• Pouring 3 or 4 drops into hot running water in a bath for full body relaxation
• Mix drops into olive, avocado, almond, apricot kernel or grape seed oil for a full body self-massage – use instead of lotions or creams
• Can be applied full strength directly onto insect bites, blisters, pimples, burns (unless deep skin burns) or any other skin problem; works great on pimples.
• Insomnia – put a few drops onto your hand and rub into pillow; Put some into the air using a diffuser; or it can be rubbed into the temples (just avoiding contact with the eyes)
• Sunburn – combine aloe vera with lavender oil to cool, reduce swelling and redness
• Sinus headache – rub  a drop or two of lavender oil into the temples and across the sinuses a few times during the day to ease the pain
• Depression – use in a diffuser, add to bathwater or dab on your wrist and temples;  Lavender is very uplifting
•  Helps to prevent scars
• Mosquito repellant
• For chest or nasal congestion/flu – put 5 drops into boiled water and breathe in the steam with a towel draped over the head
•  Place a drop on a cold sore to dry and speed healing
• Mix 5 drops into carrier oil (olive, almond, etc) to massage into the back or other muscles for pain or strains; Lavender penetrates deeply into the muscle tissues, encouraging them to expand to increase blood flow. 
• Can help with athlete’s foot or other fungal infections
• The oil also stimulates the production of gastric juices and bile and thus aids in treating indigestion, stomach pain, colic, flatulence, vomiting and diarrhea.
• For menstrual cramps, rub a few drops into the lower abdomen
  

Lavender is a natural antibiotic, antiseptic, antidepressant and sedative – a medicine chest in a bottle.  A few drops go a long way.  
And it smells great!