WIll a lavender air freshener help me sleep? Or do I have to put like oils on my pillow?

Question

WIll a lavender air freshener help me sleep? Or do I have to put like oils on my pillow?

Answer 1

no l;avendar air freshener will give you no benefits nor will it help you sleep.  Only pure essential oils (not synthetic) will help one sleep and it is extrememly effective.  A brand like aura cacia available online or at health food store has any therapeutic or medical value.

(there is a video on lavendar here)

http://www.auracacia.com/

I have found lavendar essential oil to be espeically effective when one cannot sleep due to stress, worry, or inability to shut off one's thoughts.

I go to protests to dc and can never sleep on the 13 hour bus trip for2 days straight and when I took lavender essential oil and sprinkles it on my pillow and breathed it deeply and put in by my nose, I feel asleep for the first time for most of the night and when I woke up to use the bathroom I noticed all around me were asleep..often they stay up late talking. So it is good

You can sprinkle on your pillow, sheets, a tissue, cloth, pjs, your hand, arm,  or in the air.  One can also use the dried lavender flowers in a sock or little pillow but the oil works better I feel. You could also use the oil in a vaporizer and if a night light is on, sprinkle on that (the heat diffuses the oil)

Air freshener will do nothing I am afraid.  

Answer 2

I wouldn't recommend putting oils on your pillow. You should give the lavender air freshener a try. If it doesn't work, contact a sleep therapist that can give you tips on what oils and scents that can help you. It probably will though.