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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); Neurode-
pressant (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); Alzheimer’s (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); Neur-
asthenia (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 Grieve’s 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