Lavender has so many benefits, as most of us already know. From it’s calming effects to it’s benefits on skin, lavender has a wide range of ways to help the human body, from the inside - out.

According to EverydayHealth.com, possible benefits of lavender include:

• May Help Improve Sleep

• Could Help Treat Skin Blemishes

• May Offer a Natural Remedy for Pain

• Reduce Blood Pressure and Heart Rate

• Could Relieve Asthma Symptoms

• Lessens Menopausal Hot Flashes

• Help Combat Fungus Growth

• Potentially Promotes Hair Growth

You can read the entire article here, but this list gives you an idea of the breadth of possible benefits from this amazing herb.

We grow lavender year-round at our house and it makes it through many of the winters. If not, we just plant more the next spring. I recently dried some to use in this bath tea recipe from Martha Stewart and they turned out perfectly! To dry your own lavender, cut stems when the flower buds are bright purple. Create bundles and hang them upside down for about a week.

What you will need:

• 1 cup whole dried oats or colloidal oatmeal (colloidal oatmeal is blended oats and can be found at most drugstores.)

• 1 cup dried lavender buds and leaves

• 1/2 cup fine Dead Sea salt

• 10 drops lavender essential oil

• Muslin pouches or empty tea sachets

Combine all ingredients in a bowl and spoon into tea sachets.

Add 1 bag to a warm bath and enjoy!

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Lavender illustrations by Paula Freeman, of Paula Freeman Art.