Chinese Traditional Medicine and the Ayurvedic Medicine of India both have a body clock that recognizes the ebb and flow of nautures energy thoughout the day. 
Both systems and Alchemy of the ancient Greeks considered nature and ourselves to be composed of five elements. 
As with any system that breaks things down into parts to understand the whole these Traditional Medicines used these five elements throughout their health care and medicinal knowledge to work in harmony with nature and promote vitality.

In Ayurveda the five elements were condensed to three Doshas - the Tridoshas and the Ayurveda (Science of Life) is a vast understanding of plants, foods, bodily functions and natural timings that permeate the earth and us. 

Harmonising our sleep, wake, action and eating with the vital energies of the earth and sun allow our body the best opportunity for optimal function.

​Lavender finds its place in various medicinal applications such as steeping as tea (drink no more than 2 cups per day), bathing/hydrotherapy, aromatherapy, and topical use for burns, minor skin abrasions, respiratory ailments, and muscular aches and pains.