| The use of lavender oil as a healer for many illnesses | | | | applied with a carrier and then massaged onto the |
| was discovered in 1937 by the French chemist Rene | | | | skin. It helps in stimulating the production of gastric |
| Maurice Gattefosse. Although skeptical about | | | | juices, aids digestion, and augments intestinal mobility. |
| treatments by natural herbs, he was fascinated by | | | | Hence, it is helpful in treating flatulence, nausea, |
| the properties that essential oils had. Once, in 1910, | | | | dyspepsia, colic and diarrhea. Its calming effect is |
| when he burnt his hand severely, and treated it with | | | | famous for lowering blood pressure and reducing |
| pure lavender oil, it not only helped him by instantly | | | | hypertension. It also helps solve various muscle- or |
| easing the pain, but also healed the hand without any | | | | joint-related problems such as relieving pain, reducing |
| trace of scar or infection. That was the beginning of | | | | muscular tension and treating muscular aches, |
| the popularity of lavender oil, and now it is one of | | | | lumbago, rheumatism and sprains. It is famous for |
| the most widely used essential oils. | | | | treating flu, throat infections, whooping cough, |
| Lavender oil has various healing qualities and a | | | | bronchitis, sinus problems, asthma, and congestion. |
| breathtaking fragrance. It used to be that almost all | | | | There is a hybrid of pure lavender and spike lavender |
| colognes contained lavender oil. But today its uses | | | | called 'Lavandin' which is also extensively used, as it |
| are being rediscovered in an effort to recognize its | | | | generates twice the amount of oil compared to |
| multiple benefits. | | | | other lavender species, but is not as fragrant. |
| Lavender oil is an essential oil, which is normally | | | | |