Lavender Essential Oil

Lavender essential oil is the most sought after in the world. It has powerful antioxidant, antimicrobial, sedative, calming and anti depressive properties, lavender oil benefits abound and it’s been used both cosmetically and therapeutically for centuries. It has ability to eliminate nervous tension, relieve pain, disinfect the scalp and skin, regulate blood circulation and respiratory system. 

Lavender Essential Oil is used as an antibacterial essential oil from ancient times. The leaves and stems of the plant are used to prepare decoctions against digestive system diseases and rheumatism, and lavender was valued for its cosmetic purposes. The Romans used lavender oil for bathing, cooking and purifying the air. And in the Bible, lavender oil was among the aromatics used for anointing and healing. 

Benefits

Health Benefits of Lavender Essential Oil:

1. Induces Sleep: Lavender essential oil induces sleep and is thus used as an alternative treatment for insomnia, because of lavender oil’s sedative and calming properties. A 2015 study involving 158 mothers in their postpartum period were divided into the control or intervention group. The intervention group inhaled lavender oil before bed four times a week for eight weeks. The women using lavender oil displayed a significant improvement in sleep quality when compared to the control group. Frequent studies on elderly patients have shown an increase in their sleep regularity when their normal sleep medication is replaced with some lavender essential oil being placed on their pillows. It has a relaxing impact on people; thereby, it often replaces modern medicines for sleep issues.

2. Supports Brain Function, helps in stress: The neurological benefits of lavender essential oil don’t stop at its ability to treat depression and boost mood. Lavender essential oil has a calming scent which makes it an excellent tonic for the nerves and anxiety issues. Therefore, it can also be helpful in treating migraines, headaches, depression, nervous tension and emotional stress. Research also shows that lavender oil serves as a natural treatment for Alzheimer’s disease! Studies conducted on rats show that inhaling lavender essential oil vapor can help to prevent brain oxidative stress and improve cognitive impairment.

3. Helps to treat Acne: Acne develops due to a bacterial infection near the sebum gland. When sebum cannot be properly secreted from the sebum glands on the face, it begins to build up, particularly because puberty stimulates extra sebum and bacteria feed off of it, creating a vicious cycle of irritation, infection, and visible sores that can result in serious scarring. Lavender essential oil controls or removes the bacteria that cause the initial infection regulates some of the over-excretion of sebum by hormonal manipulation and can help reduce the signs of scarring after the acne has begun to heal. you can add a small amount of lavender essential oil to other skin creams or ointments which can improve the health of your acne suffering skin.