Organic Cardamom Essential Oil

Fragrance: Warm, green, spicy, balsamic

Botanical Name: Elettaria cardamomum

Emotional Effect: Grounding, empowering and relaxing

Method of Extraction: Steam Distillation of Fruit Seeds

Many people's main experience of cardamom is the pods used in Indian cooking. In Ayurveda, it is believed that chewing cardamom pods help to stimulate your digestive fire, aiding digestion. It recommends that, if you're ever feeling bloated or uneasy after a meal, chew on a cardamom pod.

The essential oil of cardamom can be a handy alternative to chewing on a pod and, while the human research on cardamom oil is fairly limited, my personal experience with the oil is its very helpful for digestion. I find my digestion is best when I am relaxed, aware of my body and feel empowered.  I like a blend with clove, nutmeg and sweet orange to help stimulate digestive function, while lifting my spirit and quietening the mind - a wonderful combination for a self-care body oil,

I like a blend of cardamom with rose and ylang ylang as it induces in me deep relaxation where I feel grounded and centred within my body. The ylang ylang make it deeply relaxing and the rose is gently uplifting, but the cardamom adds an empowering and grounding dimension which helps me to connect with and manifest my true self.  It's easy to have a vision, but cardamom supports taking the first step. I recommend this blend for anyone feeling disconnected and lost who wants to find their centre of inspiration and integrate that awareness; whoever you are, whatever you do, the most loving and authentic version of you is what the world needs and, if you are like me, cardamom can help you achieve that.