Aside from being incredibly beautiful and fragrant, lavender may have many valuable benefits. The purple flower is said to be antiseptic, antispasmodic and antibacterial. As a tea may assist as with tension headaches, calming, insomnia, stress, anxiety and depression. The use of Lavender goes back thousands of years, with the first recorded uses by the Egyptians during the mummification process. Both the Greeks and the Romans had many uses for it, the most popular being for bathing, cooking, and as an ingredient in perfume, Lavender was used as an after-bath perfume by the Romans, who gave the herb its name from the Latin lavare, to wash. English folklore tells that a mixture of lavender, mugwort, chamomile, and rose petals will attract sprites, fairies, brownies, and elves.