Ginger
| Botanical Name | Zingiber officinale |
| Botanical family | Zingiberaceae |
| Origin | Madagascar |
| Method | Complete distillation by steam distillation |
| Plant part | Fresh rhizomes (roots) |
| Note | Middle |
| Appearance | limpid mobile liquid |
| Color | pale yellow |
| Odor | very faithful to the fresh, hot, spicy and slightly lemony ginger root, very pleasant |
| Biochemical composition of the essential oil | Sesquiterpenes (50%): zingiberene, ar-curcumene, bisabolene Monoterpenes (20%): camphene, phellandrene, limonene, pinene |
| Therapeutic properties | Digestive tonic, stomachic, carminative, laxative +++ Antiemetic +++ Analgesic ++ Anti-inflammatory ++ Sexual tonic, aphrodisiac +++ Respiratory decongestant ++ |
| Main therapeutic indications | Nausea, loss of appetite, dyspepsia, bloating, gaseous distension +++ Chronic constipation +++ Male impotence +++ Rheumatism, osteoarthritis ++ Bronchitis, pulmonary congestion ++ |