Ginger essential oil has many applications.
It has been used as a travelling aid as it has sometimes thought to help with travel sickness & tummy upsets when used diluted as a rub.
It is also a common choice for massaging into aching muscles due to its lovely warming effects.
- Reputed to be a sexual tonic.
- Warming oil when used in massage.
- Useful for travelling aid, as can help with travel sickness & tummy upsets when used diluted as a rub.
- Stimulating, warming and penetrating
- Fiery and fortifying, Ginger is good for a delightfully warming muscle massage
- A common choice for abdomen massages to help ease the stomach
Naturally stimulating, it is a great oil to have in the burner if you are in need of a little energy boost! Its warming qualities are also used to help soothe colds, coughs, respiratory congestion, sinusitis and sore throats. Ginger is a very powerful oil and as with all essential oils, it should be diluted to a maximum of 1% before skin application.
Scent Description
Warm, green, fresh woody spicy scent.
Historial Background
Traditionally used as an astringent and aphrodisiac. Ginger has a comforting, warming and uplifting effect upon the emotions. In the harems of the Byzantium era, ginger was a firm favourite and is still used in Senegal to arouse the men folk.
Properties
By steam distillation of the ground, dried rhizomes of Zinigiber officinalis.
Warm, spicy, earthy, woody.
Uplifting, arousing, stimulating, toning, warming, good for circulation and joints, helps with digestion.
Ginger blends particularly well with Bergamot, Cedarwood, Clove, Coriander, Eucalyptus, Frankincense, Geranium, Grapefruit, Jasmine, Juniper, Lemon, Lime, Mandarin, Neroli, Orange, Palmarosa, Patchouli, Rose, Sandalwood, Vetivert and Ylang Ylang.