Lavender Essential Oil

Description

Lavender Essential Oil Profile

Botanical: Lavandula angustifolia | Origin: France | Method: Steam Distilled

Characteristics:

The oil is a colorless to pale yellow liquid with a sweet, floral-herbaceous scent and balsamic-woody undertone. It is used as a fixative in perfumery and blends well with most essential oils.

Principal Constituents:

These are naturally occurring in the essential oil.

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• linalyl acetate
• linalol
• lavandulol
• lavandulyl acetate
• terpineol
• cineol
• ocimene
• caryophyllene

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General Actions:

Analgesic, anticonvulsive, antidepressant, antimicrobial, antirheumatic, antiseptic, antispasmodic, antitoxic, carminative, cholagogue, choleretic, cicatrizant, cytophylactic, deodorant, diuretic, emmenagogue, hypotensive, insecticide, parasiticide, rubefacient, sedative, stimulant, sudorific, tonic, vermifuge, vulnerary.

Safety:

Generally non-toxic, non-irritant, non-sensitizing.

Primary Therapy Agent:

Burns, headache, migraine, insomnia.

Secondary Therapy Agent:

Wrinkles, mature skin.

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