Lavender is so calming and at the same time helps uplift the mood, and a lot of EOs do that. Dual purpose. Lavender EO is a great first aid tool for burns of any kind. A small burn will get healed with just a few applications, in a couple of hours. A bad burn will need cooling in ice water, then lavender and a clay compress. With those three methods I healed overnight an unbearable painful burn that covered the whole top of my R hand. Since then I make sure I am NEVER without lavender and clay.
Great you are doing this, thank you. I will chime in if I have any ideas.
An additional point about Lavender EOs is the cheaper vareity (probably NOW brand, and definitely some of the cheap ones on Amazon) use Lavender EO blended with Lavendin EO which is a close relative and still useful in its way but with not as nice a smell and probably not quite as effective. Labels should say what variey of the plant and place of origin if possible. It really depends on usage - if strictly therapeutic, the real all Lavender is best; for things like adding to calming salves or blends using other EOs too, soap, just for room aroma use, etc the cheaper varities are probably fin.
Thanks, LJ, for sharing your deeper knowledge and broader experience.
I tried lavender on some long-lasting bruises on my shins, and it seemed to speed up the return to normal.