Botanical Index No. 612

Lavender

lavandula spp.

Medicinal Actions

Colic

Primary Conditions Treated

Acne Alzheimer’s Anorexia Anxiety Arthrosis Asthma Bacteria Bronchosis Burn Cancer breast liver sinew spleen Candida Cholecystosis Circulosis Cold Convulsion Cramp Dementia Depression Dermatosis Diabetes Dysmenorrhea Dyspepsia Eczema Enterosis Escherichia Faintness Fatigue Flu Fungus Gas Gastrosis Giddiness Gout Headache Hepatosis Hyperglycemia Hysteria Infection Inflammation Insanity Insomnia Migraine Mycosis Nervousness Neuralgia Neurasthenia Pain Palpitation Parturition Proctosis Psoriasis Psychosis Restlessness Rheumatism Roemheld Syndrome Sore Spasm Splenosis Sprain Staphylococcus Stomachache Stomatosis Stress Swelling Syncope Toothache Vertigo Virus Water Retention Worm Wound

General Dosage

1–2 tsp flower/cup water several ×/day, especially bedtime; 1–2 tsp flowers/day; 20–100 g flower/20 liters bath water; 5–10 ml “drug” per 150 ml water, strain, 1 cup 3 ×/day; 2–3 tsp in tea/day; more dangerously 8 drops oil; 1–4 drops oil/sugar cube; 0.3–1.2 ml lavender spirit; 2–4 ml lavender tincture.

Safety & Contraindications

Class 1. None known.“Hazards and/or side effects not known for proper therapeutic dosages”. Uncut EOs not for internal use with children. Quoting Grieve’s A Modern Herbal, I note that large dose of lavender oil constitute a narcotic poison that can cause death by convulsion. But I think one could say that about any EO.

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