Introducing our exquisite Edible Dried Lavender, a fragrant and versatile herb that will elevate your culinary creations and add a touch of elegance to any dish. Our lavender is carefully handpicked and dried to preserve its beautiful color, floral aroma, and therapeutic properties.
Edible Dried Lavender offers a range of health benefits. It contains antioxidants that can help protect against cell damage and boost the immune system. Additionally, it has anti-inflammatory properties that can help reduce inflammation and promote relaxation.
One of the most popular ways to use Edible Dried Lavender is in cooking and baking. It adds a subtle floral flavor and aroma to dishes, and is often used in desserts like cakes, cookies, and ice cream. It can also be added to savory dishes like roasted chicken or lamb, or used to infuse honey, vinegar, or oil.
Edible Dried Lavender can also be used to make tea, which is believed to have relaxing and calming effects on the mind and body. Simply add a teaspoon of the lavender to a cup of hot water, let it steep for a few minutes, and enjoy. It can also be combined with other herbs like chamomile, lemon balm, or mint for a more complex flavor.
In addition to culinary uses, Edible Dried Lavender can also be used in DIY beauty products. It has natural antiseptic and anti-inflammatory properties that make it an excellent addition to facial masks, bath salts, and body scrubs. It can help soothe and heal the skin, and promote relaxation and stress relief.
Order our Edible Dried Lavender today and discover the many culinary and therapeutic uses of this versatile herb. It's perfect for adding a touch of elegance and sophistication to any dish, and offers a range of health benefits for your mind and body.
COMMON NAME
Standardized: Dried lavender, Lavender Other: common lavender
BOTANICAL NAME Lavandula angustifolia Plant Family: Lamiaceae
DRIED LAVENDER
Lavandula angustifolia is the classic dried lavender that most people are familiar with. It can also be found on the market as Common Lavender, English Lavender (when it comes from England) or dried Lavender. You may also see it labeled as Lavandula officinalis. This little greyish purple flower is known for its sweet floral aroma and medicinal properties.
INTRODUCTION
Dried Lavender is an aromatic perennial evergreen shrub. Its woody stems bear lavender or purple flowers from late spring to early autumn, although there are varieties with blossoms of white or pink. Lavender is native to the Mediterranean, but now cultivated in cool-winter, dry-summer areas in Europe and the Western United States. The use of Lavender goes back thousands of years, with the first recorded uses by the Egyptians during the mummification process. Both the Greeks and the Romans had many uses for it, the most popular being for bathing, cooking, as an ingredient in perfume, healing wounds, and as an insect repellant. Lavender was used as an after-bath perfume by the Romans, who gave the herb its name from the Latin lavare, to wash. During the Great Plague of 1665, grave robbers would wash their hands in a concoction called Four Thieves Vinegar, which contained lavender, wormwood, rue, sage, mint and rosemary, and vinegar; they rarely became infected. English folklore tells that a mixture of lavender, mugwort, chamomile, and rose petals will attract sprites, fairies, brownies, and elves.
SUMMARY
Lavender flowers are approved by the German Commission E for promoting both a healthy mood and healthy circulation. The scent of lavender has shown to have positive effects on mood within certain adult populations and can help to alleviate mild feelings of agitation or distress.
As a spice, lavender is best known as an important aspect of French cuisine and is an integral ingredient in herbs de Provence seasoning blends. Lavender may be used on its own to give a delightful, floral flavor to desserts, meats, and breads. The flowers can also be layered within sugar to infuse it with its distinctive aroma for use in cookies and candies.
Similar to cilantro, some individuals perceive the taste of lavender in a manner that is undesirable within cuisine. An estimated 10% of the population interprets lavender to have a soapy and unsavory flavor. For this reason, it may be wise to exercise caution while using lavender as a flavoring agent.
Lavender has been thought for centuries to arouse passions as an aphrodisiac, and is still one of the most recognized scents in the world.
CONSTITUENTS
Essential oil containing borneol, camphor, geraniol, and linalool, also coumarins, caryophyllene, tannins, and other antioxidant compounds.
PARTS USED
Flowers
TYPICAL PREPARATIONS
Teas, tinctures, and added to baked goods. Has multiple uses
PRECAUTIONS
Specific: No known precautions.
General: We recommend that you consult with a qualified healthcare practitioner before using herbal products, particularly if you are pregnant, nursing, or on any medications.
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This information is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease
