GINGER 500 ML PURE ESSENTIAL OIL AROMATHERAPY GRADE

Ginger 100% Pure Essential Oil

Botanical Name: Zingiber Officinale

Common Method of Extraction: Steam Distilled

Colour: Light Yellow

Consistency: Thin

Perfumery Note: Middle/Base

Strength of Initial Aroma: Medium - Strong

Aromatic Description: Warm, spicy, earthy, woody.

Possible Uses:Aching muscles, arthritis, nausea, poor circulation. [Julia Lawless, The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Essential Oils (Rockport, MA: Element Books, 1995), 60-64.]

Constituents:a-pinene, camphene, B-pinene, 1,8-cineole, linalool, borneol, y-terpineol, nerol, neral, geraniol, geranial, geranyl acetate, B-bisabolene, zingiberene. [B. Lawrence, "Ginger Oil," Perfumer & Flavorist, February/March 1982, 30, cited in Salvatore Battaglia, The Complete Guide to Aromatherapy (Australia: The Perfect Potion, 1997), 167.]

Safety Information:Slightly phototoxic. [Julia Lawless, The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Essential Oils (Rockport, MA: Element Books, 1995), 236.] Do not use if the area of application will be exposed to sunlight for 24 hours due to its phototoxicity.