Guide To Fingerroot Essential Oil and Its Benefits and Uses

Fingerroot essential oil (Boesenbergia pandurata), which has limited availability, is also known as Chinese ginger, Thai ginger, or lesser ginger.

Plant family: Zingiberaceae. Other essential oils in this family include ginger, cardamom, turmeric, plai, and white ginger lily absolute.

Production: Steam distilled from the bright yellow rhizomes of the fingerroot plant, which is a traditional medicine in Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, India, and China.

Aroma: Warm, sweet, and camphoraceous with floral and possibly slightly citrus notes.

Is fingerroot safe to use with children or during pregnancy? Consult a professional.

Main components of Thailand-produced fingerroot oil:

• (E)-beta-ocimene 22.8%
• geraniol  20.8%
• camphor 16.9%

Source: Essential Oil Safety, 2nd Edition

Fingerroot Aromatherapy Benefits

Aromatherapy Companion: Fingerroot essential oil has affinity for the digestive and respiratory systems. Use this essential oil to help relieve sluggish digestion, upset stomach, constipation, nausea, sinus congestion, bronchitis, and colds. You can also use the oil to help reduce tension, anxiety, foggy thinking, lack of inspiration, lack of focus, lack of libido, or inability to manifest creative dreams.

Aromatics: Use fingerroot essential oil to clear foggy thoughts or inspire motivation after mental burnout. Use the oil in an inhaler to open your breath or diffuse the oil to purify a room. To relieve soreness, use a few drops of fingerroot added to Trauma Oil to massage sore muscles.

Stillpoint Aromatics: Use fingerroot for the first chakra (survival and support), second chakra (relationships and creative energy), and third chakra (energizing, expansive, grounding, personal power, protective, purifying, uplifting).

Fingerroot Essential Oil Uses and Blends

Motion Sickness Inhaler

Place 5 drops each of fingerroot, green mandarin, and ginger essential oils onto the wick of a personal aromatherapy inhaler. Source: Aromatics

Nature's Gift suggests blending cardamom with fingerroot for motion sickness or using fingerroot in anti-acne blends or cleansers.

Wellbeing Support Inhaler Blend

Drop the following essential oils onto the wick of a personal aromatherapy inhaler:

• 4 drops fingerroot
• 3 drops lime
• 2 drops pink grapefruit
• 2 drops patchouli
• 2 drops clary sage

Respiratory/Joint Support Blend

• 2 tablespoons carrier oil or unscented lotion
• 6 drops fingerroot essential oil
• 4 drops kunzea essential oil
• 3 drops sweet orange essential oil
• 3 drops Fragonia essential oil

Combine essential oils with the carrier. Use the blend as needed on areas of concern.

Source: Plant Therapy

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