What is Lavender oil                                                                                                          

Lavender oil comes from lavender (Lavandula angustifolia), an easy-to grow, evergreen shrub that produces clumps of beautiful, scented flowers above green or silvery-gray foliage.The plant is native to northern Africa and the mountainous Mediterranean regions, and thrives best in sunny, stony habitats. Today, it grows throughout southern Europe, the United States, and Australia.

High quality lavender oil has a sweet, floral, herbaceous, and slightly woody scent. Its color can rangefrom pale yellow to yellow-green, but it can also be colorless.

Lavender Oil Benefits:                                                                                                                

1.For the skin lavender helps abscesses, acne, allergies, athlete's feet and fungal infections, boils, bruises,burns, cold sores, cuts, dermatitis, eczema, hives, inflammations, insect bites and stings, lice, ticks, psoriasis, rashes, ringworm, scabies, scars, shingles, stretch-marks, sunburns and wounds.
2.Circulation, muscles and joints aches and pains, helps reduce cellulite, heart palpitations, high blood pressure, Lumbago, reduces swelling and pain, relaxes tight muscles, joint pain, rheumatism, and sprains.
3.Respiratory Asthma (when associated with emotional trauma), bronchitis, coughs, colds, congestion, flu, laryngitis, throat infections, whooping cough, and sinus infections.
4.Digestion colic, improves digestion, nausea, gas, and is soothing to the intestines.
5.Nervous system balances the emotions, it's calming and uplifting. It just makes you feel better. It also helps with convulsion and epilepsy, delusions, depression, insomnia, headaches and migraines, nervous tension, trembling, panic, relaxing, stress, shock, and vertigo. It even helps with pms.

Lavender Oil Uses:                                                                                                                          

Both lavender and lavender oil are valued for their fragrance and versatility. The flowers are used in potpourris, crafting, and home décor, while the essential oil is added to bath and body care products, such as soaps, perfumes, household cleaners, and laundry detergent.Lavender oil is known for its anti-inflammatory, antifungal, antidepressant, antiseptic, antibacterial, and antimicrobial properties. It also has antispasmodic, analgesic, detoxifying, hypotensive, and sedative effects. Lavender oil is one of the most well-known essential oils in aromatherapy, and can be:
· Added to your bath or shower to relieve aching muscles and stress.
· Massaged on your skin as a relief for muscle or joint pain, as well as for skin conditions like burns, acne, and wounds. Make sure to dilute it with a carrier oil.
· Inhaled or vaporized. You can use an oil burner or add a few drops to a bowl of hot water, and then breathe in the steam.
· Added to your hand or foot soak. Add a drop to a bowl of warm water before soaking your hands or feet.
· Used as a compress by soaking a towel in a bowl of water infused with a few drops of lavender oil. Apply this to sprains or muscle injuries.

Lavender Oil Can Be Blended With:                                                                                          

Although essential oils blend well with one another, lavender oil blends particularly well with cedarwood, clary sage, geranium, pine, nutmeg and all the citrus oils.