Teas From The Garden – Lavender

Lavender Flowers, Lavandula angustifolia

Part used – flower
Taste – floral, pungent aroma and flavor. Herbaceous, woody, undertone of mint, earthy, smokey, apple-like and green

Tea Preparation – Infusion

Anti-depressant (prevent, cure, or alleviate mental depression, depressive headaches)
Analgesic (relieve pain)
Antiseptic (agent used to produce asepsis and to remove pus, blood, etc.)
Expectorant (facilitates removal of secretions)
Nervine (anxiety, insomnia, nervous stomach)
Vulnerary (heals, soothes)
Flatulence
Colic
Migraines in menopause
Used for over 2,500yrs Romans, then into Europe (baths, Cleopatras secret weapon, middle ages wash women called lavenders, natural insect repellent).