INCI name Zingiber Officinale (Ginger) Root Oil

CAS number  8007-08-7

SKU code EO-GIN-0010

EXTRACTION METHOD Steam Distilled Essential Oil

PARTS USED Rhizomes

ORIGIN Madagascar

COMMON NAMES Common Ginger, Adrak

APPEARANCE : Pale yellow to a orange brown colored liquid

ODOUR NOTE : Warm, smooth, sweet, spicy aroma reminiscent of fresh cut ginger

QUALITY : 100 % pure and natural whole organic essential oil.

Active ingredients: Zingiberene, β-sesquiphellandrene, α-curcumene

Approx. Shelf Life: 6 - 7 years

STORAGE CONDITION ; Store in a cool dark place

Zingiber officinalis

Ginger roots are known traditionally throughout Asia as a tonic digestive. They are used extensively worldwide as a spicy, warm cooking ingredient

Nowadays ginger oil is also used to alleviate diverse nausea when inhaled from a tissue

Ginger essential oil has a warm, delicately spicy and citrussy aroma that can be used to fragrance your skin care creams, butters and lotions. 

Fantastic for this use +++

Acceptable (suitable) for this use ++

Tolerable (not great for this use)+

Don't use for this purpose --

Massages & body care

• Body massage  use 1 to 6 drops essential oil for 10 ml carrier oil (0.5 to 2 % concentration) +++
• Body & Hair care use 2 to 6 drops essential oil for 10 ml carrier or base (1 to 2 % concentration) ++
• Bath First mix 10 to 15 drops of essential oil with 20 ml vegetable glycerine or 1 cup of Epsom salts ++
• Compresses +

Diffusion

• Ultrasonic Diffusers for air purification, use 10 mn 3 times a day. ++

Others 

• Cooking:  1 drop into vegetable oil, butter or syrup. Also into dough for ginger cookies or gingerbreads; or into a fruit salad, as well as to spice up raw dishes ( tartare, carpaccio, ceviche, gravlax,…) ++

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Reported benefits & properties:

• Particularly good Digestive tonic (stomach massages)
• Carminative, stomachic
• General tonic
• Antalgic, anti-inflammatory (in homemade creams, oils for joints pains and calming after shave)
• Lymphatic Decongestant
• Stimulating
• Aphrodisiac
• Relaxing and balancing

Traditionally used to:

• Improve Articular and joints pains
• Help circulation and drainage in Varicose veins, edemas, heavy legs
• Help with Blotted stomachs, difficult digestions, flatulence and aerophagia
• Calm Nausea, transport sickness
• Soothe PMS and Menopause symptoms
• Promote Hair growth
• In diffusers to boost mental fatigues

• For Stomach massages: Peppermint

Do not use during the first 3 months of pregnancy / breastfeeding 

Keep out of reach of children and pets.

As a general rule, always perform a skin patch test before using your essential oils for the first time.

DO NOT USE UNDILUTED and seek medical and specialist advise when in doubt