Lavender Essential Oil Uses and Benefits

The Lavender essential oil uses and benefits are great and varied. When you first start using essential oils, you may not think of all the unique ways that you can use lavender or how it will ultimately benefit you.

 

Topical, Aromatic and Internal Uses

Lavender essential oil can be used topically, aromatically and internally to achieve wonderful health benefits. Some top lavender essential oil uses include:

  • Skin irritation. Lavender has a soothing property which has made it a popular option for skincare products. There are many home skincare recipes that include lavender. You can use it to provide razor relief to avoid the irritation that comes post-shave. You can also cleanse and nourish your skin with an essential oil clay mask.
  • Potpourri. Many dried flowers lose their scent. Don’t throw them away! Use some lavender essential oil drops to revitalize the lovely scent.
  • Cuticle cream. A homemade cuticle cream made with lavender essential oil is a great way to bring moisture and health back into your dry skin and nails.
  • Create a relaxing atmosphere. Lavender is widely known for the ability to promote relaxation which can lead to a restful night’s sleep. Its calming properties create a serene environment optimal for rest. Simply add a few drops of lavender to your pillows or bedding. You will inhale the aroma as you are drifting off to sleep.
  • Sun burns. If you’ve spent too much time in the sun and find your skin irritated, reach for a bottle of lavender essential oils.
  • Relieve tension. Lavender essential oils can aid in reducing feelings of tension when taken internally. You can diffuse lavender oil or take in internally. Its light, floral scent will help you to feel at ease and peaceful emotionally.
  • Unwanted odors. Eliminating unwanted odors is one of the things that lavender essential oil does well. The fresh, floral aroma can mask any musky, pungent smells that may be living in your home. Simply spray a light mist from your lavender spray bottle into your car, linen closet or any other area that needs to smell better.
  • Cooking. Lavender is used for its taste and fragrance. You can use lavender in cooking. It will soften the flavors in lemon sauces, citrus salads and more. Lavender oil also adds a flavorful twist to baked goods, desserts and marinades.
  • Bee stings or insect bites. Due to its inflammatory properties, lavender essential oils can help to relieve insect bites or bee stings.[easyazon_image align=”right” cart=”n” height=”1100″ identifier=”B00PYS7R7M” locale=”US” src=”https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61w%2BmcR5bqL.jpg” tag=”mcurle08-20″ width=”418″]

Lavender Essential Oil Health Benefits

In early Egypt, lavender was used in the tombs for perfume and mummification. 3,000 years after King Tut was entombed, there was still a faint smell of lavender. Today, lavender is still widely used and promotes the following health benefits:

  • Lower anxiety and emotional stress
  • Reduce diabetes symptoms
  • Improves brain function
  • Assists in healing burns and wounds
  • Improvee sleep
  • Restores skin complexion
  • Reduces skin inflammation and acne
  • Slows down aging with powerful antioxidants
  • Relieves pain
  • Relieves headaches 

 

How to Use Lavender Essential Oils

Essential oils can based in many ways. You can inhale them, use them topically, and even cook with them. How you will use lavender essential oil will be based on the intensity of the scent that you want to experience and the health condition that you are trying to treat.

Inhalation Method

Calming or Sleep aid and Hay Fever

Take 2-3 drops of lavender and rub it in your cupped palms. Bring your hands up to your nose and inahle to draw the scent all the way to your amygdala gland in your brain. This will calm the mind. After doing this, rub a drop on your feet, temples, writst or anywhere for an immediate calming effect on the body.This method also works well for hay fever and in crowded spaces to carve out your own personal space.

 

Directly Apply

Bee stings, irritations, burns
Take 2-3 drops of lavender essential oil and place on a minor burn. This will decrease teh pain and irritation. I recently burned my hand on some tea and luckly had my lavender. I tried this method out and there was NO redness, swelling or pain. There was NO sign of any burn. Lavender is amazing!

Cuts

Drop 2-3 drops of Lavender oil on a cut to stop bleeding, clean the wound, and kill bacteria.

 

Combine with a Carrier Oil
Eczema / Dermatitis

To use topically on a larger area, mix several drops of lavender essential oils with a vegetable mixing oil, such as sesame, or coconut oil. This is great for eczema and dermatitis. A friend of mine who suffers from eczema swears by this!

 

Strategically Dab a Few Drops
Great for motion sickness, nausea, and sunburned or chapped lips.

To alleviate the symptoms of motion sickness, place a drop of Lavender oil on end of tongue, behind the ears or around the navel.

Rub a drop of lavender oil on chapped or sunburned lips.

Conclusion

Lavender essential oil is well worth its cost. It has so many great properties and health benefits, it is an essential oil to keep in your medicine cabinet. You may discover that you are using it every day if you are running a household with little kids and need help to relax and fixing minor burns and bruises. One of the best things about lavender essential oils is that it smells great and unlike most perfumes, it is non-toxic. You can feel comfortable using this essential oil on your family members. Due to the fact that lavender essential oils are safe to ingest at a large dose of 80-160 milligrams, you should feel confident that any lavender oil that is absorbed through your skin while treating an inflammation will be safe for your body or your children’s body. However, to avoid gastrointestinal irritation, make sure that you keep the lavender essential oil doses to a minimum. Just use a few drops in cooking.

Be cautious if you are using lavender as a sleep aid and are currently medicating for sleep disorders. Lavender can enhance the effectiveness of these prescriptions. Lavender makes many people sleepy or drowsy. It is also advised to use caution taking any essential oils when you are pregnant and in the third trimester of pregnancy.

 

6 thoughts on “Lavender Essential Oil Uses and Benefits”

  1. Lavender has many great properties and use. I need to start using this as I can use it to help keep calm and not stressed out. I need it for first aid such as scratches and bee stings. Nice article and very informative, thanks

  2. This is such a great post. I absolutely love Lavender as it has so many uses. I gave birth a year ago and was obviously very sore after a forceps delivery. My friend bought me some lavender oil and I put some drops in the bath and it was so soothing. I didn’t believe it would work so well. I also use it now to help me sleep and I put a few drops on my pillow at night. I never thought about rubbing it into my wrists and temples. I am going to try this tonight. Also, I am living in Gran Canaria at the mo and I have family which we visit on the ferry to Tenerife and I am always see sick. I didn’t realise this could help with that too. Such an amazing oil. Thank you for the great information and tips for new uses.

  3. I really did not know there were so many uses for Lavender essential oil. I do love the smell of lavender. This is great that I have one essential oil that has so many benefits. You mention that it can slow down aging. Do you apply the essential oil to the skin? Maybe with a carrier oil? If so which carrier oil would you recommend?

  4. I got around to your article 7-days late. I read where you shared using lavender oil on bee stings. While is wasn’t a bee sting, instead I was hit by a yellow-jacket and would have love trying this out on my sting(s)! I had no ideal that lavender has so many useful applications. This is going to get a share from me.

  5. Hello Melinda, great and informative article. I never knew that Lavender oil had all of those benefits. Does lavender also help relieve blackheads on noses? I’m having a lot of trouble getting rid of those! Thanks.

  6. I didn’t know that you can use the Lavender oil as the cuticle treatment! In fact, I didn’t even know that something like this exists and has so many different ways of usage. What is your personal experience with Lavender oil how are you using it and what for?

    Eugen

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