Essential Oils Lavender and Its Uses for the Home
Lavender has been a lynchpin of the essential oil and perfumery world for eons and its chronicle can be traced back beyond the Pharoahs of Egypt and the philosophers of Historical Greece. Searching around the ledges of any high street store it can be picked up in plenty - perfuming talcs, soaps, shampoos, air freshners, and a hundred an one alternative wares. So this oil has a certain site on the shelves of whatever oil fan or aromatherapy practician! The Oil Basics Lavender oil is an all-important oil acquired by distillment from the bloom spikes of particular species of lavender. Two varieties are distinguished, lavender flower oil, a neutral oil, insoluble in water, having a concentration of 0.885 g/mL; and lavender spike oil, a distillate from the herb Lavandula latifolia, having density 0.905 g/mL. When purchasing Lavender discover to see which you are acquiring - Lavender Essential Oil or Lavender Spike Essential Oil - both are super but loan themselves to somewhat divers usage (See below) The Spike Oil has a slightly stronger perfume, with a top peppery note which is lacking from the Lavender Flower Oil and loans itself more to the stimulating forces of the oil. Traditional Aromatherapy Recommended Practices You only need to look on the shelves in Boots, Marks and Spencers and The Body Shop to see a wealth of advised usages for the Lavender aroma, but traditionally it has been its lulling and restful, as well as its power to trim tension and anxiousness, tones which have been held up as its best use. One or two drops on an oil burner can produce a tranquillizing effect within a room. One or two drops on a tissue which is then put under the pillow can aid a reposeful nights slumber Put a couple of drops into the final rinse or your wash to give oyur laundry a sweet natural and clean scent Put a couple of drops of the Lavender Oil into a carrier oil and combine. Then add a few drops to your bathwater and savor an indulgant relaxing soak. A few drops on a fabric which is then pointed in your vaccuum bags will help odourise the room whils toyu do the housekeeping. When learning add four or five drops to an oil burner to stimulate and refresh the mind and increase alertness!

