This blend is helpful when your life is filled with chaos and your thoughts are in turmoil and will not easily be calmed that disrupts your ability to fall asleep or stay asleep. Spikenard is grounding and helps bring order to chaos and has strong sedative properties. Lavender gently calms and lulls you into a state of relaxation allowing you to drift off while Marjoram promotes deep and restful sleep.
Ingredients
Lavender (Lavandula angustifolia) flws: antidepressant, anti-inflammatory, balancing, calmative, cardiotonic, coughing, neurotonic– arthritis, anxiety, bronchial infections, cramping, cystitis, flu, headaches/migraines, insomnia, mood swings, melancholy, muscle aches/pains, rheumatism, sinusitis, sprains, stress, tachycardia
Marjoram, sweet (Origanum marjorana) hb: antiviral, circulatory, digestive, hypotensive, nervine, respiratory tonic, sedative, vasodilator — anxiety, asthma, arthritis, bronchitis, colds, coughs, flu, headaches/migraines, insomnia, irritable bowel syndrome, musculoskeletal/joint pain, nervousness, rheumatism, sinusitis, sluggish/spasmodic digestion, stimulates parasympathetic nervous system/lowers sympathetic, tachycardia, tension, whooping cough
Spikenard/Nard (Nardostachus jatamansi): analgesic, antibacterial, anti-infectious, anti-inflammatory, antiseptic, antispasmodic, calmative, cardiotonic, depurative, detoxifying, insomnia, meditative, muscular contractions/spasms, nervine, neuralgia, regenerative, meditative, sciatica, sedative, restorative, wound healing — anxiety, arrhythmia, headaches, heart palpitations, insomnia, neuralgia, physical tension, sciatica, soothing, stress related conditions, tachycardia
Methods of Use:
Diffusing: diffuse in a steam or fan diffuser this at night to sleep or place a few drops on your pillow/sheets
Bathing: take a bath in this blend prior to sleep, place 6-8 drops into a handful of bath salts and 1-2 squirts of a liquid soap to help the oils mix, run the bath first and then place the oil mixture into the bath water after the water is turned off. Soak for 15-30 minutes.