The smell of spike lavender essential oil is very strong and less sweet than true lavender essential oil. Spike lavender grows wild and in abundance almost everywhere in Europe, all around the Mediterranean, particularly in the South of France and in Spain.
Botanical information
Lavandula latifolia
Botanical family: Lamiaceae
Producing organ: flowering tops
Chemotype: linalool, 1.8 cineole, camphor
Main properties
Antipruritic, anti-infectious and extremely healing, it relieves all stings (insects, jellyfish, etc.) and sunburn. It also treats mycosis of the skin, even stubborn, and exterminates mites and lice. It also has a strong painkiller action, especially against shingles or cold sores, joint or muscle pain (osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, cramps, etc.), and treats ENT pathologies. and bronchial.
Main indications
Stings, bites (all animals, insects and plants) 1St and 2nd degree burns including sun burn
How to use
Stings, bites, burns: Apply 3-6 pure drops onto the skin 3-4 times per day on the affected area. If the burn, sting or bite is recent, repeat the application every 15 seconds for 2 minutes then every 15 minutes for 2 hours (for a snake bite consult your doctor immediately). If the burn is spread out (for example sun burn over the back), dilute the lavender oil with St John’s Wort vegetable oil: 5 drops of one, 5 drops of the other.
Otitis: apply 2 to 3 drops of pure spike lavender essential oil around the ear (never in the ear canal), 3 times a day.
Athlete's foot: apply a few drops of pure spike lavender essential oil in the interdigital spaces, twice a day, for at least 3 weeks.
Other very good uses
Acne: Apply 2 pure drops on each spot/each blackhead, 2-4 times per day.
Herpes: Apply 2 pure drops on each pimple at least 8 times per day.
Shingles: Apply 2 drops of lavender mixed with 2 drops of calendula vegetable oil along the affected nerve path, 6 times per day until recovery (between 10-15 days).
Other uses
The spiked lavender soothes dental pain. Mix 2 drops of essential oil with 2 drops of St John’s Wort vegetable oil and massage onto the painful area and around the gum. Repeat this as many times as necessary.
Contraindication
Like all essential oils the lavender oil is not allowed during the first 3 months of pregnancy. It is also not to be used during breast feeding.
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