Kobashi 豆蔻精油 Cardamom Essential Oil

KOBASHI CARDAMOM OIL 100% Pure

LATIN NAME: Elettaria cardamomum.
SOURCE: Steamed distilled from the seeds of ripe fruit
COLOUR: Clear to slightly yellow
ORIGIN: Guatemala
AROMA: strong character of fresh cardamom, sweet, spicy, fresh, slightly woody

QUALITIES: Warming to the system. The seeds are traditionally offered after a meal in the East to aid digestion and as a breath freshener. An ideal choice for adding to a massage oil or bath after a hectic day in the office. Extensively used in soaps, fragrance and foods especially in the East. Currently listed in British Herbal Pharmacopoeia for flatulent dyspepsia. We use the smaller superior quality Cardamom seeds from Guatemala

Native to tropical Asia, a member of the Zingiberaceae family to which ginger belongs. A perennial reed like plant up to four metres high with long, flat, silky blade shaped leaves. Long steams bearing small yellowish flowers, with purple tips followed by brownish red seeds.