Lavender

If I could only have one herb, lavender would be it. It has so many wonderful healing properties to it!

Here’s some of what using it can do:

• Aid sleep
• Aid digestion
• Sooth anxiety and irritability
• Ease a headache
• Ease muscle aches
• Repel insects
• Heal insect bites
• Treat acne

And here are some tips at how to use it:

To Aid Sleep:

Drink an infusion of it to calm yourself before sleeping. You can also try sewing some seeds or dried lavender into your pillow or stuff a sachet in your pillowcase. It will calm you and ease insomnia. Pleasant dreams.

To Aid Digestion:

An Infusion of tea can help calm the muscle lining in the digestive tract.

To Sooth Anxiety and Irritability:

Use it as aromatherapy to help alleviate stress and anxiety. Light candles, use it as an oil, or bath gel – even potpourri. Breath in the scent and feel relieved.

To Ease a Headache:

Apply lavender oil to your temples to help alleviate a headache.

To Ease Muscle Aches:

Rub the oil into your muscles or take a hot lavender bath. Both will help send those muscle aches away.

To Repel Insects:

Bunches of it can repel insects so plant it around your deck or around the yard. Hang some sprigs or sachets in the closet to repel moths. Plus it keeps the closet smelling great too!

To Heal Insect Bites:

Use an infusion of it to heal insect bites.

To Treat Acne:

Lavender oil, when diluted with water, can help treat acne.

Have I missed any properties? Or maybe you have a lavender related recipe you’d like to share? Feel free to share here.

Blossom Farm’s Site has some fun recipes there too.

Happy day to you!