There’s been substantial research done on Lavender, which proves its miraculous therapeutic powers. Studies show that Lavender essential oil offers qualities such as a sedative, analgesic (reduces pain), mood modulator, reduces anxiety, digestion, anti-carcinogenic, and also a combatant of fungi, bacteria, and also insects. Lavender is excellent for healing and disinfecting wound, healing and soothing burns, bruises, and bites. It is also beneficial for allergic reactions in the body.
Oil Properties: Anticoagulant, antidepressant, analgesic, anticonvulsant, anti-fungal, antihistamine, anti-inflammatory, antimutagenic, anti-infectious, antimicrobial, antiseptic, antispasmodic, anti-tumor, cardiotonic, antitoxin, sedative and also regenerative.
Possible Oil Uses: doTERRA Lavender essential oil can help bring balance to the body. When in doubt with which essential oil to use…use lavender. It may help arthritis, wounds, boils, anxiety, asthma, bruises, tension, bronchitis, throat infections, cold sores, sunburns, carbuncles, depression, sprains, convulsions, nervous tension, fainting, hay fever, laryngitis, gallstones, headaches, injuries, hives, reduce high blood pressure, insect bits and stings, hysteria, insect repellent, influenza, infection, migraines, heart irregularity, mouth abscess, earache, reduce mucus, rheumatism, skin conditions, sunstroke, tuberculosis, typhoid fever, and whooping-cough.
Home Use
1. Freshen Your Closet. Banish stale odors in your closet by diffusing, drizzeling on earthen ware or dripping lavender oil on a cotton ball.
2. Sooth Bites. Did you forget to spray and as a result got eaten alive? Lavender soothes bites, itching and inflammation.
3. A Multi-Purpose Spray. Next time you sitting in traffic, pull out a spray bottle filled with a lavender and water mixture and freshen your car. Not only will it make your car smell nice but will help calm your nerves it you get caught in traffic for a long time.
4. Kids don't want to sleep? Put a Lavender drop or two on their pillows (or spritz with your multi-purpose spray) … it’s like magic. It will help ease their mind, calm them down and best of all … lull them into a restful sleep.
5. Skip the Chemical Sprays. Next time you are deodorizing the bathroom, think of lavender and water in a spray bottle. Lavender’s antibacterial, antibiotic, antiviral, antiseptic properties can only help.
6. Take the Acrid Out of Vinegar. If you clean with vinegar, but can barely stay vertical while using it, lavender is the answer. Just add lavender and vinegar together in the spray bottle and you’re set!
7. Therapeutic Dish or Laundry Soap. Does your liquid soap smell a bit flat, add lavender for additional aromatherapy benefits and antibacterial properties. It's time to transform your cleaning experience!
8. Love Your Linens. What does your linen closet smell like? Probably cotton. Maybe old cotton. Energize your linens with the lovely smell of lavender.
9.Lavender Scented Candles. Ahhh, the long lost art of candle making. If you’ve ever made candles you know how fun it can be. When you add lavender you can create your own spa like atmosphere.
10. Wood Floors, Shine! Is your wood flood looking tired? Commercial floor polishes often contain harsh chemicals. Woods love oil. Just add lavender to your cleaning system and your floor can look like new!
11. Help That Trusty Ball Cap. A well-worn, much loved ball cap can look great, but smell a bit scary. Add 4-5 drops of lavender to make it bearable and it will be your favorite hat if you have a headache too!
12. Refresh Your Mattress. Unfortunately, your mattress can be neglected and over time develop an unpleasant smell. Spritz your mattress with lavender when you change your sheets and sleep more soundly at night!
13. DYI Room Freshener. Put baking soda and a 5-6 drops of lavender oil in a small Mason jar. Punch holes in the lid. Place in smelly areas (near garbage can, dirty clothes), shake jar often.
14. Pet Smells Be Gone. Add a skiff or two of your baking soda and lavender mixture to carpets and vacuum up! If you have pets, (especially the un potty trained variety), fight back with lavender!
15. Extra Potpourri Mileage. If you have a pot of potpourri that has seen its day, try refreshing it with a few drops of lavender essential oil. You’ll love the way lavender can change the feel of your home!
16. Sweet Smelling Vacuum Bags. Your vacuum can be your nemesis when it comes to keeping your home smelling clean. As you well know, it can even blow micro fine dirt! Pin some cotton balls (soaked in lemon and lavender oils) on the inside of the bag and let your vacuum blow!
17. Control Cat Box Oder. Sprinkle some of your baking soda and lavender mixture in your cat box when you change it. Not only will it help neutralize odor but the lavender will help kill bacteria keeping your cat box fresher
18. Scary Monster Spray. Trouble with monsters hiding under the bed or in the closet? No problem, put a few drops on lavender in a spray bottle of water, let your kids know that monsters are allergic to this special spray and let the kids go spritz happy. The monsters will be gone and your little one will be lulled to sleep. (Results not guaranteed, but it's worth a try for monsters that inhabit portions of your home.)
Cooking and Food
19.Soften Citrus Flavors. Use in delicate lemon sauces for chicken or fish or in powerful orange marmalades, citrus salads, real lemonade and more!
20. Amazing Marinades and BBQ. Baste chicken or fish on the grill with honey or a garlic and rosemary blend, spread over roasted vegetables, marinade chicken pieces in honey and lavender, yum!
21. Bake Like the Best. Lavender is a nice addition to lavender blueberry banana bread, lemon lavender cookies, baked salmon, lavender sugar cookies, lavender muffins, lavender cakes, oh yeah!
22. Give Your Sugars a Delightful Twist. Use as a substitute for vanilla extract (in creams, custards and sugars), use it in lavender icing, add to honey for extra flavor in tea or toast, and even maple syrup!
