When in doubt, use Lavender!!

If you were confined to a desert island and could only have one essential oil with you, then dōTERRA’s lavender essential oil would be it! Why? Because it has always been known to balance the body and to work wherever there is a need. If in doubt, use lavender.

 While many brands of lavender essential oil are distilled from the stems, leaves, and flowers of the plant, dōTERRA uses only the flowering top. Our lavender is sourced from where it grows best, Haute Provence in France. It is harvested at the height of its bloom and steam distilled to produce the finest lavender essential oil available. It is so pure, it can actually be taken internally.

Essential oils have been used for thousands of years by physicians and priests; they were, essentially, mankind’s first medicine. There were even Egyptian temples dedicated to the production and blending of the oils and recipes were recorded on the walls in hieroglyphics. While essential oils were used fairly regularly until the late 1800′s, when modern science evolved synthetic chemicals soon replaced the botanical ingredients in medicines and beauty products.

We have René-Maurice Gattenfossé to thank for the modern revival of lavender and other essential oils. He was a French chemist and perfumer working in the 1920′s and is said to have come up with the phrase aromatherapy. One day while experimenting in his laboratory he severely burned his hand, and immediately plunged it into a bowl of the nearest liquid; which happened to be lavender oil.

He noticed his hand healed very rapidly and without scarring, so after his quick recovery he dedicated the rest of his life to researching the therapeutic aspects of essential oils. His studies have helped to revive an ancient, almost forgotten art.

The properties of lavender oil are almost miraculous. The high bio-chemical constituents of natural alcohols: linalol, geraniol, nerol, to name a few; as well as esters, monoterpenes, sesquiterpenes, and phenols address a wide range of ailments. From digestive disorders, earaches, respiratory illnesses, skin disorders, sore throats, muscular aches and injuries, migraines, chronic fatigue syndrome, to healing cuts, bruises, insect bites, and boosting your immune system, lavender works its magic.

There are many clinical studies to substantiate all of these benefits as well as acne, allergies, cell renewal, hair loss, herpes, insomnia; it lowers blood pressure, works as a lymphatic drainage, helps with hormone balance, nausea, stretch marks, tachycardia (increased heart rate), thrush, and water retention.

It also activates the pineal gland, which produces melatonin, and is excellent for insomnia, depression, headaches, asthma, gallstones, hysteria and infection, and will take a bee sting down in a matter of minutes!

For beauty benefits lavender oil calms and soothes the skin. It balances oil production, helps heal blemishes, and stimulates circulation to the skin. It also soothes any disorders such as eczema, psoriasis, and other types of dermatitis; regulates the scalp and helps repair damaged or overprocessed hair.

Not only does dōTERRA’s lavender oil smell heavenly it works wonders for the whole body, and is so gentle it can even be used on infants. You can purchase our lavender oil in a single 15 ml bottle, as part of the Intro Kit, or in the Family Physician Kit.