Lavender

sends pain packing!

Don’t like relying on aspirin or other pain pills? This soothing scent is a powerful natural analgesic, reveals clinical aromatherapist Susan Shields, R.N. “Lavender’s volatile oils interrupt the brain’s transmission of pain signals,” she says. In fact, Nursing Times reports, the scent slashes the joint pain and swelling of osteoarthritis in half. “Lavender also relaxes constricted blood vessels that cause tension headaches and migraines!”