Lavender

Lavandula Officinalis

Common name: Lavender, English Lavender

Family: Lamiaceae

Part used: Flowers

Habitat: Originally from the western mediterranean, lavender is now grown throughout the world. 

Constituents: Volatile Oil, Coumarins, Tannins, Triterpenes, Flavonoids, Sesquiterpenes, Peholic acids including rosmarinic acid, Essential Oil, Monoterpenols

Actions: Antibacterial, Carminative, Antiseptic, Spasmolytic, Rubefacient, Antidepressant, Relaxant, Nervine, Antirheumatic

Traditional and current uses

• Depressive headache and migraines

• Tension headache

• Flatulent dyspepsia

• Irritability and excitablity 

• Burns and sunburn

• Insomnia

• Restlessness

• Insect bites and stings

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