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Description
Lavender, Common or English Lavandula angustifolia or Lavandula officinalis (Culpeper: Lavandula spica)
Medicinal Usage
A strong antiseptic with antibacterial properties, lavender oil was used to treat cuts, bites, stings, burns, coughs and colds, chest infections, rheumatic aches, giddiness and flatulence. As a soothing tonic for nervous and digestive disorders, the herb was prescribed to relieve tension, insomnia, and depression. William Turner, the 'father of English botany', said that "the flowers of lavender, quilted in a cap, comfort the brain very well." A sprig of lavender placed behind the ear was reputed to cure headaches. Culpeper warned that the oil "is of a fierce and piercing quality, and ought to be carefully used, a very few drops being sufficient for inward or outward maladies." The herb was also used in the form of lavender water, and tea.
Culinary Usage
Lavender leaves were added to salads, and used to flavour jellies, jams, vinegars, pottages and stews. The flowers were also crystallized.
Miscellaneous
A native of the Mediterranean region, lavender was introduced into England by the Romans. Its botanical name Lavandula derives from the Latin for to wash, a reference to its use by the Romans as a scented additive to their bath water. Grown in medieval monastic gardens, it was not only valued for its medicinal properties, but for its beauty and fragrance, and as a strewing herb, insect-repellant,and a mask for unpleasant smells. The dried flowers were added to pot-pourri, herb cushions and sachets for freshening and keeping moths away from linen. The -oil was used in varnishes, perfumes, soaps and cosmetics.
Lavandula angustifolia, or garden lavender, produces spicy, fragrant, and mildly bitter flowers that are used medicinally. The systems of the body affected inlude the lungs and liver and the flowers exhibit aromatic, carminative, antispasmodic, and antidepressant properties. The biochemical constituents of lavender include a volatile oil made up of linalool, lavandulyl acetate, borneol, camphor, limonene, cadinene, coumarins, ursolic acid, and flavonoids (luteolin).
Lavender is extensively used in perfumery. Spike lavender, which contains higher amounts of camphor and cineole, is used as an insect and moth repellant. It is usually placed in drawers to protect clothing from attack by moths.
Its use as a nervine and antidepressant is in keeping with the general tendency of plants with blue or purplish flowers to have cooling and nervine properties. A good formula for emotional upset and nervous depression is as follows: equal parts lavender flowers, lemon balm, skullcap, camomile and half part each of licorice and ginger roots. Steep one ounce in a pint of boiling water, covered, twenty minutes and take one cup two or three times daily or as needed.
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Directions
Take 1 capsule, 3 times daily, with meals.
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These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Products are intended to support general well being and are not intended to treat, diagnose, mitigate, prevent, or cure any condition or disease. If conditions persist, please seek advice from your medical doctor. The essence of the current American rule on Traditional Uses is, as stated by FTC, "Claims based on historical or traditional use should be substantiated by confirming scientific evidence, or should be presented in such a way that consumers understand that the sole basis for the claim is a history of use of the product for a particular purpose."
