Lavender
Lavandula angustifolia
The Provencal lavender flower, whose linalool-rich oil settles the nervous system: mood holds on an even keel and the weight of worry is set down.
What the evidence shows
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Lavender oil's linalool eases the brake-failure of a nerve that fires too readily — the racing thoughts slow, the chest loosens, the jaw unclenches.
Linalool, the scent itself, settles a mind that will not stand down — it softens the stress response and lifts mood without dulling the edges of the day.
The Provencal lavender flower, whose linalool-rich oil settles the nervous system: mood holds on an even keel and the weight of worry is set down.
Lavender oil quiets a nerve that fires too readily by damping its calcium channels (voltage-gated calcium channels), not by working through serotonin. In all five completed double-blind, placebo-controlled trials of an oral lavender oil preparation, 1,213 adults over ten weeks, it beat placebo on the Hamilton anxiety scale and on the patients' own ratings.
Where it appears
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- Ecstatic (Nervous System Stand-Down)
- Spice (Anti-Inflammatory Polyphenol Powerhouse)
- Niagra (Desire, Arousal & Climax)
- Rewire (Total Brain Reset)