Lavender
It is a flowering plant in the mint family that’s easily identified by its sweet floral scent. Its believed to be native to the Mediterranean, the Middle East, and India, with a history dating as far back as 2,500 years. Lavender has lots of benefits that human beings can tap from. Among others, it has the following benefits:
a) It helps to improve sleep: A study published in March 2017 in the British Association of Critical Nurses found lavender essential oil to be an effective remedy in improving the sleep quality of intensive care unit (ICU) patients who had difficulty sleeping. All you need to do is to place a few drops of lavender essential oil on your pillow before going to sleep. Just be sure not to ingest it, or any other essential oil, for that matter, as doing so may pose health harm.
b) Research has also said it could help treat skin blemishes. It is said if you have acne, eczema, or skin inflammation, applying lavender oil to affected areas may play a role in treating blemishes and ease inflammation, according to a paper published in May 2017 in the journal Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine.
c) It helps to reduce blood pressure and heart rate. A small study published in 2017 in the Iranian Journal of Pharmaceutical Research found that when 40 people inhaled lavender essential oil after open-heart surgery, they reduced their blood pressure and heart rate, suggesting the oil had a positive effect on their vital signs.
d) It has also discovered that it lessens menopausal hot flashes. According to a study published in September 2016 in the Journal of Chinese Medical Association, lavender aromatherapy for 20 minutes twice a day may help reduce menopause flashing and improve quality of life.
e) Remarkably, it potentially promotes hair growth. A study revealed that lavender essential oil applied to the backs of mice once a day, five times a week, for four weeks, resulted in an increase in their number of hair follicles and a thicker dermal layer. This leads researchers to believe that lavender could potentially be used as a hair growth-promoting agent, though more research is needed.
