Cool mystical scent of lavender leaves no one indifferent. Its either love with all my heart, or hate. The birthplace of this miracle of nature - lavender - Mediterranean. However, the plant is a good idea caught on in Europe, hitting it out of the Great Roman Empire. Today it is grown in many countries, including France, Bulgaria, Italy, Hungary, Great Britain, Russia and others.
Lavender essential oil dosage (Lavandula angustifolia) is widely used in the perfume industry and detergents. Actually, the very name of the plant comes from the Latin "lava", which means "to wash".
It is hard to overestimate the impact on the psyche and emotional sphere of fine balsamic aroma of lavender. It is unique in that it can provide and sedative, calming and stimulating. Scent of lavender will help to cope with the hysteria, melancholy, depression, relieve panic, aggression, irritability.
Lavender oil is effective in hyperactive children. At the same time, lavender doubles the corticosterone level, contributing to better memorization, focusing on the job and fewer errors.
Butter is widely used in the production of cosmetics. In a domestic environment it can be used in the composition of oil mixtures for all skin types. Most notably its effect in the care of tired and sensitive skin.
Among other things, lavender oil copes with acne, eliminates an inflammatory response, including herpes manifestations. And if you mix lavender essential oil with cosmetic oils St. John's wort, you get a great tool for dry cracked skin.
In alternative medicine lavender oil also takes a very comprehensive niche. Acting on the blood supply, it eliminates neurotic heart pain and tachycardia, levels blood pressure and even the ability to literally "clean up" the aorta from atherogenic plaques.
Lavender oil ingestion (1 drop in a quarter of an hour before a meal) reduces appetite, helps with stomach problems, regulates the liver. Tool widely used in diseases of almost all body systems: reproductive, musculoskeletal, nervous, endocrine and others.
But that's not all properties of a wonderful lavender. Oil plants used to flavor the air, bed linen and clothes. In addition, lavender great repel mosquitoes and moths, which allows the use of plants and its oil as an effective natural insect repellent.
Lavender oil is used depending on the desired result. Thus, for sedation lavender oil is administered in the bath or a dripping aromamedalon. A cosmetic oil is added to the mixture at the rate of 7 to 15 grams droplet base.
In mixtures of massage is effective for rheumatism, arthritis, sciatica and muscle pain. Hot inhalation of oil will help with colds, inflammation of the sinuses, flu, insomnia, and compresses - for burns and skin diseases. Lavender oil, added to the aroma lamp, save us from depression, insomnia and mosquitoes.
Apply lavender essential oil and inward. The usual dose for insomnia, bronchitis, depression, asthma, high blood pressure, problems with the digestive tract is 1 drop 2-3 times a day. Typically, a drop of oil mixed with a teaspoon of honey and washed down with herbal tea.
Unfortunately, the wonderful lavender oil has its contraindications. For example, the tool must be used with care at low blood pressure, and by the use in the first few months of pregnancy or immediately after abortion should generally be avoided.