For a long time, earthlings have known about the unique effects of incense, and lavender, for example, is the first of the aromas that lift your spirits! The history of the study and use of the healing properties of plants in folk medicine goes back to the deep past, to pre-literate times.
Even the ancient Egyptians noticed that a bunch of lavender spreads a fresh and subtle smell that calms, relieves headaches, clears thoughts, restores strength, and an infusion of lavender in the form of lotions eliminates skin and joint inflammation.
Lavender is absolutely indispensable in cosmetology, especially for caring for delicate, sensitive skin that is susceptible to weather factors. Considering the unique composition of the components that the oil extract of the evergreen shrub contains and its ability to dissolve in fats, we can safely recommend lavender oil for the face as a mask for inflammation, damage, irritation and peeling of the skin.
For a long time, Bulgarians have been practicing lavender for bath procedures. An incense decoction of lavender or lavender oil added to water can easily cope with insomnia - for sweet and restful sleep, this is the most effective practice. To dissolve lavender essential oil well in the bath, add 3-4 drops of concentrate under a strong stream of hot water.
A soulful and fragrant bath with lavender oil helps the nervous system return to normal, magical lavender calms and relaxes, and helps adults and children fall asleep quickly. Lavender is completely harmless during pregnancy, because for many centuries there have been no recorded cases in which even infants were allergic to lavender. Moreover, a sachet with lavender is an indispensable attribute in a child’s room to avoid the spread of infections and unpleasant odors. And such a combination of medicinal plants as juniper-lavender, with which a herbal pillow or juniper-lavender roller is stuffed, is guaranteed protection against pathogenic microflora.
You can add lavender oil to shampoo, conditioner, rinse, cream, lotion. Rubbing and massaging the body with 1-2 drops of oily extract nourishes the skin, soothes, heals, smoothes out wrinkles, relieves inflammation, and relieves pain.
Lavender for hair is used at a rate of 1:10, thereby, when washing your hair, the work of the sebaceous and sweat glands is normalized, the roots and structure of the hair are strengthened, which gives the hair softness, silkiness and a healthy shine.
It is extremely useful to give yourself pleasure by arranging aromatic combing several times a day: apply 1-2 drops of Lavender aroma oil to the comb and comb your hair. Don't forget that aphrodisiacs, which include gentle lavender, affect your entire environment! Therefore, be scrupulous in your choice - only light and fresh notes of aromatic oils of mint, orange, tangerine, jasmine, geranium, lemon, and sage are suitable for such manipulations.
It is difficult to overestimate the influence of incense on our emotional state. Favorite lavender instantly dispels worry, anxiety and depression, negates self-destructive feelings, preventing sorrows and grievances from getting stuck in our heads. With its gentle touch, the invisible cloud gently and carefully covers the entire being with a unique aroma, instilling goodness and good nature. People have rightly noted: “In the lavender fog it’s like in paradise.”
Every happiness smells differently, and the lavender spirit is a creative tranquility. Or quiet creation - as you wish.

In the article we discuss lavender - its benefits and harm to the body. You will learn the medicinal properties of the flower and contraindications to the use of products using it. We will tell you why lavender is used in folk medicine, cooking and cosmetology. Following our advice, you will learn how to prepare tea, infusion, decoction of the plant, and use it in masks for the face, body and hair.

Appearance (photo) of lavender

Lavender is a genus of herbaceous plants of the Lamiaceae family. Latin name: Lavandula.

Lavender reaches a height of 75-100 cm. The shoots at the base are highly branched. The stems of the evergreen shrub are covered with grayish pubescence. All parts of the plant have a strong spicy odor.

The leaves are opposite, oblong, curled at the edges. The length of the leaf plate is from 2 to 6 cm.

Whorled flowers are collected in spike-shaped inflorescences. Each spikelet has up to 10 purple flowers. Lavender blooms from June to August.

Flowers and grass are used as medicinal raw materials. In medicine, narrow-leaved lavender (lat. Lavandula angustifolia) or true, spiked, spiked lavender is used. Common names of the plant: bitterbush, Indian spikelets, lavender, spikelet lavender, butterfly, colored grass.

Kinds

The Lavender genus includes 47 plant species. The most famous of them:

• multi-incision;
• narrow-leaved;
• broadleaf;
• petiolate;
• toothed;
• Stehadskaya;
• woolly.

Where does it grow?

The homeland of lavender is the Mediterranean. In the wild, it is found in Europe, Africa, Australia, India and Arabia. In Russia it grows in the Caucasus and the Black Sea coast.

