by stimulating the immune, circulatory, or nervous systems.
Lavender is a highly aromatic fragrance, which refreshes and tones the
skin, and soothes the nerves. Lavender can be quite effective in the
clearing of depression, especially when related to stress.
People who
take daily baths or showers with lavender may experience an improved
mood, reduced aggression, and a more positive outlook. Herbalists who
promote relaxation have traditionally used lavender.
A study
of 40 women showed that bathing or showering with a Lavender
Bath Gel or Lavender
Bubble Bath produced significant improvements in their mood, while
decreasing tense feelings, suggesting bathing alone had mood-enhancing
effects. However, those taking baths with lavender had a significant
reduction in aggressive feelings, compared with those whose baths did
not contain lavender. The second part of the study showed that negative
thoughts about future events were significantly lower after taking baths
with lavender, suggesting it may help reduce pessimism in some individuals.
Preliminary studies suggest inhaling the fragrance of Lavender
Essential Oil may also be useful in treating insomnia and other
conditions of the nervous system, while drinking Lavender
Herb Tea may be effective in treating indigestion and heartburn.
Lavender
Essential Oil has been used as a stimulating liniment to help ease
the aches and pains of rheumatism. The Lavender
Body Spritzer can soothe and protect sunburned skin and possibly
prevent infection in blisters that often accompany more severe sunburns.
Finishing your bath or shower with the Lavender
Body Butter Cream leaves your skin feeling silky soft and smelling
of sensual Lavender.
You can find
many simple and inexpensive ways to reduce your stress level on your
own. Take nice deep breaths. Have someone give you a foot massage using
Lavender
Bath & Body Oil your feet will look and feel great! Another
way to start is to cut out artificial stress reducers such as alcohol
which can mask symptoms and often make symptoms worse, instead put on
your favorite music and have a cup of Lavender
Herb Tea which is deliciously soothing and comforting to the spirit.
Eat a well-balanced diet that includes plenty of fruits and vegetables
and try our Lavender
Gourmet Seasoning on Chicken Skewers placed atop a bed of fresh
pasta. Foods, which are high in complex carbohydrates, moderate amounts
of protein, and low in fat, reduce stress. Avoid excessive amounts of
caffeine, which has been shown to increase anxiety.
To help you
focus on being still, calm and free of stress, light a Lavender
Candle and drink some Lavender
Herb Tea. These are simple things that bring tranquility and dissipate
tension. The process in which you use Lavender has a lot to do with
its ability to work it’s magic. Whether you’re boiling water
for tea, drawing a bath or massaging your feet with Lavender
Bath & Body Oil or Lavender
Gardener Lotion, there is something so soothing and peaceful in
the ritual of preparing to relax. Once enveloped in the Lavender moment,
people often describe the feeling as pure bliss. Women in particular,
need to take advantage of the refuge from daily life that an herbal
bath using Lavender
Bath Salts will offer in the form of solace from a hectic world.
Maybe you should start a “relaxing ritual” of your own?
If you are
feeling particularly stressed and out of balance and never seem to have
time for yourself, see if you can schedule just one thing each week
- even if it's 30 minutes to exercise or read a book or soak in a Lavender
Bubble Bath. Make a list of all the things you do now and identify
what areas are most important to you - then see how much time you're
spending on those areas. Light a Lavender
Candle with your favorite music, and apply some Lavender Essential
oil to your temples to ease your mind.
Lavender
offers a multitude of benefits and uses. It balances the mood, clears
the mind, has a long tradition in skin & hair care as well as medicine
and is used for many household solutions. One of the unique characteristics
of Lavender
Essential Oil is that it is not merely energizing or relaxing, but
balancing.
The scent
of Lavender will rejuvenate and inspire a tired person, and relax, soothe
and slow down someone who is stressed or tense. Harness the powers of
Lavender to add balance and serenity to our increasingly hectic lives.
While pharmaceutical drugs are limited to either stimulating or sedating
a person, Lavender - like many other remedies offered by nature - is
able to re-establish the person's balanced, harmonious and natural state
without the use of synthetic chemicals.
