Essential Oils Uses-Lavender essential Oil

This series of articles will focus on various essential oils uses, both common and historic.

Lavender is one of the most popular essential oils. Lavender essential oil is also one of the most versatile and safest to use. It enhances the healing power of the body, and can promote a general feeling of relaxation.

The fragrance is usually described as sweet, soft, and floral, but since it can be derived from hundreds of species from different climates, soil, and water quality, the aroma can be quite different.

For Ayurveda fans, Lavender is said to be pacifying to the vata, which means that it is a relaxing agent, which calms and invigorates the nervous system.

Lavender essential oil, comes in both organic and conventional varieties. It is available in absolute as well. It is used in soaps, body oils, massage oils, diffusers, candles. It is commonly made into a Lavender spa set, or bath set with several products infused with lavender put together.

It has been grown for centuries in Provence, France, but has migrated to New Zealand, California, and other places around the globe.