Lavender oil oral (Silexan)

Tier 2 — promising · Anxiety · Sleep · GAD

The pharmaceutical-grade oral lavender oil extract Silexan (80 mg capsules) has been tested in multiple randomised trials for generalised anxiety disorder, and the Möller 2023 pooled analysis covered roughly seven to nine Silexan trials finding significant reductions in anxiety scores. A single head-to-head study (Kasper 2014) suggested comparability to paroxetine, but SSRI equivalence claims rest on that one trial. Must use the specific Silexan formulation as other lavender oils have not been tested to the same standard.

Dose: 80 mg/day Silexan (pharmaceutical-grade oral lavender oil capsule); other forms not clinically validated