Lavender oil
Lavender is a herbaceous plant with purple violet flowers and a beautiful aromatic aroma. It is also called lavender. Lavender grows in certain months of the year. It is found all over the world. It was used in water and baths because of its fine aroma. The plant lives in mountainous regions and grows in areas France, Italy and England, where the main purpose is to cultivate its aromatic odor, and enter this plant characteristic fragrance in the manufacture of perfumes, soap, essential oils and others.
Lavender is extracted from aromatic oil called lavender oil. This oil is extracted from its flowers by means of steam distillation, an oil that has no color. Although it is oil, it has the properties of water solubility. Most of its uses are cosmetic, perfumery and soaps, mixed with other oils and used in so-called aromatherapy.
Benefits of lavender oil for skin
- Lavender oil is used to treat burns caused by sun rays that cause undesirable color in different categories, especially women, by cooling the lavender oil in the refrigerator and sunburning the skin exposed to the sun.
- Helps to treat acne and purifies the skin of impurities, by doing it to kill the bacteria that cause the appearance of acne.
- Helps the skin restore its balance and secretion of fat moderately, by adding a little lavender oil to the moisturizing cream you use to moisturize your skin and it also works to remove the effects of acne.
- It regenerates skin cells, giving us healthy and refreshed skin.
- Helps in the treatment of skin cracks and dry skin by giving the skin sufficient hydration and gives it a sense of nutrition and serenity.
- Regular and simple burns of the skin can be treated with lavender oil by rubbing the burned area with a small amount of lavender oil, taking into account that the lavender oil used to this effect is completely impurities and there are no additives added to it. It restores shape and natural color of the skin.
- Lavender oil helps in the treatment of some of the diseases that hurt the skin, especially psoriasis and eczema and given the great benefits offered by lavender oil for the skin has become in most of the cosmetics.
Benefits of Lavender Oil in General
Lavender oil is considered to be a wonderful treatment for headaches by applying a small amount of it on the forehead area. You will massage this area especially the two sides with two drops to three drops close to the nostrils, because the aromatic smell of lavender helps relieve headache pain.
A French study found that lavender oil is one of the most effective substances in the elimination of germs, which makes it a good treatment for protection against bacteria causing diseases of tuberculosis and diphtheria as well as typhoid, and proved that the study of Lavender oil is more effective in eliminating bacteria when adding lemon. Lavender is an analgesic for menstrual pain, which causes stress and severe pain in girls. This is done by heating a little lavender oil and massage the area below the abdomen with this warm oil in a circular way until the feeling of pain is calm. By placing a bottle of lavender oil in a water bath until it becomes warm, massage the ear area and the area near the throat with this oil, to get localized colonization and treatment for inflammation.
Lavender oil helps to relax the muscles and give the body a comfortable feeling. This feature can be used to eliminate the problem of insomnia by massaging the lower area of the foot or the soles of the foot with a quantity of lavender oil before sleeping. The amount of pores in this area helps to move the oil very quickly to which makes the body feel comfortable and relaxed which expels insomnia and helps sleep easily.
Lavender oil helps to relieve inflammation and itching caused by skin rash such as chickenpox and insect bites. It is one of the odors that the mosquito hates. So when the body is sprinkled with lavender oil before bedtime, it helps to expel the mosquito out of the room.