Lavender Essential Oil: Managing Pain Naturally

October 29, 2007

It comes as no surprise to those that know me that my natural healing cabinent aka medicine cabinent contains essential oils, herbal remedies, etc. In many cases there is a natural way to soothe whatever ailment I might experience. Yesterday I was brewing a pot of ginger tea. Ginger is good for the digestive system, stomach upsets nausea, etc., Although I make ginger root tea often yesterday I made it because my daughter said she had a stomachache.

I burned the top of my hand yesterday. This happened several minutes after I had removed the pot off the stove. I wasn’t thinking and brushed the top of it with my hand. Ouch! That really hurt. Instantly I rushed upstairs and pulled out lavender essential oil and put it on my hand after a few moments the pain was gone. Guess what? It left no mark. Not only is lavender essential oil effective in burns it can also be used to reduce itching and swelling.

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4 Responses to “Lavender Essential Oil: Managing Pain Naturally”

teeni on October 29th, 2007 11:48 pm

Oooh. I’m sorry you burned your hand. But I’m glad you knew how to treat it. I wonder what it is about lavender essential oil that eases burn pain. That is great that it didn’t leave a mark! Funny, I have had this oil in my kitchen for a while now but I only used it in my soap. Now I know an even better reason to keep it in the kitchen!
Lisa C on October 30th, 2007 2:55 am

Glad to hear you are ok and it wasn’t anymore serious than it was. And, I hope Ayana’s tummy was all better
Opal Tribble on November 10th, 2007 8:02 am

teeni,
Thanks. The good news was after a few moments of thinking how incredibly stupid that was to do. I was fine. Lavender essential oil also is good for eliminating pain.

Lisa C.,
Thanks we all feel better!
lapagmom2 on December 10th, 2007 4:31 pm

Lavender certainly is awesome, but ginger is a wonderful pain reliever too. For burns I actually use raw honey. It works better than anything else I have used. It draws out the pain immediately and if the blister breaks the honey is very soothing and its antibacterial qualities keep it infections free.