Chemical composition

The plant contains:

• esters;
• flavonoids;
• terpene alcohols;
• tannins;
• phytosterols;
• resins;
• organic acids;
• coumarins;
• tannins;
• bitterness.

Beneficial features

The healing qualities of lavender and contraindications lie in the chemical composition of the plant. In folk medicine, flowers and, less commonly, grass are used as medicinal raw materials.

Lavender flowers have a sedative effect and normalize cerebral circulation. The herb is useful for nervous disorders and tachycardia.

Dry lavender is used to scent baths. The smell of the plant is calming and relaxing.

Lavender has anticonvulsant and diuretic effects. These healing properties are useful for disorders of the genitourinary system, for example, cystitis and pyelonephritis.

Lavender has regenerating, bactericidal and antiseptic properties. These beneficial qualities of the herb and its flowers are used to treat skin diseases and wounds. With regular use, it smoothes out rough scars.

The medicinal properties of the herb are used in dentistry. Products based on the plant disinfect the oral cavity and freshen breath. They are used for stomatitis and gingivitis.

Alcohol products with herbs are used to treat diseases of the musculoskeletal system. They are used to rub painful areas. The drugs relieve inflammation and pain in muscles and joints. These properties are effective for neuralgia, paralysis, bruises, and rheumatism.

Oil is obtained from the flowers. The drug is added to solutions for inhalation. The product is used for the prevention and treatment of influenza, laryngitis, and pneumonia.

Lavender oil is used externally in its pure form and as a component of cosmetic compositions for skin and hair care. The oil has nourishing, strengthening and protective properties.

The healing properties are used not only in folk medicine and cosmetology, but also in cooking. Let's talk about this in more detail.

Use in cooking

In cooking, the spice is used in the preparation of soups, salads, fish dishes, sauces, and in brewing tea. The herb is used when smoking meat. The flowers are combined with dill, sage and savory.

Tea

Lavender tea calms the nerves and has a general strengthening effect on the body.. These medicinal properties of tea are used in the prevention and treatment of nervous disorders, stress, depression, and neuroses.

Ingredients:

1. Dried flowers and leaves - 2 teaspoons.
2. Water - 250 ml.

How to cook: Grind the dry raw materials with a rolling pin, pour boiling water over it, cover with a lid and leave for 10-15 minutes.

How to use: Drink warm tea in small sips before bed as a sedative. To normalize digestion, take ⅓ glass. Drink 1 tbsp per day.

Result: The drink normalizes the functioning of the nervous system and gastrointestinal tract. If you add a spoonful of honey to tea, you get a general tonic.

Ice cream

This dish has an amazing taste and aroma. It will give your guests real pleasure.

You will need:

• cream 35% - 3 tbsp.;
• flowers - 2 tbsp;
• yolks - 4 pcs.;
• sugar - 1 tbsp;
• flour - 2 tsp.

How to cook:

1. Add flowers to the cream and put on fire.
2. Boil the mixture, then set aside to cool.
3. Beat the yolks with sugar, gradually adding flour.
4. Strain the cream and combine with the egg mixture.
5. Heat over low heat until the mixture thickens.
6. Strain, put in the refrigerator, then in the freezer.

Calorie content: per 100 g of product - 230 kcal.

Application in cosmetology

Dried lavender and essential oil of the plant are used in cosmetology and medicine.

Flowers and essential oils from them are widely used in cosmetology. The plant extract is used to flavor cosmetic products: shampoos, balms, creams. It is used to prepare masks for skin care at home. A decoction of the plant is used to rinse hair. Let's take a closer look at how lavender is useful in cosmetology.

Mask for the face

The herb has antiseptic and regenerating properties. Essential oil is added to face masks. In its pure form, the oil is used spot-on to cauterize acne. Lavender masks are suitable for problematic and oily skin.

Ingredients:

1. Blue clay - 1 tbsp.
2. Lavender oil - 1 tsp.
3. Water - 1 tsp.

How to cook: Dilute the clay with water, stir until smooth. Heat the oil to a temperature of 37 degrees, mix with clay.

How to use: Apply the mask to your face for half an hour. When the clay dries, rinse off with warm water.

Result: The mask relieves skin inflammation, eliminates acne, heals and smoothes scars.

Body Oil

Lavender oil is used to nourish the skin. The product is used for massage and added to cosmetic mixtures for the body - creams, lotions.

Ingredients:

1. Lavender flowers - 20 gr.
2. Olive oil - 100 ml.

How to cook: Chop the flowers, pour in olive oil, cover the container with gauze and leave in a dark place for 1 month. Strain the finished product through a double layer of gauze.

