What are the benefits and uses of ginger essential oil?
What therapeutic and care effects does ginger essential oil have, and what are its uses? Let's take a look.
Main therapeutic effects: aphrodisiac, relieves flatulence, expels phlegm, reduces fever, mild laxative, warms the body, stimulating, stomachic, promotes sweating, tonic. Do not use on the chest or face!
Skin effects: helps dissipate blood stasis and treat wounds; regulates oily skin types, and is also effective on pale skin. It is not suitable for facial skin care; it can be blended into shampoo for washing hair, and can relieve head wind and stop headaches; it can be diluted with carrier oil for massage to dissipate blood stasis and treat wounds. Enhances memory and promotes hair growth. Adding a few drops of ginger essential oil to hot water for soaking feet can achieve the purpose of invigorating blood and meridians, and can also achieve the effect of removing foot odor and smelly feet.
Physiological effects: aphrodisiac, very valuable in treating impotence, improves irregular menstruation, and can also be used for postpartum care to eliminate retained blood clots; especially helpful for improving conditions of excess dampness and body fluids in the body, such as influenza, excess phlegm and runny nose, and can also relieve sore throat and tonsillitis.
Ginger essential oil is very suitable for treating colds and flu, as well as motion sickness nausea, exercise-induced vomiting, morning nausea, muscle pain and joint pain.
Its mild effects are suitable for feelings of loneliness and winter depression. Its invigorating properties can promote sexual desire.
① Incense burner and vaporizer aromatherapy
In steam therapy, it can be used to relieve catarrh, invigorate, overcome nausea and seasickness, treat colds, flu, and feelings of loneliness and frigidity.
② Use as a compound massage oil or diluted in a bath
Used as a compound massage oil or diluted in a bath, it can be used to treat arthritis, rheumatism, nausea and seasickness, colds and flu, muscle pain, poor circulation and vomiting.
③ Use as an added ingredient in face creams or body lotions
As part of a face cream or body lotion, it can be used to treat arthritis, muscle pain, rheumatism, and also helps treat poor circulation and dissipate bruises.
④ Use as a hot compress ingredient
When used in hot compress materials, ginger essential oil can be used to treat arthritis, rheumatism, muscle pain and indigestion.
⑤ Use by dropping on a handkerchief
For convenience, drop 1 drop of essential oil on a handkerchief and inhale promptly and quickly, for use with seasickness, morning nausea, indigestion, colds and flu, and vomiting during travel.
⑻ Essential oils suitable for blending with ginger oil
Bergamot, frankincense, neroli, rose, sandalwood and ylang-ylang essential oils.