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4 oz.
Highest quality!
Lavender is well-known for its soothing and calming effect. Used around the world for centuries.
Great for making sachets to scent dressers, closets or entire rooms.
Native to France and the western Mediterranean, it is now cultivated worldwide for its volatile oil. It is grown as a garden plant as far north as Norway. Lavender is a perennial shrub, growing to about three feet, producing spikes of violet-blue flowers that extend above the foliage. Some varieties have flowers of pale pink, dark purple, white, or magenta and are harvested toward the end of flowering season when the petals have begun to fade.<br />Lavender use dates back to the times of the ancient Greeks, though the Romans were responsible for the widespread use of Lavender throughout Europe. The Romans carried it to use in their bath water and soaps. It was widely used in potpourri and sachets for its aroma. As a sedative and disinfectant, the medicinal uses of Lavender are well known, and with modern trends toward herbal remedies, it is regaining its popularity. Written records of the use of Lavender for medicinal purposes date back to the time of Dioscorides. This herb has been widely used to relieve headaches, reduce hysteria and stress, eliminate insomnia, soothe muscle aches, bug bites, rashes, colds, chest infections, and rheumatism, and even reduce flatulence. The sedative effects of Lavender have been well documented in medical studies and found to be effective in reducing caffeine induced hyperactivity. In Mexico, lavender is used in a tea to treat indigestion, and burned in a type of aromatherapy. Smudge sticks are made from bundles of the plant and burned to fumigate sick rooms. New mothers are purified with it after childbirth.
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