Did you know that Lavender Essential Oil is an adaptogen? It’s true, in fact several essential oils meet the criteria for adaptogens.
What are adaptogens?
Adaptogens are herbals that minimize the stress response in be body. According to Ric Scalzo, “to be an considered an adaptogen, herbs have to be non-toxic to the body’s physiological functions, offer widespread support, and help bring the body back to equilibrium.
Put simply, adaptogens help bring the body to homeostasis. Homeostasis is the term for when the body’s systems are in balance.
Stress is actually good for us, if we are in danger our brain sends power to our legs, optimizes respiratory function, turns off creative thinking so that we can get ourselves out of danger, quickly.
The problem is, the modern world we are very frequently experiencing stress that isn’t actually “a bear is chasing me” type of danger. Ringing phones, social media alerts, news stories, financial worries, job securities and and ever-changing world have many of us in “Flight or Flight” more frequently than we ought to.
This puts our bodies in a frequent cortisol loop which actually leads to degenerative processes, including chronic inflammation.
More and more autoimmune conditions are believed to be triggered by emotional stress. In 2019, my husband had a scheduled vasectomy and one week before surgery, he lost his dream job. This led to not only financial concerns, but also a loss of community for our entire family. Then he had surgery, after his recovery he experienced itching, redness, flaking of the skin on the front of his neck. Psoriasis. This condition is triggered by the immune system and is also linked to stress. His body couldn’t keep up with the physical and emotional assault on his body. It was several weeks before we got the psoriasis under control.
One of the ways we did this was by using lavender essential oil in a roller. Long before we even knew it was an adaptogen, he benefitted from the lavender.
This week in Sage Modern Wellness, we’re going to be diving into lavender essential oil and different ways lavender can be used as part of your stress management plan.
We’ll feature Lavender Mocktail, a linen spray for kids, a chill pill and some other evidence based and practical uses of Lavender.
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