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31 USES FOR LAVENDER
-
Tea (made from dried flowers, 1 ½ tsp. flowers to 8oz.
water drunk up to 4 times a day for nervous exhaustion, depression,
tension headache, and indigestion)
- Ice cream (14oz semi-skimmed milk, 3 oz lavender leaves and
flowers, 2oz chopped crystallized ginger, 1 small cup sugar,
3 egg yolks,
2 cups heavy whipping cream, lavender flowers for garnish.
In a saucepan, slowly heat milk to approximately 200 F. Remove
from
heat and add lavender. Allow to steep for 15 minutes. Strain
milk through cheesecloth while warm. Add crystallized ginger
and sugar
to milk. Place egg yolks into a small bowl; then put half
the mixture from saucepan into the bowl to blend. Stir mixture
with a spoon
and pour back into the saucepan. Place over low heat and
cook until mixture is approximately 200 F. Add 2 cups cold
heavy whipping
cream and place into fridge until well chilled. Process in
any ice cream machine. During the last few minutes of ice
cream processing,
sprinkle in individual lavender flowers stripped from lower
heads.)
- Dream bag (see above)
- Perfuming rooms
- Bath
- Burner
- Pot pouri (Lavender and Geranium Potpourri. 4 cups of dry
lavender blossoms - 2 cups dry rose geranium leaves
- 2 cups dry rosemary
-1 oz. orris root - 3-6 drops of lavender oil.
Mix the herbs and oil with the orris root and place in a
tightly
sealed container.
Age 4-6 weeks, shaking daily.)
- Enjoy it in the garden
- Perfuming linens (sprigs)
- As an antibiotic
- Massage oil
- Disinfecting sick rooms (the stems or "straw" left
after stripping the flowers can be burned like incense)
- On burns
- Wreaths
- Wedding bouquets
- In the dryer (in a lavender bag – can be used several
times)
- Lavender ink (scented ink
will give a delicate fragrance
to your
personal
letters. ½ oz (15g) dried lavender
flowers 6 tbsp water - 1 small bottle ink. Crush the lavender
and put into
a saucepan with the water. Bring them to the boil and simmer
for about 30 minutes or until you have 2 tablespoons brown,
opaque
liquid left. Strain, pressing down well. Mix the liquid with
the ink.)
- Salads (use the flowers)
- Cake decorations (crystallized
flowers)
- A rosemary replacement
in cooking (blossoms
and leaves
can be used
instead of rosemary)
- Honey (Lavender Honey.
8oz clover honey -
4 tablespoons of dried
lavender buds.
Heat honey
in double boiler
till fully heated.
Add lavender and stir. Continue
over heat for 30 minutes.
Remove from heat and
allow to partially
cool. Place
in
sun
for
3 hours (optional).
Strain out lavender.
Put honey in jar.)
- Lavender Sugar.
(For tea or baking.
Blend
in a food
processor
2 tablespoons
dried lavender
flowers
with
1 cup sugar. Store
in airtight container.)
- Headache reliever
(rubbed gently
onto the temples)
- Insect repellant
(can be worn
as perfume or
added to
a hair
rinse)
- Pet wash (use
lavender water
in the final
wash to keep
your pet flea
free)
- Facial cosmetic
(use lavender
water to
clean makeup off
and tone
the face)
- Ironing
(use lavender
water
in the
iron to give your
clothes
a fresh scent
and
prolong
the life
of your
delicate linens)
- Washing
floors
(add
a few drops
of the
oil to
your
floor
washing
water
- great
for timber,
tile
or slate
floors)
- Acne
(lavender
oil
will assist
in
controlling and
relieving
acne
and
other associated
skin
problems)
- Basket
weaving
- Lavender eye
pillow (Silk
scarf or
piece of
silk 5
inches by
20 inches
or 10
by 10
inches -
1 cup
of flaxseed – ½ cup
of lavender buds. Fold silk with right sides together so
it is about 5 by 10 inches. Stitch the silk together leaving
a
small opening at the end. Turn silk right side out. Mix
flaxseed
and lavender buds. Fill the silk with the lavender flaxseed
mixture. Sew closed.)
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