lavender Essential oil (GZZZT008)

Spike Lavender essential oil is used in aromatherapy for similar benefits as true Lavender. It is a more forceful Lavender oil than true Lavender oil as it has a high percentage of the chemical component of oxides; oxides are known to be stimulating in their action and it is for this reason perhaps that Culpeper recommended careful use of it, indicating that a few drops were sufficient.

True Lavender essential oil is mainly composed of the chemical component of esters and is therefore a gentle, balancing oil. It is anti-inflammatory, anti-viral, antiseptic and a good skin rejuvenator. It is useful in easing muscle pain, headaches, insomnia, burns and women's problems. It can also be used as a deodorant and an insecticide.

True Lavender (lavandula angustifolia) is regarded as the most therapeutically versatile of essential oils. The ancient Greeks used Lavender to treat throat infections and to ease constipation; European herbalists used Lavender water in the treatment of head lice. A consistent member of herb gardens since the middle ages, Lavender was known to be an ancient folk remedy, said to 'comfort the stomach and the soul.'