Ginger

Source: India. Latin name: Zingiber officinale. Family name: Zingiberaceae. 

Ginger oil is distilled from the root of the plant. It has a warm, spicy-woodsy odor. Ginger has been used as a healing remedy for thousands of years. Some traditional uses: reducing muscular aches and pains, increasing circulation, relieving bronchitis and whooping cough, nervous exhaustion, in healing colds flu and fever and to stimulate appetite. Emotional profile: for sexual anxieties, lack of direction, confusion, loneliness. Blends with: sandalwood, vetiver, patchouli, frankincense, cedarwood, coriander, rose, neroli, and orange.

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