True Lavender
Lavandula angustifolia
We cannot mention the name of true lavender (Lavandula angustifola ssp. angustifola (syn. lavendula vera, L. officinalis), without thinking about immense exquisitely blue fields.
Rare are the words that have such an evocative power as this shrub of fifty to seventy centimetres of the Lamiaceae family, which loves air, space, light and heat.
Main aromatic molecules: Terpene esters (linalyl acetate and lavandulyl acetate), monoterpenols (linalool and lavandulool).
Family: Lamiaceae.
Producing organs: Flowering tops.
Yield: 1.3kg of essential oil for 100kg of flowers.
Equivalence: 1ml → 31 drops (dosage calculated for a calibrated dropper European Pharmacopoeia).
Rare are the words that have such an evocative power as this shrub of fifty to seventy centimetres of the Lamiaceae family, which loves air, space, light and heat.
Main aromatic molecules: Terpene esters (linalyl acetate and lavandulyl acetate), monoterpenols (linalool and lavandulool).
Family: Lamiaceae.
Producing organs: Flowering tops.
Yield: 1.3kg of essential oil for 100kg of flowers.
Equivalence: 1ml → 31 drops (dosage calculated for a calibrated dropper European Pharmacopoeia).
Bath
Skin application
Oral route
Respiratory route
MAIN PROPERTIES
RECIPES
CULTIVATION AND PRODUCTION
FRAGRANCE
EXTRACTION AND YIELD
CHEMICAL FORMULA
PRECAUTIONS FOR USE
RELATED SPECIES
MAIN PROPERTIES
Lavender can treat insomnia, irritability, anxiety attacks and various manifestations due to stress. It is also used as a muscle relaxant. Furthermore, it is an ally against skin problems in particular acne, eczema and psoriasis. An antiseptic that prevents infections, and an anti-parasite that also repels lice.
RECIPES
Burns, sunburns, irritated skin
Apply 2 or 4 drops of pure essential oil of lavender or diluted to 50% in aloe vera gel to apply on the irritated or infected zone.
Nervous disorders
Use 2 drops of essential oil of true lavender to massage the solar plexus. Breath in 1 ml of lavender placed on a diffuser during the day to calm you or in the evening to sleep better. Pour 10 drops of essential oil of lavender in a spoonful of powdered milk or neutral base for the bath in very hot water. Relax for about twenty minutes, dry yourself without rinsing and go to bed.
Apply 2 or 4 drops of pure essential oil of lavender or diluted to 50% in aloe vera gel to apply on the irritated or infected zone.
Nervous disorders
Use 2 drops of essential oil of true lavender to massage the solar plexus. Breath in 1 ml of lavender placed on a diffuser during the day to calm you or in the evening to sleep better. Pour 10 drops of essential oil of lavender in a spoonful of powdered milk or neutral base for the bath in very hot water. Relax for about twenty minutes, dry yourself without rinsing and go to bed.
CULTIVATION AND PRODUCTION
There are about four thousand hectares of first grade lavender cultivated in the four producer departments in the South of France. However, hybrid lavenders occupy much greater surfaces. Out of its initial natural area in the Mediterranean basin, lavender has also been cultivated since a few years in Bulgaria, Ukraine and even Canada. Grasse, the capital of the perfume industry, is the cradle of lavender, as this industry consumes great quantities. However, only the essential oil from the production of true lavender on a specific zone benefits from the controlled origin label (AOC).
FRAGRANCE
This pale yellow essential oil exudes a delicate fragrance which faithful to its etymology ”lavare” evokes a ”clean smell”. From the earliest times it could only have a great success, especially in cosmetics, where it is the base of numerous perfumes, including the famous ”Jicky” by Guerlain (1889).
EXTRACTION AND YIELD
Essential oil of true lavender is extracted from the flowering tops of the plant by steam distillation. This must take the time required for the ”passage”, i.e. sixty to a hundred minutes. No less than a hundred kilograms of true lavender flowers are required to obtain five hundred to eight hundred millilitres of essential oil, i.e. a yield of 0.5% to 0.8%.
CHEMICAL FORMULA
The main chemical components of this precious essential oil are linalyl acetate and linalool.
PRECAUTIONS FOR USE
Essential oil of true lavender may be used in small children as long as it is diluted.
Do not use in: pregnant or breast-feeding women, children under the age of three years (always dilute), persons allergic to one of the components (geraniol, linalool, limonene), subjects with asthma without the advice of an allergologist before the first use.
Do not use in: pregnant or breast-feeding women, children under the age of three years (always dilute), persons allergic to one of the components (geraniol, linalool, limonene), subjects with asthma without the advice of an allergologist before the first use.
RELATED SPECIES
Hybrid lavender (Lavandula x intermedia), French lavender (Lavandula stoechas).
Celebrated since ancient times, for the Greeks lavender was one of the many ”nards” (perfumed myrtles). It was used to disinfect and perfume the thermal baths, an institution dear to the Roman world but slightly smelly. It wasn’t until the Middle Ages that the term ”lavender” appeared, from the Latin verb lavare (to wash). Its use was associated with disease control as bad odors were long believed to spread disease. It was one of the simple ones grown in the monks’ gardens. Its use in perfumery was particularly enforced from the 19th century. True lavender is one of the most important plants in aromatherapy: far from just having a pleasant scent, it provides an extremely versatile and effective essential oil. Nowadays, while now.
AROMATHERAPIA
Extracts from the book ’Aromatherapia – All about essential oils’, by Isabelle Pacchioni, watercolors by Patrick MORIN, Aroma Thera Editions . Extracts from the book ’41 essential oils essential for treating yourself differently’ and ’48 essential oils which every home needs to be healthy’ by Isabelle Delaleu and Isabelle Pacchioni, Publications of the Mandadori France group. Botanical illustrations by Agathe Haevermans.
The properties, benefits and method of use are given for information; they cannot in any case constitute or replace medical information that only health professionals can provide. For any use of essential oils for therapeutic purposes, please consult your GP or pharmacist.
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