Malaysian Mission to LAVENDER FARMERS!!

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REALLY ?????

Ellen being an RN and stubbornly sticking with just the "truth" and the "facts" wants to really know for sure what our wonderful lavender plants will do.....so as we move forward with rolling out our products online at we will not issue any wonderful statements and promises. But we will pass along to you testimonials from those using our products and you can judge for yourself.
So we just heard a great story from our lifelong friends, Bill and Rise, that he heard during a break while in one of our temples recently . Another man there, Jerry Jensen, was telling about his wife's burn. She was making pear jam and it splashed and burned her thumb and part of her index finger. She ran cold water on it and then immediately applied lavender oil directly to the burned area. She realized quickly a reduction in pain and in two days it was mostly healed and on the third day it was completely healed. The best part is that there was no scaring at all. She told me when I talked to her that unless you look very closely one cannot tell any difference in the color between the new and old skin.

Ellen and I have talked to her personally and verified this story. She does not sell lavender. But guess what? We do!! Probably everyone should have some in their first aid kit. Connect to our web site if you think this is a good idea for you....www.castlerocklavender.com

Here is a story from the research I have done:

Gattefossé’s Burn

“In 1910 French chemist and scholar René-Maurice Gattefossé discovered the virtues of the essential oil of lavender. Gattefossé badly burned his hand during an experiment in a perfumery plant and plunged his hand into the nearest tub of liquid, which just happened to be lavender essential oil. He was later amazed at how quickly his burn healed and with very little scarring. This started a fascination with essential oils and inspired him to experiment with them during the First World War on soldiers in the military hospitals.”

If you’re in the aromatherapy biz, you are probably familiar with the story. The above version appears, word-for-word, on several websites, and the same basic tale on many. I’m fascinated by the appearance of “In 1910” in the story which, although true, is quite a recent development. There’s only one original source of that date: Monsieur Gattefossé, but whoever wrote the above clearly did not read Gattefossé’s own account. Ah well, that’s how it goes with rumours.

The story is basically correct, apart from the instinctual plunging of the hand into the nearest available liquid, which is total fiction. Anyway, who leaves large containers of lavender oil lying around unlidded? Certainly not a perfume chemist like Gattefossé.

It’s remarkable how the mythical aspects of the tale have continued, long after the publication in English, in 1993, of his 1937 book, Aromatherapie, (by the way, this was the first appearance of the word "aromatherapy” in print). Yes, he burned his hand in his laboratory and

yes, he treated it with lavender oil, but this was not a eureka-like, lucky chance

moment. It would be great if it was true. Translated from French, this is Gattefossé’s own description of the incident, and this is all he has to say about it:

“The external application of small quantities of essences rapidly stops the spread of gangrenous sores. In my personal experience, after a laboratory explosion covered me with burning substances which I extinguished by rolling on a grassy lawn, both my hands were covered with a rapidly developing gas gangrene. Just one rinse with lavender essence stopped “the gasification of the tissue”. This treatment was followed by profuse sweating, and healing began the next day (July 1910).”

His application of lavender oil was clearly an intentional act, and the result impressed him greatly, and possibly saved his life. It was a special moment for him, and for aromatherapy.

Gas gangrene is a potentially fatal infection, and was the cause of many amputations and deaths in the First World War. Although traumatic gas gangrene is rare today, 25% of those who contract it still die. It is caused by infection of a wound, most commonly by Clostridium perfringens. Onset is rapid and dramatic (though it normally takes 1-4 days from the time of infection), with bacterial toxins causing tissue death and subcutaneous swelling and gas. Sweating is one of the early symptoms of infection. Since the bacterium is most commonly found in soil, Gattefossé’s rolling in the grass might have precipitated the infection. While the incident did not initiate his study of aromatherapy, it was certainly a strong hint – a definite push in a direction he was already headed. Subsequently he collaborated with a number of doctors who treated French soldiers for war wounds using lavender and other essential oils. The accounts of these cases constitute a large part of his tests.

PERSONAL

We have been very busy with getting our plants in the ground this summer, all 2000!! But somehow we managed to have some fun too. Below we have posted some pictures of our "fun."

Thanks for following us and please let us know of any ideas or information you have about lavender!! We know that the best way to learn about all of this stuff is from those with personal experiences. So please email us with any stories you know of or things you would like to see us do with this new business!!