Lavendula, Lavender

Spike

New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563

Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578

Koehler's Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887

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Botanical name:
Lavendula officinalis (syn. L. vera, L. angustifolia, L. spica, L. vulgaris)

Parts used:
Flower

Temperature & Taste:
Warm, dry. Pungent, Bitter

Classifications:
2H. CARMINATIVE
3A. SUDORIFICS & DIAPHORETICS.    3E. DIURETIC.    3G. EMMENAGOGUE.    3M. ARTHRITIC
4e. STOMACHIC.    4j. NERVINE

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Uses:
1. Clears Cold and Damp, Opens the Orifices, Stops Wind and Spasms:
-Apoplexy, Epilepsy, Paralysis, Vertigo, Dizziness
-Sluggishness, Cramps, Spasms, Convulsions, Fainting, Hysteria.

2. Moves the Qi, Eases Pain:
-Anxiety, Depression, Nervousness, Palpitations, Restlessness
-Abdominal Fullness, Irritable Bowel Disorder;
-muscular and nervous Tension, rheumatic pain.
-wind Colic.
    
3. Moves the Blood and Qi, Clears Cold, Promotes Menstruation:
-promote Menstruation when obstructed by Cold, Qi Constraint, or Blood Stagnation;
-Cramps, Painful, Scanty, Delayed or Irregular Menstruation, clear or white discharge and PMS.

4. Resists Poison:
-‘it is mingled also profitably with Antidotes’ (Dioscorides)
-bites of Snakes and other venomous creatures, including Mad Dogs.

5. Warms the Kidneys, Promotes Urine:
-Edema
-suppressed or difficult urination from cold.

6. Clears Cold Phlegm, Stops Cough and Wheezing:
-Dioscorides said the ‘Decoction of it as the Hyssop is good for ye griefs in ye Thorax’
-Wheezing, Spasmodic Cough and Asthma from Qi constraint
-Catarrh

7. Externally:
-Toothache, Neuralgia, Sprains, Rheumatism, Nervous Headaches (Spirit, Oil, Baths and Compresses are best).
-the Oil has also been used to kill Lice, and is used to prevent mosquito bites.
-the Oil has been applied to Burns to reduce pain and scarring.
-the Oil of Lavender promotes growth of hair when weak or thinning.
-local Infections, Wounds, and various skin conditions such as Eczema, Psoriasis, Pimples, Rashes and Dermatitis.
-In baths, it is useful for Pain, Neuralgia and especially Paralysis.
-a Hip-bath also promotes Childbirth.

Dose:
Decoction: 2–6 grams;
Powder: 1–3 grams

Main Combinations:
Lavender & Rosemary

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Major Formulas:
Decoction for Vertigo (Culpeper)
Decoction for Difficult Childbirth (Barbette)
Four Thieves Vinegar
Powder of Lavender (Gerard)
Powder for Paralysis and Vertigo (Nicholas)
Powder of Lavender Seed to Promote Labor
Powder Against Apoplexy (2) (Zwelfer)
Ointment for Congealed Blood

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Cautions:
1. Not used during pregnancy.

Main Preparations used:
Conserve and Confection of the Flowers, Distilled Water, Distilled Oil