Ginger Essential Oil

10 ml

Botanical source: Zingiber officinalis
Plant part used: The rhizome
Origin: Indonesia
Production: Cultivated, organic
Extraction method: Steam distillation of the fresh roots

Fragrance profile: Warm, spicy with mild sweet-lemony notes ending with sweet-balsamic woody basenotes


Properties: Warming, energizing, centering

Chinese medicine function: To tonify the Yang, warm the interior and resolve damp

Complementary blending: Patchouli, Siam wood, Sandalwood, Vetiver, Frankincense, Hemlock spruce, Lime, Neroli and other citrus oils in general


For external use only. Properly dilute all essential oils in lotion or vegetable carrier oil before massage or other topical use. Keep out of reach of children. If you are pregnant, nursing, have any health conditions, or are taking medications, please consult your healthcare provider prior to using essential oils.

Fragrance energy: Spicy, pungent
Movement course: Rising
Warmth effect: Warm to hot
Tone effect: Stimulant
Channel tropism: Kidney, Stomach, Large Intestine, Lung
Five-Element affinity: Water, Fire

In Chinese Medicine: Ginger is a strong sweet-pungent Yang tonic with warming, stimulating effects across all three Jiao. It is chosen above all for warming and tonifying the Kidney and for breaking up Qi and Blood stasis, and its spicy warmth rises gently to the Upper Jiao.

Chinese Medicine functions adapted from Peter Holmes, L.Ac., M.H., Channeling Fragrance. The full profile — treatment patterns, acupoint combinations and synergist oils — is in the book.