From its delicate purple hue to its earthy floral scent, everything about lavender seems tailored towards encouraging thoughts of serenity. And as it turns out, science agrees. In a recent study ...

Oct. 23 (UPI) --Lavender compound linalool must be smelled and not absorbed in the lungs for its calming effects, according to a study of mice. The lavender compound linalool has been used to relieve ...

Traditional medicine has long used aromatic plant-derived compounds such as lavender extract as treatments for anxiety, but how these compounds might work at the neuronal level isn’t fully understood.

Lavender (Lavandula angustifolia), also commonly known as the English lavender, common lavender and French lavender, is an easy-to-grow plant known for its fragrant flowers and aromatic leaves. Native ...

If anxious is your autopilot, you might feel as though a single, ashy gray rain cloud is forever trailing overhead, and you’re just trying to find an umbrella to keep dry before the next storm. But ...

Many plants that people can grow at home have a long history in alternative medicine. Peppermint, thyme, lavender, and more are simple to grow and may help ease certain health symptoms. Herbal ...

What screams summertime more than ice cream? This is the perfect complement to those warm summer days. For this recipe, dried lavender or lavender extract is used to give the ice cream a light, lemony ...

I was surprised to see quoted in the official organ of the American Chemical Society the statement, “Lavender extract isn’t dangerous, you know. There’s no chemical matter in the products” (C&EN, Oct.