Guide to essential oils

Essential oil of High-altitude Fine Lavender

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Highly soothing, Fine Lavender High-Altitude essential oil helps promote restful sleep. Relaxing and comforting, it supports the release of tension and stress. Traditionally used to ease minor everyday discomforts, Fine Lavender High-Altitude essential oil is also valued for its calming properties, making it an ideal ingredient for caring for skin prone to discomfort or itching.

How to use

  • Skin application and massage

    Skin application and massage

    Suitable

  • Cosmetic active ingredient

    Cosmetic active ingredient

    Suitable

  • Diffusion

    Diffusion

    Appropriate

  • Aromatherapy bath

    Aromatherapy bath

    Suitable

  • Food grade

    Food grade

    Appropriate

Features

Properties

Precautions

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Features

Production process

Complete steam distillation

Part of the plant used

Flowering tops

Botanical name

Lavandula angustifolia ssp. angustifolia

Warning

The properties, information and methods of use below are quotes from reference books or websites on aromatherapy, hydrolatherapy and phytotherapy. This general information is provided for informative purposes only and in no way constitutes medical guidance. Under no circumstances can this information be used as a substitute for a medical diagnosis, consultation or follow-up, nor can it incur our liability. We recommend that you consult the guide to essential oils before using them, so that you are aware of any precautions that need to be taken. If in doubt, consult a doctor before using essential oils.

Bibliographic references

  • Baudoux D. (2002) Aromatherapy - Healing with essential oils. Amyris Publishing.

  • Bosson.L (2004) Energy Aromatherapy: Healing with the Soul of Plants, Amyris Publishing.

  • Festy.D (2008) My Essential Oils Bible, Leduc Publishing.

  • Franchomme P., Jollois R. and Pénoël D. (2001) Aromatherapy Exactly. Roger Jollois Publishing.

  • Grosjean N. (1993) Aromatherapy: Health and Well-Being Through Essential Oils. Albin Michel Publishing.

  • Millet.F (2013) The Complete Guide to Essential Oils, Marabout Publishing.

  • N.A.R.D ( ) Aroma News No. 8. Editions Inspir.

  • Telphon T. (2003) ABC des Huiles Essentielles (The ABCs of Essential Oils). Published by Grancher.

  • Willem J.-P. (2005) Essential Oils: Medicine of the Future. Dauphin Publishing.

Properties

High-altitude Fine Lavender essential oil is traditionally used for: Eczema, anxiety, panic attacks, chapped, cracked skin , burns, abrasions, cuts , insomnia, migraines and headaches, and stress.

Health

Wellness

Beauty

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A must-have in any aromatherapy kit, High-Altitude Fine Lavender essential oil has long been recommended by aromatherapists to promote healing in the case of skin problems. A powerful calming and antispasmodic agent, it is traditionally used to relieve tension and improve sleep.

Properties

In the field of health, high-altitude fine lavender essential oil is recognised for the following properties:

  • Powerful antispasmodic, muscle-relaxing properties

  • Powerful healing and skin regenerating properties

  • Soothing, anti-inflammatory, analgesic

  • Hypotensive, powerful calming and nervous system balancer

  • General and pulmonary antiseptic

Uses

High-altitude Fine Lavender essential oil is traditionally used to improve the following conditions:

  • Infectious, scarring or allergic skin conditions: eczema, psoriasis, pruritus (itching), bedsores, ulcers, stretch marks, scars, etc.

  • Nervous disorders: asthma, digestive spasms, nausea, migraines, headaches, etc.

  • Cramps, tense muscles and muscle spasms

  • High blood pressure, palpitations, tachycardia

  • Rheumatism, pain

Synergies

  • Soothing and relaxing: Ylang-ylang, Seville orange and Roman chamomile essential oils.

  • Skin problems: Italian Helichrysum, German chamomile and Rose Geranium essential oils.

