LAVENDER LAVANDULA SPP

LAVENDER (Lavandula spp.) ++

The KOM and PH2 references specify Lavandula angustifolia Mill., but I doubt there is any way they can prove the research was done on Lavandula angustifolia. Further, they blur the lines, as does my entry here, sometimes talking about the herb (flowering shoots), sometimes talking about the EO, or spirits. The DEP and MAD entries are more generic.

Activities (Lavender) :
- Allergenic (1; CRC); Analgesic (1; JBU); Anesthetic (1; JBU); Antialzheimeran (1; COX; FNF); Antiarthritic (1; COX; FNF); Antibacterial (1; BGB; HH2); Anticancer (1; COX; FNF); Anticonvulsant (1; APA; SHT); Antiinflammatory (1; COX; FNF; WAM); Antirheumatic (f; BGB); Antiseptic (1; APA; HH2; PH2; PNC); Antispasmodic (1; APA; BGB; CRC; HH2; PNC); Antiviral (1; JBU); Anxiolytic (1; HH2); Aperitif (1; PH2); Carminative (2; BGB; DEP; KOM; PIP); Cholagogue (1; APA; BGB; PHR; PH2); Choleretic
(1; APA; BGB; PHR; PH2); CNS-Depressant (1; APA; BGB; HH2; PNC; PH2); Convulsant (1; CRC); COX-2 Inhibitor (1; COX; FNF); Digestive (f; APA); Diuretic (f; APA; CRC; HHB); Emmenagogue (f; MAD); Fungicide (1; JBU); Hypoglycemic (1; APA); Insectifuge (f; APA; CRC); Motor Depressant (f; SHT); Narcotic (1; CRC); Nervine (1; MAD; WAM); Neurodepressant (1; PH2); Rubefacient (1; BGB; PHR); Sedative (2; APA; HHB; HH2; KOM; PH2; SHT); Stimulant (f; CRC); Stomachic (f; CRC; HHB); Tonic (f; APA; CRC); Tranquilizer (1; SHT); Vulnerary (f; PH2).

Indications (Lavender) :
- Acne (f; CRC); Alzheimers (1; COX; FNF); Anorexia (2; BGB; CRC; PHR; PH2); Anxiety (1; HH2; SHT); Arthrosis (1; COX; FNF); Asthma (f; PH2); Bacteria (1; BGB; HH2); Bronchosis (f; HH2; PH2); Burn (1; WAM); Cancer (1; APA; COX; FNF); Cancer, breast (1; CRC; JLH); Cancer, liver (1; CRC; JLH); Cancer, sinew (1; CRC; JLH); Cancer, spleen (1; CRC; JLH); Candida (1; HH2); Cholecystosis (1; APA); Circulosis (2; PH2); Cold (f; APA); Colic (f; CRC; HHB; MAD); Convulsion (1; APA; SHT); Cramp (1; APA; BGB;
CRC; HH2; PH2; PNC; WAM); Dementia (f; APA); Depression (f; APA; BGB); Dermatosis (f; APA); Diabetes (1; APA); Dysmenorrhea (f; APA; HH2); Dyspepsia (2; APA; PH2); Eczema (f; HH2); Enterosis (2; APA; KOM; PH2; SHT); Escherichia (1; HH2); Faintness (f; CRC); Fatigue (f; CRC; PH2); Flu (f; HH2); Fungus (1; JBU); Gas (2; APA; BGB; CRC; DEP; KOM; PH2; PIP); Gastrosis (2; BGB; KOM; PH2); Giddiness (f; CRC); Gout (f; MAD); Headache (1; APA; CRC; MAD; WAM); Hepatosis (f; MAD); Hyperglycemia (1; APA); Hysteria (f; DEP); Infection (1; HH2; JBU; PH2); Inflammation (1; COX; FNF; WAM); Insanity (f; BGB); Insomnia (2; APA; HHB; HH2; KOM; PHR; PH2; SHT); Migraine (f; HHB; HH2; PH2); Mycosis (1; JBU); Nervousness (2; APA; BGB; HHB; HH2; KOM; MAD; PH2; SHT); Neuralgia (f; CRC); Neurasthenia (f; HHB); Pain (1; CRC; JBU); Palpitation (f; CRC); Parturition (1; APA); Proctosis (f; HH2); Psoriasis (f; APA); Psychosis (f; BGB); Restlessness (2; APA; KOM); Rheumatism (f; BGB; CRC; HH2; MAD; PH2); Roemheld Syndrome (2; KOM; PH2); Sore (f; CRC); Spasm (f; CRC); Splenosis (f; MAD); Sprain (f; CRC); Staphylococcus (1; HH2); Stomachache (2; KOM); Stomatosis (f; MAD); Stress (f; APA); Swelling (f; MAD); Syncope (f; DEP); Toothache (f; CRC; MAD); Vertigo (f; MAD); Virus (1; JBU); Water Retention (f; APA; CRC; HHB); Worm (f; CRC); Wound (1; APA; HH2; PH2; WAM).

Dosages (Lavender) :
- 1 - 2 tsp flower/cup water several ×/day, especially bedtime (APA); 1 - 2 tsp flowers/day (KOM; PIP); 20 - 100 g flower/20 liters bath water (KOM; PIP); 5 - 10 ml drug per 150 ml water, strain, 1 cup 3 ×/day (PH2); 2 - 3 tsp (3 - 4.5 g) in tea/day (MAD); more dangerously 8 drops oil (MAD); 1 - 4 drops (20 - 80 mg) oil/sugar cube (APA; SHT; PIP); 0.3 - 1.2 ml lavender spirit (PNC); 2 - 4 ml lavender tincture (PNC).

Contraindications, Interactions, and Side Effects (Lavender) :
- Class 1 (AHP). None known (KOM). Hazards and/or side effects not known for proper therapeutic dosages (PH2). Uncut EOs not for internal use with children (WAM). Quoting Grieves A Modern Herbal (1931), I note that large dose of lavender oil constitute a narcotic poison that can cause death by convulsion. But I think one could say that about any EO. Good source of COX-2-inhibiting oleanolic acid
at 0.5% and ursolic acid (0.7%) (COX; FNF; HHB). Linalool is more active than linalyl acetate at inhibiting Bacillus, Candida, Escherichia, and Staphylococcus (HH2). LD50 (EO) = >5000 mg/kg orl rat (HH2).