11. Headache: Use distilled Lavender mist on your head whenever you encounter a headache. Just keep a small spray bottle handy and spray some lavender mist whenever required. Also, Make a cold lavender compress by soaking a clean muslin cloth in chilled water and spraying few drops of essential lavender oil on to it. Apply this cold compress of your forehead to ease the headache. Alternatively, you can also take one or two drops of lavender oil and massage it directly on your forehead or the temples.
12. Sleeping Disorders: A lot many studies have been conducted worldwide to establish a relation between lavender oil and sound sleep. Older psychiatric people have shown improved sleeping pattern and increased alertness during day time when couple of lavender oil drops were dropped on their pillows or a lavender oil diffuser was left burning in their room during night time. To sleep better simply drop three or four drops of lavender oil on your pillow. Do not use lavender oil directly on the baby’s pillow. For small babies, mix one drop of lavender oil and one drop of geranium oil in olive oil and massage the same onto the back of baby. You can even add one drop of lavender oil in the bedtime bath water of the baby.
13. Menstrual spasms: Massage the affected lower abdomen area with couple of lavender oil drops. Alternatively, apply a hot water compress after gently applying lavender oil. Lavender oil combined with hot compress will help in quick relief.
14. Long Haul Journey: Make a small potpourri by adding several essential oils such as lavender, frankincense, rosemary, neroli and clary sage. Keep it handy in your hand baggage. Whenever you feel heavy in the head roll the potpourri over your pulse points to clear your head and have a peaceful journey.
15. Keep the insects and moths away: The bothersome and harmful insects hate the aroma of lavender oil. To safeguard yourself from insect bites just spray some lavender mist or hydrosol before you step out of the house or before you go to bed. Simply put three to four drops of lavender oil on your pillow to keep the mosquitoes away. A lavender oil diffuser works like mosquito repellent spray. Lavender oil is also a wonderful remedy for curing insect bites, easing down the itching sensation as well as inflammation. Just dab some lavender essential oil in neat form on the affected area the moment you experience the itching sensation. To keep your clothes safe from moth attack keep small lavender potpourri bags along with them. Keep adding fresh lavender drops to the potpourri after every week.
16: Sinusitis: Lavender oil is beneficial in opening a congested nose in sinusitis. Add couple of drops of lavender oil and couple of drops of thyme oil to a bowl of steaming hot water. Inhale the steam with long deep breaths and don’t forget to cover your head and the bowl with a towel. This remedy is not advisable for children.
17. Stress: Keep a spray bottle handy with Lavender hydrosol mist in it. Just spray lavender mist on your face and head during the day. Alternatively, rub little neat lavender oil on your forehead to ease tension.
1. Muscle Ache: If you have been cleaning the attic all day long then you must be complaining of back ache for sure. Stop complaining and jump into a warm lavender bath to wash that pain away. Adding Epsom salt to the bath along with lavender oil will work miracle for that tensed back.
2. Acne: Lavender is the best known remedy for getting rid of that persistent acne. Lavender helps by inhibiting the bacteria known to cause infection of the skin. It restores and balances the excess secretion of sebum which promotes bacterial growth and as a result lavender reduces the scarring. Add couple of drops of lavender essential oil to plain lotions easily available at the medical counters and use it just like any other cream on the effected area.
3. Germs and Bacteria: A certain French lab conducted several studies to determine the benefits of lavender oil in the beginning of 20th century. The studies proved that lavender is a strong bactericide in dilutions of five percent or even less and lethal to typhoid, tuberculosis and diphtheria causing bacteria.
4 Mild Burns: Mild burns are to be kept under running water for five to ten minutes to bring down the temperature and ease the burning sensation. After doing so gently apply pure neat lavender essential oil on the affected area. You will experience immediate relief after applying lavender oil. Even the burn heals sooner without leaving any prominent scars.
5. Cuts and Bruises: Who doesn’t get cuts while doing their daily chores? Applying neat lavender oil eases pain and discomfort, prevents the chances of any advent bacterial infection. It also helps in reducing scars that may be left behind by those bruises.
6. Earache: Warm some lavender oil by placing the bottle in lukewarm water for few minutes. Gently rub few drops of warm lavender oil all over the skin around the ears as well as throat. Do not use neat lavender oil on small babies. Mix couple of drops of lavender oil with little olive oil and apply the same on the baby’s affected area.
7. Eczema: Mix few drops of lavender oil with any carrier oil of your choice to make an infusion. Apply this infusion very gently into the affected area. This infusion is extremely comforting for small children. You can also add few drops of lavender oil to calamine and use it in the same manner after shaking it well.
8. Fatigue: Make a soothing foot bath by mixing five drops of essential lavender oil and then soak your feet in it. The poriferous soles of the feet makes lavender reach the bloodstream very fast. This stimulates and soothes the tired and exhausted body parts in only few minutes.
9. Fever: The following remedy is highly beneficial for small babies as well as children. Mix few drops of lavender oil in lukewarm water and give the child a gentle sponge bath with it. Just make sure that the water is not cold. This will help in reducing the fever and easing out the fatigue from the body. The same method is also beneficial in adults.
10. Fainting spells, Giddiness and Palpitation
When someone feels giddy or faintish then make a small pouch of smelling salts with sea salt, lavender oil, basil oil as well as peppermint oil.
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