Here are some of the virtues and uses of theLavandin essential oil, among so many others:
On the skin:
- in friction, repeated after ¼ hour, calm and soothes the mosquito bites, itching, muscle pain, blows, rheumatism;
- Excellent healing of crevasses between the fingers, small wounds, buttons, burns;
- for toning massages: mix a few drops with soft almond oil, or vaseline in dough;
- on the scalp: one or two drops are an excellent repellent tale lice;
In the bath:
- a few drops mixed with a spoon of milk or powdered sugar constitute a toning bath and provide relaxation and appeasement;
In the house:
- a few drops in soil washing water, on the vacuum filter, in the toilet bowl;
- vaporization in the cabinets, the wardrobes to rule out the mites or on the hangings, on the dried bouquets, the rotten pots, to clean up the ambient air;
- In the diffusers, nebulizers or burning-perfumes, it perfectly deletes the cold tobacco smells, or the kitchen odors, while very pleasantly perfuming your home
- a few drops at the same time as the laundry in the washing machine, bring freshness to your laundry;
- natural solvent, it advantageously replaces the acetone to remove traces of adhesive dressings, and remove labels on bottles and vials;
- Mixed with beeswax, it constitutes an excellent encaustic for waxing.
The word "lavender" comes from Italian: Sto Lavando: I'm washing! With what? Dried flowers of Lavandin (spigo) which are a natural fat detergent. The botanical vocabulary is empirical.