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Lavender
Lavender is a wonderful herb that can help with problems such as insect bites, irritated itchy skin and minor burns. Some people can't stand the fragrance of lavender, and some are allergic to it, but many do really love it, and use it every day. It can be sprayed on pillows for calm at night, drunk as a delicious tea, hot or cold. It is one of the most versatile of all the European herbs that are still in use today for healing and general well being.
If you have heard that Lavender was pronounced as an oestrogen mimic , ( along with other herbs such as tea-tree), then it is worth checking the date on the article you may read. Since the article was published in February 2007 in the New England Journal of Medicine.
http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa064725
However, since then, other reports and articles have been published to show that this original article was not researched fully or thoroughly - the sample used was only 3 boys, with many questions over the methods, results and overall performance of their original research. See
http://bubbleandbee.blogspot.com/2009/09/lavender-tea-tree-estrogenic.html
It is worth remembering that during testing the researchers did not use pure essential oils, but extracts, and in fact used lotions that contained lavender. There was, at no time, questions over the influence of the components of the lotions, such as emulsifiers, preservatives etc.
There have been other studies which link coffee consumption with breast cancer with much larger subject ranges and more controlled environments, yet we have not had the sensationalist broadcast of giving up coffee. How many of you out there have given up coffee because of the oestrogenic affects?
I have also been told by clients that chamomile has an oestrogen mimic action. In fact on several sites I found that chamomile contains a component that is ANTI-oestrogenic, placing chamomile on the recommended diet list for breast cancer patients!
It goes to show you that there is a LOT of information out there in cyberspace. We just need to be mindful and seek the truth
