$22.00 CAD
Type: Essential Oil
Category: Base Note, Parasympathetic, Resinous
Ginger is another spice oil that is widely used in the culinary industry. It’s actually one of the first spices that made its way to Europe where the Greeks and Romans used it extensively as both a culinary spice and medicinal herb.
Name of Oil: Ginger
Latin Binomial: Zingiber officinale
Extraction Method: Steam
Countries of Origin: India, China, Asia, Australia, Africa
Scent Profile: Warm, spicy, earthy, woody
Parts Used in distillation: Flowers
Oil Characteristics: Light yellow, thin, middle to base note, medium to strong intensity
Cultivation: Non Sprayed
Used in aromatherapy for the symptomatic relief of:
Circulatory stimulant, heart tonic, poor circulation, cardiac fatigue, angina, abdominal distension, poor digestion, flatulence, rheumatism, arthritis, muscular pain, catarrh, coughs, sinusitis and sore throats.
Used in aromatherapy to help ease emotional symptoms of:
Warming, stimulating, motivation, increase determination and clarity.
Originally used as a spice; Confucius claimed to be never without ginger when he ate.
a-pinene, camphene, geranial, nerol, 1,8 cineole, ar-curumeme,zingiberene, z-b-farnesene, b-sesquiphellandrene, b-bisabolene, b-eudesmol
Safety:
Non-irritating, non-toxic, sensitizing to some people
Books Cited:
The Complete Guide to Aromatherapy, 2nd Edition – Salvatore Battaglia
Essential Oil Safety , 2nd Edition – Robert Tisserand and Rodney Young
Aromatherapy – Jennifer Peace Rhind
The Complete Book of Essential Oils & Aromatherapy – Valerie Wormwood
Aromatherapeutic Blending – Jennifer Peace Rhind
The Fragrant Mind – Valerie Wormwood
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