lavandula officinalis L.
lavandula vera
Lavandulae
Labiatae
Mint family

AKA
Common lavender
Garden lavender
Spike lavender

PARTS USED
flowers, leaves and seeds

CULINARY USES
Fresh lavender flowers can be used
to flavor syrup for jellies.
Mix 6 flowerheads into each pint of apple jelly syrup.
Remove the lavender before bottling.

It is a used to flavor fruit salad, milk and cream for deserts.

Flowers be candied to decorate cakes and puddings.

Use lavender instead of rosemary when cooking chicken.

Lavender ice-cream is a real treat.

MEDICINAL USES
Use an infusion of lavender on insect bites.

Dried flowers and seedsare used in herbal sleep pillows and baths
for soothing and calming frayed nerves.

Lavender oil applied at the temples will relieve a headache.
Three flowerheads in a cup of boiling water
makes a soothing tea at bedtime.



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SOURCE(S)

The Herb Book
by John Lust

Apache Rain's Place
Full Moon Paradise
Pagan Daily News

30 dec 2003

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