Lavender Essential Oil

About Lavender Oil

Northern Africa and the Mediterranean's mountainous regions are where lavender is a natural herb. Additionally, lavender is produced for the extraction of its essential oil from the flower spikes of some varieties of the plant.

The oil is said to have certain medical applications in addition to its cosmetic ones. When consumed, lavender essential oil is poisonous, in contrast to the plant form.

Benefits

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Wound Healing

In a study that was published in the journal Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, the benefits of several wound healing therapies were compared. The effects of saline solution, povidone-iodine, and transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS), and lavender oil were compared by the researchers. These were utilised with lab rats. The authors of the study noticed that compared to the control group, wounds healed more quickly in the TENS and lavender oil groups. These studies imply that lavender speeds up the healing process.

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