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How to use Essential Oils – Lavender
February 25th, 2010 by admin
Lavender has been a linchpin of the essential oil and perfumery world for eons and its story can be retraced back beyond the Pharoahs of Egypt and the philosophers of Ancient Greece.
Looking around the shelves of any high st shop it can be found in plenty – aromatizing talcs, soaps, shampoos, roomfreshners, and a million an one other wares. So this oil has a definite place on the shelves of any oil lover or aromatherapy practician!
Lavender oil is an key oil found by distillation from the bloom spikes
of particular species of lavender. Two kinds are central, lavender flower oil, a colorless oil,
insoluble in water, having a density of 0.885 g/mL; and lavender spike oil, a distillate from the herb
Lavandula latifolia, having denseness 0.905 g/mL.
When purchasing Lavender discover to determine which you are getting – Lavender Essential Oil or Lavender Spike Essential Oil – both are superb but lend themselves to more or less contrasting usage (See below)
The Spike Oil has a somewhat stronger fragrance, with a top peppery note which is lacking from the Lavender Flower Oil and bestows itself more to the stimulative essences of the oil.
Traditional Aromatherapy Recommended Uses
You only need to search along the shelves in Boots, Marks and Spencers and The Body Shop to see a wealth of proposed practices for the Lavender aroma, but traditionally it has been its becalming and relaxing, as well as its power to bring down stress and anxiousness,
tones which have been held up as its best use.
One or two drops on an oil burner can create a calming effect within a room.
One or two drops on a tissue paper which is then put under the pillow can aid a relaxing nights rest
Put a couple of drops into the final rinse or your wash to give oyur laundry a fresh natural and clean scent
Put a couple of drops of the Lavender Oil into a carrier oil and blend. Then add a few drops to your bathwater and delight an indulgant restful soak.
A few drops on a textile which is then laid in your vaccuum bags will assist scent the room whils toyu do the housekeeping.
When learning add four or five drops to an oil burner to stimulate and freshen up the mind and increase vigilance!