| A report just released from Jakarta, Indonesia points | | | | administered through an evaporation technique or by |
| to lavender aromatherapy being able to improve | | | | automatic fragrance devices that can be installed |
| academic performance. | | | | anywhere in a closed space. |
| Researcher Barli Hafidh Pramono at Muhammadiyah | | | | Lavender (Lavandula augustifolialofficinalis) is an |
| University reported that lavender aromatherapy can | | | | evergreen and fragrant shrub. It is native to southern |
| improve students' academic performance. He declared | | | | Europe, most notably around the Mediterranean. The |
| that studies showed that Lavender's scent stimulated | | | | vast majority of the commercial crop is grown in |
| students' cognitive senses, improving their ability to | | | | Spain, France, Bulgaria and Russia. Some is also |
| concentrate. | | | | produced in Tasmania, and there is a minor, but |
| News agency Antara quoted the scientist as saying | | | | flourishing, industry in the south of England. |
| "Lavender aromatherapy has a calming effect of | | | | It is used mainly to treat burns and other skin |
| someone's mood, increases alertness and one's ability | | | | conditions. Its value for treating burns was noted by |
| to concentrate, and also reduces his or her anxiety". | | | | another researcher, Dr R M Gattefosse. While |
| The therapy is easy to carry out. Simply by putting | | | | working in his lab he burned his hand. When he |
| up a pot of lavender flowers in every corner of a | | | | accidentally immersed it in a bowl of lavender oil, |
| classroom, living room or bedroom the lavender will | | | | initially thinking t to be water, the curative effects of |
| take effect. Using lavender oil, it can also be | | | | the oil became apparent. |