How to use: Apply the oil directly to damaged areas of the skin or use it as a component of ready-made body cosmetics.

Result: Oil heals and disinfects damaged skin. Cosmetics based on it soften and nourish the epidermis.

Decoction for hair

Lavender is used to prepare hair strengthening products. The plant oil is combined with castor or burdock oil and nourishing masks are prepared based on them. A decoction is made from dried flowers to rinse hair. Consider the recipe for this remedy.

Ingredients:

1. Dried flowers - 50 gr.
2. Water - 500 ml.

How to cook: Pour water over the flowers, place in a water bath, bring to a boil and cook for 10 minutes. Remove the product from the heat, cool and strain through a strainer.

How to use: Wash your hair with shampoo, then rinse it with lavender infusion.

Result: The product eliminates oily hair and strengthens hair follicles.

Folk recipes

Lavender-based products are widely used in the treatment of diseases. They normalize the functioning of the cardiovascular, nervous and digestive systems.

The healing properties of lavender help in the treatment of vascular diseases and diseases of the nervous system. Products based on it relieve vascular spasms, eliminate headaches and normalize sleep.

Lavender herb is used to treat diseases of the gastrointestinal tract and genitourinary system. Medicinal infusions and decoctions of the plant have anti-inflammatory, healing, diuretic and antispasmodic effects.

Oil is used to treat various skin diseases: eczema, trophic ulcers, lice. The product has antiseptic and regenerating effects.

Infusion for sleep

For insomnia and nervous disorders, an infusion is used. When taken regularly, the product normalizes sleep, calms the nervous system, eliminates neuroses, depression, and stress.

Ingredients:

1. Dry lavender herb - 3 tsp.
2. Valerian - 1 tsp.
3. Water - 400 ml.

How to cook: Pour the herb into a thermos, pour boiling water over it, close the lid and leave for 30 minutes.

How to use: Take ¼ cup of the product. Daily dosage - 1 glass.

Result: The infusion helps against migraines, calms and has a sedative effect.

Foot tincture

Lavender is used in medicine in the treatment of the musculoskeletal system. Rubbing with an alcohol tincture of the plant has analgesic and anti-inflammatory effects.

Ingredients:

1. Lavender herb - 10 gr.
2. Vodka - 50 gr.

How to cook: Pour vodka over the grass, close the lid tightly, leave for a week, shaking daily.

How to use: Rub the tincture on sore areas 3 times a day.

Result: The product eliminates pain in muscles and joints, increases their motor activity and relieves inflammation.

You learned what lavender helps with and how to use it to prepare medicinal products. Despite the many valuable properties, the plant has a number of contraindications, which must be familiarized with before starting treatment.

At home

The plant has found wide application in everyday life:

• Plant grass in a flower bed or along a border: it will highlight the contours of the landscape design and will stand out thanks to its bright shade.
• Place the bushes between potato bushes: Colorado potato beetles do not like the smell of flowers.
• Aromatization of the room.
• Protection against moths and other household pests that do not like the aroma of the plant.

Contraindications

Lavender interferes with the absorption of iron and iodine. Therefore, you should use medicines with this herb carefully, especially if there is a lack of these elements.

If you buy ready-made products at a pharmacy, read the methods of use and contraindications indicated on the packaging. If you plan to make medicine from lavender that you have prepared yourself, consult your doctor before use. The specialist will select the appropriate dosage and course of administration.

Contraindications:

• individual intolerance;
• During pregnancy and breastfeeding;
• hormonal imbalances;
• oncology.

You have learned the beneficial properties of lavender and contraindications for using products with it. Now we’ll tell you where to buy a medicinal plant.

For more information about lavender, watch the video:

Where can I buy

Dry herb or plant oil can be purchased at any pharmacy or ordered online. Price 50 gr. dried flowers is about 100 rubles. Oil with a volume of 10 ml costs 120-150 rubles, depending on the manufacturer.

How to prepare it yourself

If the grass grows in your area near your house, collect the flowers a week after the start of flowering. It is best to collect in the morning. Tie the spikelets into bunches and hang them in dark, ventilated areas. Do not allow the sun to hit the workpiece.

Collect leaves before flowering begins. Dry the raw materials in a dark room. When ready, grind to a powder consistency.

What to remember

1. Lavender is used in folk recipes, cooking, and cosmetology.
2. The beneficial properties of tea are used to treat and prevent nervous disorders, stress, depression, and neuroses.
3. The oil is used for external use as a component of cosmetic products for skin and hair.
4. The spice interferes with the absorption of iron and iodine, so the drug should be used carefully.

