Ginger & Gingerbread Biscuit
These festive and spicy synergies are perfect for the winter season. Wonderful companions that will bring a warming and tasty effect to smoothies, drinks, cookies, muffins... anywhere cocooning is welcome!
Here are some properties of the oils included in these synergies:
Ginger
Ginger has powerful antioxidant activity thanks to the gingerols it contains. It is also known to aid digestion and calm nausea.1
Cinnamon
At the same time, tonic, stimulating, analgesic, spasmolytic, antiseptic, preservative, very broad spectrum anti-infectious and warming.
Cinnamon essential oil has been shown to produce dramatic results against one of the main bacteria responsible for bad breath.2
Black pepper
This oil, with its spicy aroma, adds a much-loved zest to cooking. Its highly valued properties include its tonic, digestive stimulant, and general stimulant properties.3
Lemon
This remarkable antiseptic oil has many roles, including aiding digestion and tired livers.4
Clove
Much recent scientific evidence supports traditional medicine's claims that eugenol, one of the main compounds in clove oil, exerts beneficial effects primarily associated with antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities.5
Nutmeg
Clinical and experimental studies attribute to nutmeg, among others, antioxidant, antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, hepatoprotective activities.6
Star anise
Also known as star anise, it is widely distributed in southern China and northern Vietnam. It was used in traditional Asian medicine as a decoction or essential oil, and its use was recommended for intestinal and respiratory disorders. It is known for its antiviral, analgesic, anti-inflammatory, and antispasmodic properties.7
References
(1) Yuki Masuda, Hiroe Kikuzaki, Masashi Hisamoto, Nobuji Nakatani. Antioxidant Properties of Gingerol-Related Compounds in Ginger. BioFactors First published: December 16, 2008. https://iubmb.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/biof.552210157
(5) Anna Marchese, Ramona Barbieri, Erika Coppo, Ilkay Erdogan Orhan, Maria Daglia, Seyed Fazel Nabavi, Morteza Izadi, Mohammad Abdollahi, Seyed Mohammad Nabavi, Marjan Ajami. Antimicrobial activity of eugenol and essential oils containing eugenol: A mechanistic viewpoint. Crit Rev Microbiol. 2017 Nov;43(6):668-689. doi:10.1080/1040841X.2017.1295225. Epub 2017 Mar
(6) Kaliyaperumal Ashokkumar, Jesus Simal-Gandara, Muthusamy Murugan, Mannananil Krishnankutty Dhanya, Arjun Pandien. Nutmeg essential oil (Myristica fragrans Houtt.): A review of its composition, biological and pharmacological activities. Phytother Res. Jul 2022;36(7):2839-2851. doi:10.1002/ptr.7491. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35567294/
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