Updated 31 January 2024
Botanical characteristics
- Kingdom: Plantae
- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Magnoliopsida
- Order: Lamiales
- Family: Lamiaceae
- Genus: Lavandula
- Distilled party: Flowers
- Country of origin: France
Authorised users
Routes of administration
- Oral route: +++
- Skin: +++
Scientific properties
- Calming, anti-stress
- Pain relief
- Purifying
- Hypotensive
- Relieves jet lag
- Refreshing
Energy properties
- Nervousness, mental agitation
- Anger, aggression
- Need for power, job pressure
- Arrogance
- Impatience
- Excess pitta, blocked coronal chakra
Indications
- Scars
- Acne
- Lice
- Anxiety
- Stress
- Insomnia
- Sunburn
- Mild burn
- Insect sting
- Hypertension
- Palpitations
- Wound
- Joint stiffness and pain
- Gastric acid
- Bad breath
Directions for use/usual dosage
- For nervousness, stress, anger and high blood pressure, take a 40-day course internally, possibly in combination with other hydrolats, at a rate of one tablespoon per litre of water, to be drunk throughout the day.
- For pain or headaches associated with liver congestion or gastric acidity, take a 20-day course and repeat if necessary.
Precautions for use/contraindications
- None known
Cosmetic
- Astringent, tonic
- Purifying
- Healing, regenerating
- For all skin types
- For irritated, hot, damaged or blemished skin
- Care for oily skin
- Care for oily scalps
- Lice
Cooking
- The Provençal flavour of this hydrosol can be very useful in the kitchen, especially when making chocolate desserts or fruit salads. It can also be used to freshen up a drink.
Interior use
- This cleansing, refreshing hydrosol can be used to make a sanitising spray or diluted in the wash water in the iron.
Find out more
It has been called the "blue gold" of Provence, especially when it was in demand by perfumers. A true treasure of nature, it is also a great tourist attraction... travelling along the Lavender Route, between the Ventoux and the Luberon, the Drôme Provençale and the Haut-Vaucluse, the Baronnies and the Verdon, it reveals its lavender hue in July and August, colouring the landscape and filling all our senses...
In characterology, Lavandula vera is the symbol of femininity, gentleness, tenderness and maternal love. Untiring, unfailingly devoted and always balanced, it listens, cares and soothes... She cares for children, adults, the elderly, animals, plants, the earth and the sky with the same love, and if there's one being in the world she neglects, it's herself. With discretion and gratitude, even when she is tired, she always finds a way to help her neighbour.