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.
1 Believe it or not, hair loss (alopecia) due to chemotherapy is one of the most distressing side effects of chemo treatments.  Hair loss happens because the chemotherapy affects all cells in the body, not just the cancer cells. The lining of the mouth, stomach, and the hair follicles are especially sensitive because those cells multiply rapidly just like the cancer cells.