Ginger Lily Root (Kapoor Kachri) Essential Oil

Description

Energetic Properties: The essential oil has an earthiness and depth and slowly rising from within is a note of hidden light. It gets the blood flowing. It makes us aware of our circulation and the hidden rivers of energy in our body. Along with circulation it helps with respiration. It reminds us that we are always part of the flow, of water, of air, of time. It takes us into the depths of the earth, reminds us that the process that breaks down the old, creates the fuel for the new. There’s a top note that uniquely emerges only slowly after the base notes, like the seed of light from the darkness. It helps with grief and memory. It helps us let go. Its inner blend of earth and celestial realms makes it really magical.

Ginger Lily Root helps to surrender so deep transformation and healing can take place. It touches the heart and allows love to flow. This creates a feeling of vulnerability and gentleness that seems to ooze from all one’s cells. Tears of joy, sweetness and love can flow. At the same time the earthy notes keep things grounded and help us move on in our lives. 

We love this oil because it has everything we were looking for in an aroma that brings together the earth, the roots, the dustiness of decay with the spice and pungency of a deep soulful fragrance. This layering of scents works really well with the alchemical stage mortificatio. 

Kapoor Kachri, another name for Ginger Lily Root, reminds us of this. Its layers of aroma create a beautiful relationship between a deep earthiness and a sparkly aliveness that seems hidden at first and then bursts forth. Smelling it, we are simultaneously pulled into the dark earth, while at the same time made aware of the myriad of fresh life sparks that come from it. What hits me most about this oil is the movement that it generates. It is in the movement that we find solace. As long as there is movement there is life. It is when stagnation comes upon us that illness sets in. A healthy death, be it the ultimate, physical death or the stage in the cycle when parts of us die psychologically, involves movement and new life of some sort – Kapoor kachri really does hold this message in its aromatic signature. Kapoor Kachri reminds us that in the darkest night, is the seed of the new sunrise.

So, if you are struggling with letting go of something, or a part of your life is falling away and its painful, this oil is here to support you and to help the psyche transit through this stage with as little resistance as possible. Its gently sedative action helps us to allow what is finished to decompose by muffling the anxiety and encouraging us to be a witness rather than fighting against this necessary transition. When we feel lost in the dark night of the soul, it reminds us of the hidden seed of light and new life and the promise of what is to come.

Smell: earthy, musky, spicy, pungent, sweet.

Perfume note: Base note

Main Chemical Constituents:curzerene, coronarin, curdione and linderazulene (1)

Adulteration and quality: A review of the literature suggests that adulteration is not common yet. (2), (3).

Citation:

1. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/22311866.2021.1923572
2. KUMARI, I., H. KAURAV, and G. CHAUDHARY. “HEDYCHIUM SPICATUM BUCH-HAM. (KUCHRI), A TREASURE HOUSE OF ESSENTIAL OILS”. International Journal of Current Pharmaceutical Research, vol. 13, no. 4, July 2021, pp. 25-31, doi:10.22159/ijcpr.2021v13i4.42738.
3. Mittal Roopal, Goel Prerna, Kushwah Ajay Singh, Ranga Gurjant, Perfumed Ginger (Hedychium Spicatum Sm): An Essential oil-bearing plant, Research Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry 2022, 14 (2), 77-88Print ISSN : 0975-2331. Online ISSN : 0975-4385. DOI : 10.52711/0975-4385.2022.00016