Product Name: Cardamom Essential Oil Black (India)
Botanical Name: Amomum subulatum
Active Ingredient: 1,8-Cineole: 38%, Terpinyl
acetate: 42%
Botanical Name: Elettaria
cardamomum
Plant Part: Seeds
Extraction Method: Steam
Distilled
Origin: India
Description: A
perennial, reed-like herb, cardamom grows wild and is cultivated in India and
Sri Lanka. It grows up to 4 meters (13 feet) and has long, green silky blades,
small yellowy flowers, with a violet tip and a large fleshy rhizome, similar to
ginger. Oblong gray fruits follow the flowers, each containing many seeds.
Colour: Colorless
to very pale yellow clear liquid.
Consistency: Light
Aromatic Scent: Cardamom
Essential Oil is sweet, spicy and almost balsamic in fragrance.
Strength of Aroma: Strong
Blends well with: Rose,
Orange, Bergamot, Cinnamon Bark, Clove Bud, Caraway and Cedarwood.
Uses: Essential
oils such as Cardamom Oil have been found to be particularly helpful for
the digestive system, working as a laxative and soothing colic, flatulence,
dyspepsia and even nausea caused by pregnancy. As a massage oil or diluted in
the bath, cardamom oil has been prescribed by aromatherapists to assist with
the digestive system and as a general tonic.