Bringing the
fragrance of Lavender into your everyday living could reduce your stress
level. A drop or two of Lavender
Essential Oil on your pillow at night could help curb insomnia,
and help you get the rest your body craves.
Stress is
the way our bodies and minds react to something which upsets our normal
balance in life; an example of stress is the response we feel when we
are frightened or threatened. Placing a dab of Lavender
Essential Oil on each temple and above the nose or chest will help
keep you from reacting to stressful situations.
During stressful
events our adrenal glands release adrenaline, a hormone, which activates
our body's defense mechanisms causing our hearts to pound, blood pressure
to rise, muscles to tense, and the pupils of our eyes to dilate. Surrendering
to the day in a warm, soothing tub filled with fragrant, moisturizing
Lavender
Bubble Bath, will surely blow your blues away.
Lavender
is very effective with helping you relax, which can lessen your
risk for heart disease, the number one killer of American women,
and certain types of cancer. Constant aches and pains, palpitations,
anxiety, chronic fatigue, crying, over or under - eating, frequent
infections, and a decrease in your sexual desire are signs you may
notice which indicate you may be under stress. Anything that overwhelms
us can cause us to experience stress, the illness or death of a
family member, the loss of a job, and difficulties in relationships
are examples of situations stressful enough to cause physical or
psychological symptoms.
You may
not think washing your hair with Lavender
Shampoo or shaving your skin with Lavender
Shaving Gel will help you de-stress, but it just might. There is
a growing body of evidence showing that the fragrance of Lavender as
present in products that you use to bathe with like our Lavender
Foaming Bath Gel, wash your hair, or even shave with, can benefit
your health.
Aromatherapy
is effective because it works directly on the brain’s emotional
center. Medical studies find aromatherapy to help speed recovery time
and reduce anxiety in heart and cancer patients due to its calming and
relaxing effects. Something as simple as washing your hands with Lavender
Citrus Hand Soap can be amazingly pleasurable. Lavender
Aromatherapy candles is another way to bring lavender into your
living space.
A Lavender
scented candle is also very soothing and calming as the fragrance
creates harmony in the spirit. Lavender is considered by many to
be a natural, alternative remedy for a variety of common ailments
ranging from anxiety, headaches, tension, stress and insomnia. Using
the Lavender Gardener Salve or the Lavender
Gardener Lotion will help heal dry skin from summer sun to winter
cold, while providing the calming scent of Lavender. The Lavender
Gardener Lotion is also a great way to repel flies and mosquitoes
while outdoors. Rejuvenate yourself, and smell the Lavender ---your
spirit will be happier for it! |
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Skin tips
Bring
forth healthy, new skin by polishing your body with Lavender
Honey Scrub. With the heat of summer, our skin can get dry and
overexposed to the sun. By using this gentle, exfoliating, restorative
blend of Water, Pumice, Gelatin, Honey, Vitamin E, Grape Seed Extract,
Honey-beeswax and Lavender you can restore your healthy looking skin
quickly.
Simply use in the shower and gently wash dry skin away, cleansing
your pores and returning moisture to the skin. Your skin will look
vibrant, beautiful, supple and smell Lavender fresh.
Gentle enough to use on your face. Here’s a great cleaning ritual
that will get you ready for bed in more ways than one.
1. Wash your face thoroughly with the Lavender
Glycerin Bath Soap using warm water.
2. Rinse with cool water.
3. Using the Lavender
Honey Scrub apply a small amount to your fingertips and gently
massage your whole face, avoiding the areas a round the eyes, paying
particular attention to areas of your face that may be oily or dry.
4. Rinse well with cool water.
5. Use the lightly whipped Lavender
Body Butter Crème to moisturize your face after cleansing
to replenish and hydrate.
6. Sleep like a baby
Summer
is a time to remember to protect yourself from too much sun exposure.
