6. Lavender Oil for Hair Loss
Lavender is useful in the treatment of hair loss, especially for patients who suffer from alopecia – an autoimmune disease where the body rejects its own hair.
The essential oil works to nourish your hair, moisturize your scalp and strands, prevents shedding, improves the blood circulation on your scalp (this is what aids with hair growth) and has powerful antiseptic qualities which can treat dry scalp, fungi, bacteria, and other microbes.
A Scottish study reported more than 40% of alopecia patients reported an increase in hair growth after applying thyme, rosemary, lavender, and cedarwood essential oils in a carrier oil to their scalp daily for 7 months. For that reason, you can use lavender oil as a natural precautionary measure against hair loss. (12)
7. Lavender Essential Oil Improves Sleep
Most of us at some point have probably had some lavender put under our pillow to help us sleep. This age-old folk remedy has lasted throughout the centuries because it really does work.
Lavender essential oil encourages sleep, making it a common recommendation for the alternative treatment of insomnia.
Frequent studies on elderly patients have revealed an increase in their sleep regularity when the sleep medication that they normally take is replaced with some lavender essential oil on their pillow. The lavender essential oil has such a relaxing impact on people that it can often replace almost any sleep medication. (13)
8. Lavender Essential Oil Treats Burns
If you burn yourself severely, you can destroy all layers of skin and even damage muscles and underlying fat. While severe burns need immediate medical attention, using lavender essential oil can help you with wound healing and pain management.
For minor burns from cooking or ironing, cover the burned area liberally with undiluted lavender oil. Reapply as needed. The lavender oil removes the sting and heat from the burn and can help prevent blistering.