23. Calming Cocoa. Dip a tooth pick in Lavender and swirl it in your next cup of hot cocoa for a hint of flavor.
Body and Mind
24. Oatmeal Facial Scrub. Fill a baby food jar with oatmeal, and add 5-8 drops of lavender oil. When it’s time to wash your face, add water and it becomes an excellent natural scrub! A little goes a long way.
25. Minor Burns, Major Relief. When you’ve slightly overdone it in the sun,Combine 1-3 drops pure lavender oil with each teaspoon of pure aloe vera and massage into the affected areas. (We usually see incredibly fast results from this combination!) It aids in your skin’s healing without scarring as well!
26. Boo Boo Relief. Lavender has disinfecting properties. It’s great for the skin, and wonderful for relief from cuts and scrapes, especially if the cut or scrape is located wherever it’s difficult to keep covered.
27. Alleviate Feelings of Earaches. You can warm lavender (don’t scald it), mix with olive oil and gently massage around the ears (not in the ears) and near glands in the throat.
28. A Dry Climate Answer. If you suffer from dry, itchy skin, and don’t want to mess around with chemical smelling lotions, add lavender to fractionated coconut oil and comfort will be yours!
29. Horrific Heels & Foot Fatigue. If you’ve been wearing sandals all summer, and your heels look like the Atacama Desert, 6 drops of lavender in a hot foot bath is the answer. Your porous feet will thank you.
30. Neck & Wing Relief. When you have neck and scapula tension, apply lavender with fractionated coconut oil, breathe it in and massage those knots out!
31. A Hood of Wonder. Next time you have a cold or the flu, remember the lavender steam hood. Add 4-6 drops to a bowl of hot water. Place a towel over your head, and inhale the vapor slowly and deeply.
32. A Woodworker’s Friend. Do you work with wood or handle wood? Rather than dig a hole in your finger trying to catch that splinter, add a few drops of lavender, let the splinter swell and slip out.
33. Allergies, Sinuses & Congestion Oh My! Lavender can calm down unruly sinus issues, defiant allergies and other respiratory issues. Just apply on the back of your neck, chest, and between your eyes. Use lavender together with lemon and peppermint to help with banish allergy symptoms.
34. Fortify Your First-Aid Kit. There are many dōTERRA products that would be wonderful additions to your First-Aid kit, but if you could only pick one, lavender should be it. Why? Basic First-Aid kits are often geared toward minor skin irritation, scrapes, rashes, and so forth. Lavender is great for all those, not to mention its calming properties!
35. Rub a Dub Dub. Rather than using regular soap and warm water at baby’s bath time, add about five drops of lavender oil to the warm water. Your tot’s skin will be pampered and smell great!
36. Soak Away Stress. Your muscles are tight. Anxiety and deadlines are eating at you. Your heart is racing. Where’s the pressure release valve? Right here, with lavender. Add to a warm bath, soak it in, soothe.
37. Let Vapor Talk. Wet your hair in the shower. Add 4 drops of lavender to a handful of water and work it into your hands and hair.Tilt your head down, under the water and capture the aroma instilled vapor as it melts off your hands and hair. You’ll love how it smells, and how your hair feels!
38. Sore Chapped Lips? Put 1 drop of Lavender on your lips to help sooth and soften then follow up with a good lip balm. Your lips will thank you.
39. Stress Be Gone. Has it been one of those days? Apply a couple drops of lavender to the bottom of your feet and to your temples and sit back and relax.
40. Scratch, Scratch....Will it Ever End? Put a few drops in a carrier oil (such as coconut) and use on an itching tummy while pregnant.
41. Red Bum Bum. Mix a few drops of lavender with coconut oil, it’s the best treatment for diaper irritation! (it even works for the bumpy neck rash they get while teething.)
42. Heat Therapy with a Twist. Is your rice bag or microwaveable heating pad starting to smell a little funky? After microwaving spritz with lavender water or apply 2-4 drops directly to the bag. Not only will the heat be soothing, so will the fragrance.
43. Your Shaving Companion. Calm razor burn with Lavender. Add a few drops to coconut oil and gently rub over razor burn to sooth irritated skin, disinfect and aid in the healing process.
44. Sensual Setting. Wanna set the mood for a romantic evening after a rough day in the office? Offer your partner a massage. Mix several drops of lavender oil with coconut oil. It's relaxing properties will set the mood for a special evening and it's non toxic if you end up getting some in your mouth.
45. Wrinkles, Who Wants Them? Lavender is a wonderful moisturizer. Add a drop of lavender to your moisturizer at night and mix in the palm of your hand before applying. Massage gently into skin as indicated, avoiding contact with eyes.
46. Tachycardia got Your Heart Racing? Use aromatically and apply to the reflex points of the feet and across chest to promote heartbeat regularity.
47. Fight Dandruff at the Source. Apply lavender topically for its anti-fungal properties (dandruff is often caused by a fungal/yeast infection) and to soothe dry, irritated skin and balance pH levels on the skin. You can also add 2-3 drops to 2 table spoons of coconut oil for a relaxing scalp massage.
48. Chicken Pox's Got You Down? Used topically over the pox, pure lavender oil can help soothe itchy skin and promote faster recovery this viral infection.
49. Teething Pain being a Pain? Apply 1-2 drops to a teaspoon of carrier oil and apply to the gums. You can also add a couple drops of lavender to a cup of water, wet a washcloth with the solution, freeze and allow the little one to gnaw on the frozen cloth.
50. Cold Sores Drama. Dilute 1 drop of lavender to 10-15 drops of coconut oil and apply directly to the cold sore.
(To read more about the properties and research done on this pure lavender oil and other oils, I highly recommend the book Modern Essentials: A Contemporary Guide to the Therapeutic Uses of Essential Oils.)
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