Lavender - Super Blue Lavendula angustifolia 25 grams.

Ultra blue lavender flowers, dried.  Nothing added.  Supplied in a ziplock bag.

A tea infusion is great as an antidepressant - use in conjunction with other herbs for depression, stress and nervous tension. Great as a headache remedy. Research shows that Lavender oil is a great destroyer of bacteria .

Lavender has also been used to relieve muscle spasms. Is a wonderful herb to use in sachets for drawers and cupboards with other herbs as well as in Dream Pillows.

Aromatic oil glands cover all aerial parts of the plants but are most concentrated in the flowers. Used to flavour jams, vinegar, sweets, cream, and stews, and are crystallised for decoration. Dried flowers add long-lasting fragrance to sachets and potpourri. Flower water is a skin toner useful for speeding cell renewal and is an antiseptic for acne. Flower tea treats anxiety, headaches, flatulence, nausea, dizziness, and halitosis. The essential oil is a highly valued perfume and healer. It is antiseptic, mildly sedative, and painkilling. It is applied to insect bites, and treats burns, sore throats and headaches. Queen Elizabeth I is said to have consumed up to 10 cups of lavender water a day to relieve migraines. The oil is used for intestinal gas, migraine, and dizziness. Being antiseptic, lavender is added to healing salves. A tea of the leaf allays nausea and vomiting. Use two teaspoons per cup of water and steep for twenty minutes. The dose is one-fourth cup four times a day. Steep lavender blossoms in white wine and strain to make a natural antidepressant beverage. Lavender and rose petal vinegar is applied to the temples and brow to ease headache. Lavender oil is added to footbaths, eases toothaches and sprains, and is used as a rub for hysteria and palsy. Why not try using lavender buds in a bag for the bath !!!