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Lavender Lemonade

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The Best And Most Natural Way To Get Rid Of Headaches & Anxiety Lavender Lemonade Pure lavender oil is an incredible essential oil to use for your own health and wellness. It’s among the gentlest of essential oils, but also one of the most powerful, making it a favorite of households for the healing properties and uses of lavender essential oil. Lavender oil  has a chemically complex structure with over 150 active constituents, which explains its effectiveness at helping with a lot of health ailments. Lavender oil possesses amazing anti-inflammatory, anti-fungal, antidepressant, antiseptic, antibacterial, antimicrobial, antispasmodic, analgesic, detoxifier, hypotensive, and sedative properties. Florida researchers have found that  lavender oil benefits include reducing anxiety and lowering pulse rates  in nursing students taking stressful tests. And in hospital settings, lavender aromatherapy has been demonstrated to decrease pre-surgery distress...

Nature talk: Luxurious lavender

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Text And Photographs By Zahrah Nasir July 19th, 2009 The quintessential favourite English garden plant, commonly known as lavender, does not originate from that country at all but is mostly of Mediterranean, including North African, extraction with some species being found on the Arabian peninsula and also in India. The latter may come as quite a surprise to the countless gardeners who have tried, and failed, to grow this fragrant shrub in the `lowlands` of Pakistan. Tales of lavender scented woe are common fare from Karachi to Islamabad which, as we know, have quite diverse climatic and soil conditions but gardeners, being a breed apart, will go to any length possible to grow the plant of their choice whatever the hazards involved and I know of desperate lavender loving ladies who have brought young lavender plants, carefully wrapped in their luggage, back from UK, Switzerland, Canada and America to name but a few countries and all, without fail, have watched their pre...

How to Grow Lavender!

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Grow Lavender ! Lavender is known the world over for its healing properties, glorious color and enchanting perfume, but did you know that it is very to grow? Lavender is grown all over the world and the looser and less nutritious the soil the better! There are literally hundreds of varieties and the color isn't always...well lavender! Lavender is nicknamed the 'first aid in a bottle' oil. Lavender produces an essential oil that has an inherent antibiotic action. It is also an astringent and moisturizer to skin. It alleviates aches, pains, and swelling from arthritis to injury to headache. Lavender also alleviates motion sickness. Learn how to grow this wonderful flower!   Instructions 1 Picking your plants! The Lavender plants you pick depend on your climate. English Lavender, (Lavandula angustifolia), is the most hardy plant and grown the most widely. It is easy to mix in a perennial bed. This plant will endure subzero winters, but dislikes humid heat. If you...