Lavender to Loosen Up

By LisaVanWilliams

The Anxiety and Depression Association of America states that anxiety disorders develop from a complex set of risk factors, including genetics, brain chemistry, personality, and life events. They also show that 40 million adults suffer from disorders in the U.S. with Specific Phobias, Social Anxiety Disorder, Major Depressive Disorder, and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder affecting the population the most.  

Lavender oil has been used for thousand of centuries to help treat anxiety and depression.  It has relaxing sedative effects when the scent is inhaled. Besides helping the Nervous System, lavender has a multitude of other claimed benefits such as:

• helps with sleep
• can be used to treat acne
• provides pain relief
• helps improve burn recovery
• mosquitoes do not like it
• it may help with respiratory disorders
• good for the scalp and to treat Alopecia
• it may help improve blood circulation
• it can help to build immunities
• helps in treating insomnia

France and Bulgaria are the world's leading producers of this magical floral oil. Lavender oil is made by steam distillation of the lavender flowers and the extraction of the essential oils. Make sure your getting pure essential oil and not synthetic lavender fragrance. Put a few drops in the bath, put some on that sunburn, or use a diffuser and start feeling a calming sense of relief.