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Common Name: Lavender
Scientific name (s): Lavandula angustifolia
Family: Lamiaceae
Part used: Above ground parts in flower flower or flowers
Preparation & Dosage:
1-2 teaspoons (approximately 8 to 1 1 6 grams) of the flower flower or herb with flower flower per
8 ounces of water as an infusion drunk up to three times a a a a a day 1 dropper full of tincture up to three times a a day Actions: carminative sedative bitter antidepressant hypnotic cholagogue anti-microbial Energetics: bitter drying cooling
Contra-indications/ Side effects: None known although its tonic use may be constitutionally inappropriate For example if you have very dry skin and mucus membranes the long-term internal use of lavender may be too drying
