Lavender

Here is our first product Pure Essential Lavender Oil - available in 10ml $12.50 and 30ml $30.00 bottles. We promote recycling by offering 50c off with bottle exchange.

The name lavender comes from the Latin root lavare, which means "to wash." Lavender may have earned this name because it was frequently used in baths to help purify the body and spirit. However, this herb has also been used as a remedy for a range of ailments from insomnia and anxiety to depression and fatigue. Research has confirmed that lavender produces slight calming, soothing, and sedative effects when its scent is inhaled. Lavender oil is often used in other forms of integrative medicine, such as massage, acupuncture, and chiropractic manipulation.

The lavender flowers are extracted by a steam distiller off the property.

Store below 30°c. Keep out of reach of children

Here are some uses for our Pure Essential Lavender Oil

Aching Muscles 

Run yourself a lavender bath to soothe aches & pains or soak away built up tension.

Acne

Lavender is one of the most valuable oils for the treatment of acne, according to aroma therapists. “It inhibits the bacteria that cause the skin infection, helps to balance the over-secretion of sebum, which the bacteria thrive on, and reduce scarring”. 

Bee Sting or Insect Bite

Put a drop of Lavender oil on the effected area to stop itching and reduce swelling.

Blocked Tear Ducts

Rub a drop of Lavender oil over the bridge of the nose to unblock tear ducts.

Bugs & Bacteria

French laboratory studies in the early 20th century showed that lavender is a powerful antibacterial in dilutions of 5 per cent or less it is lethal to bacteria that cause typhoid, TB & diphtheria. Combined with Lemon Balm, for its clinically tested anti-viral properties.

Burns (minor)

After you have cooled the area by immersing it in running cold water for 5 minutes, gently stroke on  lavender oil. Pain relief is almost immediate, and burn usually heals without scarring.

Cold Sore

Put a drop of Lavender oil on a cold sore to help speed up the healing process.

Cuts & Wounds

Apply lavender oil to sooth pain, stop the bleeding, prevent bacterial infection and aid scar-free healing. 

Dandruff

Rub several drops of Lavender oil into the scalp to help eliminate dandruff.

Deodorant

Rub 2 drops of Lavender oil over the armpit area to act as a deodorant.

Dry Skin

Rub Lavender oil on dry or chapped skin. 

Earache

Warm a bottle of lavender oil in hot water for a minute or two, then gently massage a few drops into the skin around the ears and throat. For babies & small children, add 2-3 drops of the warmed oil to a little olive oil and massage in the same way.

Eczema

Stroke infused lavender oil (1 - 4 drops per tablespoon of base oil such as almond or olive oil) into dry, itchy skin—small children will find this especially comforting or add a few drops of lavender oil to calamine lotion, shake before use.

Fatigue

Add 5 drops of lavender oil to a hot foot bath and relax while your feet soak in it. The soles of the feet are particularly porous, so lavender reaches your bloodstream very quickly, exerting its stimulating and soothing effects on various systems of your body.

Fevers

For babies or small children, sponge them down very gently with tepid water to which you have added a drop of lavender oil. Take care not to let them get chilled. This works for adults too.

Giddy Spells, Faintness or Pulpitations

Make your own smelling salts—sea salt , lavender oil, peppermint oil & basil oil.

Hay Fever

Rub a drop of Lavender oil between your palms and inhale deeply to help alleviate the symptoms of hay fever.

Headache

Use distilled water of Lavender (Hydrosol). Mist around your head, it is refreshing and soothing. Alternatively, make a compress of a piece of cause or muslin soaked in icy cold water then sprinkled with a few drops of lavender oil and apply to the forehead, or massage a few drops into the forehead, temples and nape of the neck.

Insomnia

In a number of small studies, elderly psychiatric patients have been shown to sleep better and be more alert during the day when their sleep medication is replaced with lavender oil either dropped on their pillows, or placed in a diffuser on the ward. To help to induce sleep, put 3 or 4 drops of lavender oil on your pillow. For babies, add 1 drop of lavender oil & geranium oil in carrier oil and massage into a babies back or a few drops in their bedtime bath.

Laundry

Place a few drops of Lavender oil on a wet cloth and throw into the dryer which will deodorise and freshen your laundry.

Long-Haul Travel

Combine lavender, rosemary, neroli, frankincense & clary sage, into your hand luggage and roll it over your pulse points to help you keep a clear head during those endless hours in the air.

Menstrual Cramps

Massage a few drops of lavender oil into your lower abdomen or apply a hot compress onto the area, which a little lavender oil has been sprinkled.

Moths, Midges & Mosquito's

These annoying little insects all hate the smell of lavender. To prevent bites, splash yourself with lavender hydrosol before you go out at sunset or to bed, put 3-4 drops of oil on your pillow or soak cotton wool ball in the oil and leave it on a saucer in front of the window. Lavender oil is also a terrific remedy for insect bites, soothing itching & inflammation: dab it on to them neat as soon as possible. To keep moths off your clothes, hand lavender bags on you coat hangers or keep them among your sweaters and refresh them with a drop or two of lavender oil from time to time.

Scabies

This infestation by a tiny mite burrowing into your skin causes intense itching. Rub the whole body with neat lavender oil, then following every day until better with a mixture of lavender oil and alcohol. Change and wash bedding and clothes and sprinkle lavender oil on the mattress.

Scar Tissue

To reduce or minimize the formation of scar tissue, massage Lavender oil on and around the affected area.

Shingles

Combine a mix of lavender oil with, analgesic, antiviral & scar preventing essential oils neat or on compresses on the agonizing lesions of shingles. It usually produces a cure within 5-8 days.

Sinusitis

Lavender is one of several essential oils that aromatherapists recommend for inhalations to relieve sinusitis, add two drops of lavender & thyme oil to a bowl of near-steaming water and inhale slowly and deeply, with a towel over your head & bowl.

Stress & Anxiety

Keep a spritzer of Lavender Mist - Hydrosol handy to spray on your face during the day, or apply lavender oil neat to your temples.

Sunburn

Spray pure Lavender Mist – Hydrosol directly onto the skin or Add 8 drops of lavender oil and 4 drops of peppermint oil to a teaspoon of jojoba oil. Pour it into a cool-to-lukewarm bath and soak for 10 minutes.

Pregnant and breastfeeding women should avoid using lavender.

There are no known scientific reports of interactions between lavender and conventional medications. However, because lavender promotes relaxation, it may make the effects of central nervous depressants stronger. These drugs include narcotics such as morphine or oxycodone (OxyContin) for pain, and sedative and anti-anxiety agents such as lorazepam (Ativan), diazepam (Valium), and alprazolam (Xanax). Ask your doctor before using lavender with these and other sedatives.

Some people may develop an allergic reaction to lavender. Nausea, vomiting, headache, and chills have also been reported in some people after inhaling or absorbing lavender through the skin. Lavender applied to skin may cause irritation in some people.

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