A-CAM Ginger Essential Oil Description, Properties, Uses
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GINGER (ZINGIBER OFFICINALIS-ZINGIBERACEAE)
This oil is distilled from the rhizomes, which grows underground. Cultivated mostly in subtropical regions such as; the Caribbean, India and Africa. The oil is yellow in color, with an odor that combines camphor, lemon pepper. It is a warm spice with similar qualities as Black Pepper, making it a good addition, by drops, in any circulatory/stimulating synergy or blend.
PRINCIPAL CONSTITUENTS: Sesquiterpenic alcohols, zingiberene, d-phellandrene, isoborneol-linalool (alcohols), citrol. PERFUME NOTE: Base
PROPERTIES:
1. Stimulant
2. Analgesic
3. Antitussive
4. Antispasmodic
5. Expectorant
LABORATORY TEST SHOWS: The support of using Ginger as a protection for motion sickness, having a superior action than dimenhydrinate. British Pharmacopoeia (1988). Grontved, A. et al. (1988) Ginger root against seasickness: controlled trial on the open sea, in Acta Otolaryngologia, Stockholm, 105, pp. 45-9.