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Ginger Essential Oil 10ml
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£3.23
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Ginger, Pure Essential Oil In a 10ml Amber
Glass Dropper Bottle
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Origin:
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Extraction
Process |
Perfume
Note |
| Zingiber officinale |
India |
Steam distillation |
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| Extraction
Description |
Scent
Description |
| By steam distillation
of the ground, dried rhizomes of Zinigiber officinalis. |
Warm, green, fresh
woody spicy scent. |
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| General
Description |
| Ginger Essential Oil.
Reputed to be a sexual tonic. Warming oil when used in massage. Fiery and
forifying, it is good for a warming muscle massage. Useful for travelling
aid, as can help with travel sickness & tummy upsets when used diluted as a
rub. |
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| Historical
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. |
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| Properties |
| Uplifting, arousing,
stimulating, toning, warming, good for circulation and joints, helps with
digestion. |
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| Base
Products |
| Gingerin, linalol,
camphene, phellandrene, citral, cineol, borneol. |
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| Safety |
| DILUTE TO 5% OR LESS
IN A CARRIER OIL BEFORE SKIN APPLICATION. KEEP OUT OF EYES. DO NOT SWALLOW. |
What other
people think
'Ginger, like so many of the spices, is a
native of Asia, growing originally in India and China. It came to Europe via the
Spice Route in the middle ages, it was introduced into South America by
Spaniards'. - an excerpt from Aromatherapy an A - Z by Patricia Davis.
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