The author here claims that lavender is the cure for chronic insomnia. A group of 30 volunteers suffering from insomnia were monitored over a period of three weeks under constant environment. They were made to sleep on lavender scented pillows and their quality of sleep was observed. The author finally made the conclusion that lavender indeed cured the chronic insomnia.However, there is no such evidence that lavender is the folk remedy for insomnia as claimed by the author. Firstly, no sufficient data regarding the age group of the volunteers is given. Moreover, the 30 volunteers may have been living in a noisy environment before and that could be their actual cause for insomnia. Hence, in a controlled environment they definitely would have had a sound sleep in the first week of the experiment. Since the volunteers stopped their usual medication in the 2nd week of the experiment, it could also be possible that he scented pillows were the cause for the volunteers to wake tired. During the 3rd week, the volunteers had more sound sleep which was obvious as they had got habituated to the controlled environment over the period of two weeks. Besides, the psychological factor of the volunteers having the knowledge of their subjectivity to something that could cure insomnia might as well have played a role in them having a sound sleep during the 3rd week f the experiment.Thus, the author has not provided enough evidence to justify his claim that lavender is a cure for chronic insomnia. Hence, the authors claim doesnt stand true.