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10ml - $12.50

15ml - $17.50

30ml - $30.00

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About Lavender

The name lavender comes from the Latin root lavare, which means "to wash." Lavender may have earned this name because it was frequently used in baths to help purify the body and spirit. However, this herb has also been used as a remedy for a range of ailments from insomnia and anxiety to de-pression and fatigue. Research has confirmed that lavender produces calming, soothing, and sedative effects when its scent is inhaled. Lavender oil is often used in other forms of integrative medicine, such as massage, acupuncture, and chiropractic manipulation.

There are no known scientific reports of interactions between lavender and conventional medications. However, because lavender promotes relaxation, it may make the effects of central nervous depres-sants stronger. These drugs include narcotics such as morphine or oxycodone (OxyContin) for pain, and sedative and anti-anxiety agents such as lorazepam (Ativan), diazepam (Valium), and alprazolam (Xanax). Ask your doctor before using lavender with these and other sedatives.

Pregnant and breastfeeding women should

avoid using lavender.

Some people may develop an allergic reaction to lavender.

Store below 30°c. Keep out of reach of children.

Waireka Lavender Farm

Denita & Shaughan Tizard

(06) 342 5898

0274 690 411

33 Waireka Road

Wanganui, New Zealand

contact@wairekaroad.co.nz

www.wairekaroad.co.nz

Waireka Road

Lavender Farm

Natural Products

Pure Essential

Lavender Oil

Harvesting the Flowers

The flower harvest is a lovely occasion! When we have 80% of the flowers in full bloom we harvest, anywhere between the end of January early February. If you are interested in joining us to help with the harvest you can check the website for dates and what to bring with you closer to the time. It takes around 5-6 hours to cut the lavender. The lavender is then extracted by a steam distiller to produce lavender oil, this process is done off the property. We get anywhere between 2-3 litres of lavender oil a year depending on if the weather has been kind.

Uses for Pure Essential

Lavender Oil

Aching Muscles

Run yourself a lavender bath to soothe aches & pains by soaking away built up tension.

Acne

Lavender is one of the most valuable oils for the treatment of acne, according to aroma therapists. “It inhibits the bacteria that cause the skin infection, helps to balance the over-secretion of sebum and reduce scarring”.

Bee Sting or Insect Bite

Put a drop of Lavender oil on the effected area to stop itching and reduce swelling.

Blocked Tear Ducts

Rub a drop of Lavender oil over the bridge of the nose to unblock tear ducts.

Bugs & Bacteria

French laboratory studies in the early 20th century showed that lavender is a powerful antibacterial in dilutions of 5 per cent or less. You can combine lavender oil with lemon balm, for its anti-viral properties.

Burns (minor)

After you have cooled the area by immersing it in running cold water for 5 minutes, gently stroke on lavender oil. Pain relief is almost immediate, and burns usually heal without scarring.

Cold Sore

Put a drop of Lavender oil on a cold sore to help speed up the healing process.

Cuts & Wounds

Apply lavender oil to sooth pain, stop the bleeding, prevent bacterial infection and aid scar-free healing.

Dandruff

Rub several drops of Lavender oil into the scalp to help eliminate dandruff.

Dry Skin

Rub Lavender oil on dry or chapped skin.

Deodorant

Rub 2 drops of Lavender oil over the armpit area to act as a deodorant.

Earache

Warm a bottle of lavender oil in hot water for a minute or two, and then gently massage a few drops into the skin around the ears and throat.

Eczema

Stroke infused lavender oil (1 - 4 drops per tablespoon of base oil such as almond or olive oil) into dry, itchy skin—small children will find this especially comforting.

Fatigue

Add 5 drops of lavender oil to a hot foot bath and relax while your feet soak in it. The soles of the feet are particularly porous, so lavender reaches your bloodstream very quickly, exerting its stimulating and soothing effects on various systems of your body.

Fevers

For babies or small children, sponge them down very gently with tepid water to which you have added a drop of lavender oil. Take care not to let them get chilled. This works for adults too.

Giddy Spells, Faintness or Palpitations

Make your own smelling salts—sea salt, lavender oil, peppermint oil & basil oil.

Hay Fever

Rub a drop of Lavender oil between your palms and inhale deeply to help alleviate the symptoms of hay fever.

Headache

Use distilled water of Lavender (Hydrosol). Mist around your head, it is refreshing and soothing.

Insomnia

In a number of small studies, elderly psychiatric patients have been shown to sleep better and be more alert during the day when their sleep medication is replaced with lavender oil either dropped on their pillows, or placed in a diffuser on the ward. To help to induce sleep, put 3 or 4 drops of lavender oil on your pillow.

Laundry

Place a few drops of Lavender oil on a wet cloth and throw into the dryer which will deodorise and freshen your laundry.

Long-Haul Travel

Combine lavender, rosemary, neroli, frankincense & clary sage, into your hand luggage and roll it over your pulse points to help you keep a clear head during those endless hours in the air.

Menstrual Cramps

Massage a few drops of lavender oil into your lower abdomen or apply a hot compress onto the area, where lavender oil has been sprinkled.

Moths, Midges & Mosquito's

To prevent bites, splash yourself with lavender hydrosol before you go out at sunset or to bed, put 3-4 drops of oil on your pillow or soak cotton wool ball in the oil and leave it on a saucer in front of the window.

Scabies

This infestation by a tiny mite burrowing into your skin causes intense itching. Rub the whole body with neat lavender oil, then following every day until better with a mixture of lavender oil and alcohol.

Scar Tissue

To reduce or minimize the formation of scar tissue, massage Lavender oil on and around the affected area.

Shingles

Combine a mix of lavender oil with, analgesic, antiviral & scar preventing essential oils neat or on compresses on the agonizing lesions of shingles. It usually produces a cure within 5-8 days.

Sinusitis

Lavender is one of several essential oils that aroma therapists recommend for inhalations to relieve sinusitis. Add two drops of lavender & thyme oil to a bowl of near-steaming water and inhale slowly and deeply, with a towel over your head & bowl.

Stress & Anxiety

Keep a spritzer of lavender mist handy to spray on your face during the day, or apply lavender oil neat to your temples.

Sunburn

Spray lavender mist directly onto the skin or add 8 drops of lavender oil and 4 drops of peppermint oil to a teaspoon of jojoba oil. Pour it into a cool-to-lukewarm bath and soak for 10 minutes.