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 can include nausea and vomiting, hair loss, appetite loss, fatigue, anemia, increased risk of infections, poor memory, and depressed mood. In the recent years, researchers found that sleeping problems are also a very common side effect of chemotherapy, and often goes unrecognized and therefore untreated.