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Lavender is one of the plants in the family called labiates, in Latin the name of this plant will sound like this: Lavandula officinalis Chaix. et Kitt. As for the name of the medicinal lavender family itself, in Latin it will be like this: Lamiaceae Lindl.
Description of medicinal lavender
Lavender is a perennial evergreen shrub that will grow to a height of about sixty to ninety centimeters. The lower branches of this plant will be not only lignified, but also highly branched, and the presence of numerous young herbaceous shoots is also noted on such branches. Lavender officinalis root will be branched, woody and perennial. The flowering shoots of this plant are tetrahedral, from below they will be leafy, and they will end in an erect inflorescence. Leaves of lavender officinalis are opposite and sessile, in shape they can be either linear-lanceolate or linear. The length of such leaves of this plant will be about two and a half to six centimeters, and the width will be equal to half a centimeter to one centimeter. The leaves are whole-edged and pubescent, and the edges will be curled downward. Young leaves of lavender officinalis are painted in gray tones, while the older ones will have a green color. The flowers of this plant are bisexual, they will sit in the axils of the bracts in three to five pieces. Such flowers are endowed with opposite whorls, which will gather at the very ends of the branches in inflorescences, dressed in a spike-shaped shape. There will also be a corolla painted in dark blue, light blue and bluish-purple tones. The fruit of this plant consists of four small oblong single-seeded nuts, painted in brown tones.
Medicinal lavender blooms during the period from June to August. It is noteworthy that this plant will be cultivated in the Crimea, Krasnodar Territory, Moldova, the Caucasus and Central Asia.
Description of the medicinal properties of medicinal lavender
This plant is endowed with very valuable healing properties, while its inflorescences are recommended for medicinal purposes.
Inflorescences of lavender it is recommended to cut the medicinal one after about a week or one and a half after the beginning of flowering of this plant: on the basis of such inflorescences, then an essential oil is obtained. The composition of such an essential oil will include the following elements: coumarins, borneol, geraniol, furfural, linalool, zedrin, bisobolene, acetic and ursolic acids.
It should be noted that lavender is endowed with a very sharp specific pleasant aroma, and both fresh and dried flowers of this plant will be endowed with a pungent spicy-bitter taste.
Lavender oil endowed with antiseptic properties and is used for cuts, burns, various skin diseases, non-malignant ulcers and to improve the smell of other medicines.
Lavender flowers drug is recommended to be used as a rather weak sedative and antispasmodic agent for neurasthenia, palpitations, migraines. In addition, the flowers of this plant can also be used as an effective choleretic agent and for the treatment of gastrointestinal colic.
Inside, the following remedy is used: for the preparation of such an infusion, three tablespoons of flowers are taken, which are poured over with two glasses of boiling water. After ten minutes, such an infusion should be filtered, and it is recommended to drink it throughout the day.
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