Popular Uses of Lavender Essential Oil. 1  Add a few drops of Lavender to pillows, bedding, or bottoms of feet for a restful nightâs sleep.  Keep a bottle of Lavender on hand for minor and occasional skin irritations.
Pain. Some chemotherapy drugs can cause painful side effects, such as aching in the muscles and joints, headaches and stomach pains. Burning, numbness, tingling or shooting pains in the hands and feet may also occur. This may continue for a period of time after treatment ends.
Side effects of chemotherapy drugs are fairly common, even though the doses are typically lower than the doses used to treat cancer. All of these drugs can suppress the formation of blood cells, resulting in the following: Anemia: low red blood cell count.