Lavender Essential Oil

Although this essential oil is sometimes confused with its cousin, lavender, it really is a wonderful oil and helps you feel more relaxed, easing sore muscles and joints, relieving muscle stiffness, clearing the lungs and sinuses from phlegm and for wound healing and dermatitis. It is really a very good oil to include in a massage blend and although not as well known and used as lavender, it is a very popular and effective ingredient for massage blends.Oil propertiesLavandin essential oil has a light floral aroma, similar to lavender oil - just sharper and it is clear in color.Origin of lavandin oilLavandin is a hybrid plant developed in 1900 by crossing true lavender (L. angustifolia) with spike lavender or aspic (L. latifolia) and is larger than lavender with a woody stem and blue or gray flowers.It is grown extensively in France and often preferred by the perfume industry for its oil and the flowers for sachets, potpourri and craft work.ExtractionLavandin oil is extracted from the fresh flowering tops by steam distillation.Chemical compositionThe main chemical components of lavandin oil are lavandulol, linalool, linalyl acetate, camphor, cineole, caryophyllene, camphene, dipentene, limonene, ocimene and terpinene.PrecautionsLavandin oil is non-toxic, non-irritant and non-sensitizing.Uses:-Lavandin oil can be useful in cases of muscle stiffness and aches and pains. It eases the lungs and helps with coughs, colds and flu.