In the article we discuss lavender - planting and care in open ground, popular varieties, pests and diseases, propagation methods. You will learn how to plant lavender by seed, cuttings and dividing the plant, how to properly water, prune and fertilize the bushes, as well as how to care for lavender in winter.

There are many varieties of lavender to grow in your garden.

Lavender is an evergreen shrub of the Lamiaceae family with a fibrous woody root up to 2 m long. In the lower part of the plant there are a large number of lignified shoots up to 60 cm high. Silvery-greenish leaves with soft pubescence grow along the shoots. Fragrant blue-lilac flowers are collected in spike-shaped inflorescences of 6-10 pieces.

There are more than 25 types of lavender - varieties and species differ from each other in thermophilicity, shoot height, color range of inflorescences and flowering period.

English lavender (Lavandula angustifolia)- bushes up to 50 cm high with narrow leaves and small inflorescences. Blooms in June and July. It is considered the best variety for growing lavender in the Urals - planting and care are quite simple. Winter-hardy, withstands frosts down to -35°C. The varieties that are most in demand in horticultural culture are:

• Alba - white inflorescences;
• Rosea - lilac-pink inflorescences;
• Munstead - bright blue inflorescences.

Broadleaf or French lavender (Lavandula stoechas)- bushes with inflorescences of various shades, from purple and emerald to pink and white. It blooms in April and May, sometimes at the end of summer. The most popular varieties:

• Yellow Vale - dark purple inflorescences and yellow-green leaves;
• Rocky Road - large purple-blue inflorescences;
• Helmsdale - lilac-burgundy inflorescences.

Hybrid or Dutch lavender (Lavandula x intermedia)- large plants up to 2 m high with oblong flowers. Blooms in July. Used for growing on an industrial scale. The most commonly used in gardening are:

• Alba - white inflorescences;
• Sawyers - light purple inflorescences;
• Arabian Knight - dark purple or dark blue inflorescences;
• Richard Gray - dark purple inflorescences.

Toothed lavender (Lavandula dentata)- bushes with embossed silver leaves. Blooms in July. One of the most heat-loving species, grown only indoors. A popular variety is Royal Crown with purple inflorescences.

Planting lavender in open ground

Lavender can be planted in open ground with seeds and seedlings.

To ensure that lavender blooms profusely, choose the right planting location in open ground:

• the area should be well lit;
• avoid areas with too wet soil, otherwise make a drainage layer near the roots of the plant at the bottom of the planting hole;
• If the soil on your site is acidic or slightly acidic, add lime or wood ash to the holes for planting seeds.

When to plant lavender in open ground:

• seeds directly into the ground - at the end of autumn;
• seedlings - at the end of May.

Lavender seedlings

Before planting lavender seeds for seedlings, prepare a container and soil mixture. Mix 2 parts humus and 1 part river sand. Sift the mixture until all lumps disappear and place in the oven at 130ºC. Pour the treated soil onto a drainage layer in a container for growing lavender.

In February - March, scatter the seeds over the surface of the soil mixture, sprinkle with sand 3 mm thick, moisten with water and cover with plastic wrap. Place the container with the seedlings in a well-lit place with a temperature of 15-22ºC. Raise the cover periodically to ventilate the crops. When the first shoots appear, remove the covering and plant the shoots at a distance of 5 cm.

How to plant lavender in the ground in spring

At the end of May, prepare the area for planting. Dig the soil to a depth of 20 cm and loosen the soil well. Apply compost or peat under digging.

How to plant lavender:

1. Dig holes every 80-90 cm. The depth of each hole should be such that the root system of the bush fits freely into the hole.
2. Trim the roots of the seedlings.
3. Plant each bush in a hole and bury it.
4. Water all seedlings thoroughly.

Pre-winter sowing of lavender in autumn

Sowing lavender seeds in open ground is effective only in warm climates. If you have mild winters in your area, follow these rules:

• In October, prepare the soil on the site - add peat under digging and add sand or fine gravel if the soil is too wet.
• Sow the seeds to a depth of 3-4 cm.
• Compact the soil after sowing.
• In dry weather, water the seeds, but not too much.
• At the beginning of winter, cover the area with snow.

Lavender care

With the seed propagation method, lavender begins to bloom in the 2nd or 3rd year. To quickly see the long-awaited lavender flowers, plant and care for the plant taking into account the characteristics of its cultivation.

