In ancient Rome, the flowers of a perennial shrub plant of lavender were used as a natural fragrance for bathing. From time immemorial, the inhabitants of Greece knew about it. They fumigated their home with dried bunches of plants, saturating the room with a floral fragrance. Lavender is growing in the Canaries and in India, as well as in the Mediterranean countries.
This plant has a lot of advantages. In addition to its elegant beauty and delicate aroma, it has long been used as a remedy. The beneficial properties of lavender are manifested due to the presence in its composition of an essential oil rich in tannins, linalool with its esters, coumarins, triterpene compounds and acids. The stems and leaves of the plant contain teraniol and borneol.
Essential little produced from lavender is a great medicine. It is used in perfumes and cosmetology, as well as in many other industries.
The beneficial properties of lavender make it possible to use its oil for bruises and bruises, as well as burns. For taking baths, the stems of the plant are used as a flavoring. Contains a lavender component called honey. It also serves as an excellent medicine.
The beneficial properties of lavender are used to relieve discomfort in the stomach and its treatment. To eliminate these pathologies, special tea is brewed. When preparing it, take the dried flowers of the plant in the amount of one teaspoon and add them to a glass of boiling water. The resulting mixture after five minutes is filtered. The dosage of taking such a drug is two to three cups per day. Useful properties of lavender are used in getting rid of melancholy, neurasthenia and hysteria. The healing plant helps relieve irritability and eliminate insomnia. It also helps with a variety of infectious ailments, bronchitis, tuberculosis and asthma. Lavender is recommended for flatulence and the presence of intestinal parasites, for whooping cough and cystitis. Folk healers often use lavender. The beneficial properties of this plant are recommended for use in rheumatism, leucorrhoea and cramping, rash and fever, and many other pathologies.
To eliminate these ailments, a lavender broth is used. A medicinal potion of fifty grams of plant material is prepared by adding boiling water to it. After this, the mixture is brought to a boil, ten minutes is kept in a water bath, filtered and added to the bath. The procedure should last twenty minutes. After passing it should go to bed.
Lavender oil in the amount of two drops can be mixed with a teaspoon of honey. This drug is great for coughing and relieves inflammation in the bronchi. Lavender finds its application to accelerate the process of healing wounds and pediculosis. This healing plant is used to heal ulcers on the legs and arms. Often, lavender is also used as an additional means to eliminate the consequences of bites of blood-sucking insects, as well as snakes and animals. Recommend the plant for hair loss and acne.
Lavender, whose beneficial properties and contraindications have been familiar to healers for many centuries, is not recommended for women during the period of expectation of a child. This plant in large quantities stimulates the number of uterine contractions, which can cause miscarriage.