This week I’ll be highlighting one of my favorite doTERRA essential oils, Lavender!
When I was a young girl my grandmother had a huge lavender patch in her garden. She taught me how to grow it, harvest it, dry it and use it to make lace lavender sachets for the closets and dressers. She would cut the stalks and dry them in the lids of cardboard shirt boxes underneath all the beds, where it was cool, dark and dry. The scent was heavenly, and thus began my lifelong love affair with all things lavender! In my health, wellness and life coaching practice I love incorporating essential oils as part of an overall plan, so I thought I’d start sharing with you the many ways I use essential oils as a Wellness Advocate — I’ve been using them in my own life for well over 30 years!
A short shrub that grows to be roughly two (2) feet tall, lavender is native to the Mediterranean. The distinct, fresh scent of lavender comes from the plant’s flowers, which is where the essential oil is extracted from. After extraction, lavender essential oil is produced through the process of steam distillation. During steam distillation, steam and pressure are used to cause chemical elements to be released from the plant—separating water and the essential oil.
Did you know it takes 35 pounds of lavender flowers to produce just one 15mL bottle of lavender oil?
With a distinct aroma and countless applications, lavender has been used for centuries. Anciently, the Romans and Egyptians would use lavender as perfume and for bathing and cooking. Since that time, many have discovered the myriad benefits that lavender holds—using lavender oil topically for skin, internally and more. The versatile properties of lavender oil make it a doTERRA favorite, and a must-have oil to keep on hand at all times. Each day I’ll be giving you info, tips and tricks, recipes and DYI projects using an oil I’m never without my lavender!
Go to www.bit.ly/ccclavenderoil for more info or to get your own! Do come back daily for more essentials on lavender oil! You can also learn more by visiting me at www.facebook.com/lindabushcannon and also at www.instagram.com/lindabushcannon. And for a full education on a vast selection of oils, please visit my oils page at www.bit.ly/cccoils.
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