In practice

Joint and muscle health: blend into your oil blend. Apply your mixture locally, massaging lightly into the area concerned.

Precautions

  • Do not use during the first three months of pregnancy or on children under 6 years of age

  • For internal use in limited doses and for short periods only, on the advice of a therapist

  • Avoid contact with the eyes and mucous membranes

  • Keep out of reach of children

  • Always dilute for skin application

  • Certain natural compounds contained in this essential oil may present a risk of allergy in some sensitive individuals when the essential oil is incorporated into a cosmetic composition

  • Avoid old or oxidised essential oils.

  • Store away from light and air

  • As a general rule, always test your preparation on the inside of your elbow at least 48 hours before use

  • For use as a cosmetic ingredient, please refer to the specific precautions

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Lavender is still the best-known and most widely used essential oil. The Romans already took advantage of Lavender's aromatic qualities to perfume their clothes and baths. Its name is derived from the Latin " lavare ", meaning " to wash ". The term "lavandière" comes from the fact that Lavender was added to the washing water to perfume the clothes. In the Middle Ages, its disinfectant properties were used in steam treatments.

At the beginning of the 20th century, René-Maurice Gattefossé, a perfumer and chemist who had burnt his hands in an explosion in his laboratory, prevented gangrene from taking hold by dipping them in a container of Lavender essential oil. In French hospitals, essential oils, including Lavender, have long been used to cleanse and purify the air, which was reputed to help in the fight against microbial and fungal infections. Its many indications and great gentleness make Altitude fine Lavender essential oil one of the jewels in the crown of modern aromatherapy. It is also used in Indian Ayurvedic medicine to relieve depression, and by Tibetan Buddhist doctors to treat certain mental disorders.

Perfect oil for minor injuries, diffusion, and synergies for our poultry to keep away intruders (red mites).

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Nice lavender scent, but effective in a not-too-large space like the restroom. However, it evaporates quite quickly.

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Excellent!

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Evelyne

The scent isn't intense enough for me.

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Luc

Equivalents

Essential Oils

1 ml = approximately 35 drops (with our Aroma-Zone dropper caps)

Carrier Oils

1 pump (Aroma-Zone aluminium pump) = approx. 0.15 ml

Mass / Volume conversion (for a liquid)

Mass (g) = Density x Volume (ml) at 20°C

Further information

1 full teaspoon = between 3 and 4.5 ml

1 full tablespoon = between 7.5 and 10 ml


However, these spoon ratios depend on a number of factors (e.g. viscosity of the liquid, temperature, depth and size of the spoon, rheological behaviour of the liquid), and we strongly advise you to use precise measuring equipment, such as graduated test tubes, graduated pipettes, and precision scales.

Aromatherapy recipes from the bibliography

EO = Essential Oil VO = Carrier Oil or Macerated Oil

Floating islands of Lavender (N. Le Foll and B. Da Costa)

Kitchen

Serves 4 - Preparation: 20 minutes - Cooking time: 10 minutes

  • 5 eggs

  • 60 cl lotion

  • 90 g caster sugar

  • 1 tablespoon lavender honey

  • 2 drops vanilla extract

  • 1 drop real lavender essential oil

Procedure: Bring the lotion to the boil. Remove from the heat and add the honey previously mixed with the vanilla extract and Lavender essential oil. Break the eggs, separating the whites from the yolks. Whisk the egg yolks with 60g sugar until the mixture whitens. Pour in the hot lotion, stir and cook over a low heat until the cream coats the spoon. Pour into a bowl and leave to cool. Beat the egg whites until stiff. When they are almost stiff, add 30g of sugar and continue whisking for 2 minutes. Bring a large pan of simmering water to the boil. Scoop out spoonfuls of egg whites and carefully drop them into the water. Poach for 15 seconds on each side; drain on kitchen paper. Place the floating islands on the cream and serve chilled. If available, decorate the egg whites with a few lavender flowers.