Growing conditions

Lavender roots need good air circulation, so make a mulch layer on the bed in the form of rotted leaves. Do not cover the soil at the base of the trunk with anything, so as not to cause the plant to rot. Mulch (compost) will gradually decompose and saturate the soil with nutrients.

When growing lavender in open ground, regularly get rid of weeds - pests, especially in the first year, when the seedlings are just forming.

When the first flowers appear on the stems of the plant, remove them so that the lavender root system can get stronger and develop normally.

Watering and fertilizers

Water the lavender as the soil at the base of the bush dries out. Do not be overzealous, because from abundant watering the above-ground part of the plant turns yellow and the roots rot. But don't do it too rarely. Due to lack of moisture, lavender flowering will not be lush, and the aroma will become less bright and rich.

If you do not use compost to mulch the soil around lavender, growing and caring for your garden should include fertilizers:

• mineral complexes - in summer at the beginning of flowering;
• nitrogen fertilizers - in the spring at the beginning of the growing season.

Dilute the fertilizer in a concentration of 2 tbsp. into a bucket of water and water the soil around the perimeter of the bushes with the resulting solution.

Trimming

Caring for lavender includes pruning the plant

Prune the plant every year:

• In the first year of planting, at the end of flowering, cut the shoots by 2-3 cm.
• At the beginning of autumn, shorten the branches by 3-3.5 cm. Make sure that the cutting level is 5-6 cm higher than the lignified part of the stem.
• In subsequent years, trim the lavender branches to the shape of the bush each fall.
• At the age of 10 years, do anti-aging pruning - shorten the branches to 5 cm.

Pruning your lavender bushes is optional, but caring for your lavender in your garden this way will help you create beautiful, lush bushes.

Lavender propagation

Lavender is propagated by seed, layering, dividing the bush and cuttings.

If you are going to grow lavender in the Urals, only the seed method is suitable for you. In cold climates, the following scheme for growing lavender is used: planting and care in open ground in the Urals is carried out after mandatory seed stratification, that is, hardening. The bag of seeds is placed in the refrigerator and then in April the seed is sown directly into open ground.

In warmer climates, lavender is propagated in other ways.

When propagating by cuttings, pick a one-year-old woody shoot from an existing lavender bush. Cut it into cuttings of 8-10 cm and plant in moist soil. Bury the bottom cut 2-3 cm into the ground and cover the top with glass jars. When the cuttings take root, remove the jars.

When propagating by division, cut the bush at a height of 10 cm in the fall and do hilling - fill the space between the shoots with earth. In the spring, repeat the hilling and wait until the lavender produces abundant growth. At the beginning of autumn, dig up a bush, divide it into parts and plant it.

When propagating by layering in the spring, bend 2-3 shoots from the plant and carefully place them in grooves to a depth of 3-4 cm. Secure the shoots, cover them with soil and water them abundantly so that the shoots form lateral roots. Next spring, separate the shoots with roots from the bush, divide them into parts and replant them in a permanent place.

For more information about planting lavender, watch the video:

Care after flowering in winter

Before caring for lavender, keep in mind that the plant needs reliable protection from frost. If you are growing lavender in an area with temperatures below -25ºC during the winter months, begin winterizing the bushes after autumn pruning. Cover the plant with branches of coniferous trees, but in no case with fallen leaves. Under the foliage, lavender may rot.

Pests and diseases

Lavender in open ground is highly resistant to pests and diseases. However, the plant sometimes affects:

• slobbering pennies;
• rainbow beetle (cycad);
• gray rot.

To rid the plant of beetles, collect them by hand, and when fighting pennies, wash off the white foam with a strong stream of water. In both cases, change the compost in the beds.

If the bushes are sick with gray rot, remove and burn the damaged parts of the plant, otherwise the infection will spread to other stems, flowers and leaves. Also reconsider the watering regime for lavender flowers - planting and care in this case were clearly carried out with violations. Either you watered the bushes too often, or did not protect the plant from waterlogging during the wet, rainy summer.

What to remember

1. The most popular varieties of lavender in gardening are English narrow-leaved, French broad-leaved, hybrid Dutch and scalloped.
2. When propagating lavender from seeds, seedlings are first grown, and then young shoots are planted in open ground in April.
3. In the Urals, before sowing seeds in the ground, they are hardened in the refrigerator.
4. Caring for lavender includes regular but not abundant watering, the use of mineral and nitrogen fertilizers and autumn pruning.
5. Before the start of winter, cover the lavender bushes with the paws of coniferous trees.

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