What are the uses and effects of ginger essential oil?

There are various kinds of essential oil extracts, and different essential oils have different effects. So how to use ginger essential oil? What are the effects and functions of ginger essential oil?

How to use ginger essential oil

1. Add 3-5 drops of ginger essential oil to hot water and soak your hands and feet once a day for 15 minutes each time. It can promote blood circulation, expel moisture from the body, improve weak and cold constitution, and is also helpful for women with irregular menstruation caused by cold.

2. Add ginger essential oil to the incense burner to relieve catarrh, increase vitality, overcome nausea and seasickness, treat colds and flu, and feel lonely and frigid.

3. Made into massage oil or diluted for use in a bath, ginger essential oil can improve arthritis, rheumatism, nausea and seasickness, colds and flu, muscle pain, poor circulation and vomiting.

4. When using ginger essential oil for hot compress, it is also beneficial for arthritis, rheumatism, muscle pain and indigestion.

5. Drop 1 drop of ginger essential oil on a handkerchief and inhale it quickly and promptly to relieve seasickness, nausea, colds and flu.

6. For cold hands and feet during menstruation, use 5ml of grape seed oil + 1 drop of ginger essential oil, and rub your waist and lower abdomen every night before the menstrual period.

What are the effects and functions of ginger essential oil

1. Strengthen hair

After the beginning of the dog days, the heat is unbearable. Many women often wash their hair several times a day to cool down. What's worse, some even wash their hair with cold water without considering the consequences for the sake of momentary pleasure, which leads to massive hair loss. According to traditional Chinese medicine, ginger can promote hair growth. Therefore, using ginger essential oil to care for hair can reduce hair loss and promote hair growth.

2. Anti-inflammatory and blood stasis

I feel sleepy in spring, tired in autumn and take naps in summer. I often fall asleep if I am not careful, and my arms and legs are often covered with bruises for no apparent reason. What should we do? The older generation would tell us to use ginger to scrub bruises. Today, the editor will tell you that using ginger essential oil will be more effective. Ginger essential oil is a concentrated extract of ginger and has faster effects than ginger itself. However, ginger essential oil alone cannot be applied directly to the skin, so it must be diluted with base oil before use, and then applied to the bruise and massaged. And pay attention to the principle of moderation.

3. Assist digestion

Cold drinks, barbecues, food stalls, all kinds of temptations, can your stomach digest them? The so-called "eat radishes in winter and ginger in summer" is because ginger can promote the secretion of gastric acid and help digest food. Of course, ginger is edible, but ginger essential oil cannot be taken orally, so the skin needs to "eat" the ginger essential oil. It is still necessary to dilute the ginger essential oil with a base oil. The best formula is 10 ml of jojoba + 10 ml of wheat germ + 5 drops of ginger + 3 drops of cardamom + 2 drops of fennel. Mix these essential oils, store them in a sealed dark glass bottle in a cool and dark place, and take a few drops each time you use it.

Okay, now you know how to use ginger essential oil.