You may have heard that lavender essential oil can calm the body during rest and relieve stress. What you may not have heard is that therapeutic grade lavender essential oil has many aromatherapy uses. In fact, it has been coined as the “Swiss Army Knife” of oils.
Essential oils are potent fragrant liquids taken from the essence of the plants that produce them and have been used therapeutically throughout history dating back to 4500 BC. Every essential oil has a distinctive fragrance and other therapeutic and aromatherapy qualities which affect our nervous system in different ways.
Lavender was first discovered by a French scientist when he burned his arm and found that lavender helped to speed the process and promote healing. Over the years, many more uses have been discovered for lavender.
Try inhaling the therapeutic aroma to relax physically and mentally. Apply lavender topically when you have minor cuts as an antiseptic and to help to lessen scarring. Lavender has been known to help skin conditions such as psoriasis, acne, scarring, eczema and stretch marks. Lavender essential oil has even been able to help reduce blood pressure and lower cholesterol in some cases. Allergy sufferers, suffer no more. Lavender can help control allergies and also has analgesic, other therapeutic properties. Besides having many uses for adults, lavender is even gentle enough to be used safely on infants.
As you can see, a therapeutic lavender oil is a must have in any holistic medicine cabinet. We recommend that you make sure the essential oils you use are not tainted with chemicals or other substances which can have a negative affect the therapeutic quality of the oil. Although we are licensed holistic Chiropractors, this information is not intended as medical advice for you, it is our opinion to be applied generally; please work with your individual healthcare provider for the best results specific to your needs.
At Integrative Healing Dynamics we incorporate the use of therapeutic grade essential oils as part of our health and wellness philosophy. We see the benefit on ourselves from using them and are happy to encourage their use to others. Research today reveals that the complexity of essential oils causes benefits that range from insect repellant qualities to repairing DNA in conditions like cancer.