Original information from Kobashi Official Website:
LATIN NAME: Zingiber officinalis
SOURCE: steam distilled dried ground roots
COLOUR: Clear/ pale yellow
ORIGIN: Cochin, India or China
AROMA: Warm, spicy characteristic of fresh ground ginger.
QUALITIES: Traditional Chinese remedy for excess water, ideal in winter for its warming effect. Helpful muscle tonic, an aid to digestion helps to calm an upset stomach. We use Ginger as an ingredient in our Travel roller ball to help calm travel sickness. Long history as a domestic spice and herbal remedy especially in the East.
A member of the Zingiberaceae family, it is an erect perennial up to one metre high, with a thick spreading, tumorous rhizome root. The flowers are yellow or white and are borne on a spike directly from the root. It has narrow spear shaped leaves. It is native to southern Asia.
