Lavender is renowned for its calming effect and is used to aid relaxation and to reduce stress and anxiety all over the world in alternate therapy lavender oil is also used as an antiseptic and pain reliever when applied to minor burns and insect bites as well as relieving sunburn ethically harvested this denotes sustainable cultivation an ethically harvested essential oil is derived from a herb shrub or tree that is not harvested so aggressively that the species becomes depleted as fa