Lavender Extract

Lavender (Lavandula angustifolia)

Lavender is the herb I think of when tension begins to color everything. When the nerves feel taut, the mind cannot quite settle, and irritability makes its way into the body and digestion. Pungent and bitter, Lavender is an aromatic nervine that both relaxes and gently moves, helping ease nervous tension while addressing the digestive disturbances that often accompany it.

Ruled by Air and Venus, Lavender carries a harmonizing quality, bringing movement where things feel stagnant and calm where there is excess. Its aromatic pungency speaks to tension, stagnation, and spasm, while its bitter aspect lends affinity to digestive and hepatic function. Lavender is particularly valuable when nervous agitation, digestive discomfort, and emotional irritability appear together.

Where Catnip gently settles nervous digestion, Lavender brings a more aromatic, dispersing influence. It is especially suited to tension headaches, stress-related digestive unease, nervous irritability, and those states in which the body feels wound tight and the mind cannot find its natural rhythm.

This is harmonizing medicine. Relaxing without being heavy, moving without being harsh. A reminder that softness and movement can work together to restore equilibrium.

Energetic Architecture

An aromatic, pungent-bitter nervine that relaxes tension, eases digestive spasm, and supports the movement of stagnant states, particularly where nervous agitation and digestive discomfort intersect.

Tastes: Pungent, Bitter
Organ Systems Influenced: Nervous, Digestive, Liver
Elemental Ruler: Air
Planetary Ruler: Venus

Who it’s for:

• Nervous tension and irritability
• Tension headaches associated with stress
• Digestive unease and stress-related spasm
• Restlessness accompanied by muscular tightness
• States of tension and stagnation that leave the whole system feeling unsettled

Ingredients: Distilled water, organic food-grade alcohol, extractives of lavender flowers (Lavandula angustifolia)

Shelf-stable. Does not need refrigeration. Please consult your doctor before use if you have a medical condition, are pregnant, nursing, or taking medications. You are more than welcome to email me, as well, with any questions you may have about the herb.

All herbal extracts are extracted by me in my private kitchen.

These statements and products have not been evaluated by the FDA and are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any illness or disease.