Sunscreen should be applied 30 minutes before going outdoors and reapplied
at least every two hours. Our Lavender
Tropical Sunscreen has a sun protection factor (SPF) of 30, and
also repels mosquitoes and flies. This luscious sunscreen will pamper
your skin, while it protects it. Who could ask for more!!
Made from moisturizing and natural tropical oils it is also loaded
with vitamins and coffee extract along with carrot seed oil to "aid
in tanning" without burning. Effective, environmentally friendly
and safe to use on children over 2 years of age. Let the benefits
of Lavender, calm, relax, hydrate and moisturize you, while you enjoy
the outdoors!
Make
your skin look it's best, with our Lavender
Gardener Lotion that is filled with great and wonderful things
to help make your skin look wonderful. The lotion contains important
nutrients for your skin like, Vitamin A, which is vital for the
development and maintenance of healthy skin, Vitamin E that prevents
breakdown of the skin. Aloe Vera, which helps the skin to heal.
Shea Butter, which is know for its moisturizing properties, cell
regeneration and also benefits capillary circulation in the skin.
Jojoba oil has been known for it's moisturizing properties, essential
in any dry or cold weather. Rosemary Oil helps to increase blood
circulation to the skin. Lavender acts as an astringent to help
protect the skin from damages caused by the sun, wind or rain.
This lotion also repels mosquitoes and flies. Our botanical base
has no artificial dyes or preservatives. If sun protection is
needed, try our Lavender
Tropical Sunscreen, with all the same great benefits of the
Lavender Gardener Lotion, but with the added SPF 30 to protect
you from harmful sunrays.
A Lavender
Steam facial is more than good for your skin, its great for your spirit
too! It can transform you, relax you, and help you become more balanced
and feel the joys of life.
Why not shut out the world for a moment and breathe deeply with a
relaxing and hydrating Lavender herbal steam facial?
Steam opens the pores while deeply cleansing and rejuvenating all
the skin’s layers. Using lavender essential oil in your facial
steam is a wonderful way to nourish your skin. All you need to make
your own natural facial steamer is a pot of water, a method of heating
the water and a towel. A few drops of Lavender
Essential Oil in the water will provide emollient, softening,
lubricating, and moisturizing benefits in the steam that will reach
deep into your pores.
The Lavender scent is aroma-therapeutic, relaxing and anti-stress.
Another benefit of lavender is that it is antibacterial and anti-inflammatory.
Here are the simple steps to make your own facial steam:
1. Place a handful of dried lavender (or a few drops of Lavender Essential
oil) in a pot of water. Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat and
simmer for 5-10 minutes, adding water as needed.
2. Secure your hair back from your face.
3. Wash your face as usual.
4. Place the pot with the steaming water on a trivet or potholder
on a table or countertop. Make a tent over your head with a towel,
and hang your head over the steaming pot. Make sure not to lean close
enough to the steam to scald yourself.
5. Keep your face in the steam tent for about 5 minutes.
6. Rinse your face with cool water.
7. Follow with an astringent (for example, witch hazel) to close the
pores.
If you are traveling, instead of steaming your face with herb-infused
water, you can use the hot-towel method. Saturate a towel with steaming
hot water. Let cool enough to touch the skin, add 3 drops of Lavender
Essential Oil on to the towel then wrap your clean face with it,
and leave it on for two minutes or so. Breathe slowly and deeply –
you’ll be transported to Heaven! Enjoy!
As
winter moves in around us so does cooler air carrying less humidity
than even autumn would and our skin is usually the first to let
us know of that change. Try adding a few drops of our Lavender
Bath and Body Oil to your bath or perhaps apply a light amount
after your shower to moisten and help prevent dry skin. Let’s
not forget that our Lavender Rosemary Gardener Salve is a soothingly
effective moisturizer when applied to elbows, knees, heels, and
hands. Our Lavender
Mango Lip Balm moisturizes as well as protects against windburn.
How about keeping extra supplies of Ali’i Kula Lavender
Salves, oils and lotions in a number of convenient places like
in your car, at your desk, in your garden, etc., so you don’t
ever have to be without them when you need them? Your healthier
skin will thank you.
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