Aromatherapy Oils
Cardamom Essential Oil
Elettaria cardamomum
Properties:
Cardamom oil is sweet, spicy and is soothing in fragrance, is clear to pale yellow in colour and slightly watery in viscosity.
Origin:
It is cultivated in India and Ceylon.
Extraction Method:
The Cardamom oil is extracted by steam distillation from the seeds of the fruit gathered just before they are ripe.
Chemical composition:
Terpineol, Cineole, Limonene and Sabinene.
Therapeutic properties:
antiseptic, carminative, digestive, diuretic, stimulant, stomachic, tonic and anti-spasmodic.
Uses:
- Cardamom is particularly helpful for the digestive system.
- It works as a laxative and soothes colic, wind, dyspepsia and nausea, even pregnancy nausea.
- It warms the stomach and helps with heartburn.
- Cardamom oil can help with its refreshing and uplifting effect when feeling weak and mentally fatigued.
- Cardamom oil's expectorant properties help clear coughs.
- It is a well-known remedy for impotence and low sexual response.
Precautions:
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Blends well with:
Rose, Orange, Bergamot, Cinnamon, Clove, Caraway and Cedarwood.
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