Nature Awareness - Lavendar
Many people appreciate lavendar (lavandula agotifolia or lavandula officinalis) for its wonderful and delicate fragrance, used in soaps, shampoos and sachets for scenting clothes. The name Lavender comes form teh Latin root lavare , which actually means "to wash" . And lavender may have earned this name because it was frequently used in baths to help purify the body and spirit. However, this herb has also been used as a remedy for a range of ailments from insomnia and anxiety to depression and fatigue, and relatively recent research has indeed confirmed that lavender produces slight calming , soothing and sedative effects when its scent is inhaled and /or consumed. The cultural symbolism and communication message medium came to full expanse and an d'culmination during the victorian ers. Many flowers during that time were thought to culturally embody a different emotion or characteristic, which was then used to communicate messages , allowing individuals to express f...