Cardamom essential oil (Elettaria cardamomum) is versatile.

It’s got a spicy side, a sweet side, a warm balsamic side, and a camphoraceous side.

Thanks to its experience in so many areas, Cardamom essential oil is a good listener.

If you’re having problems but aren’t sure exactly why, you can sit down with your warm friend Cardamom and talk all about it. Cardamom will see where you’re stuck and help you work through it, so you can feel like a weight’s been lifted from your chest and you can breathe easier.

Below, I’ll share some of the many ways you can use Cardamom essential oil.

Discover the most popular use of Cardamom essential oil.

Have you ever experienced a tight, uncomfortable belly after eating cold foods (like ice cream) in winter? Cardamom essential oil is so helpful for that . . . and any time you feel bloated because you’ve eaten a bit too much.

In Aromatherapy for Healing the Spirit, Gabriel Mojay says Cardamom essential oil is “. . . a general tonic of the body’s vital energy, and its principle use lies in the treatment of digestive complaints . . .”

One of my favorite ways to use it is in a light body butter that you can rub on your belly and low back. Here’s a blend you can use before or after eating (or both!); Sweet Digestive Belly Butter.

New to Babassu oil (Attalea speciosa)? It is used for its soothing, skin nourishing properties. It can be called a butter or an oil because it’s solid at room temperature and melts when it gets warm (just like coconut oil). It comes from the kernels of the babassu palm tree, native to Brazil. The nuts ripen and fall off the tree, then are gathered and cracked open by women called “babassu breakers.” The meat is removed and pressed to produce the oil, which has a very soft, light aroma.

It reminds me of coconut oil—it has a similar composition and fatty acid content—but it has very little aroma and a lighter, less greasy feel than coconut oil.

It also absorbs more quickly, which makes it a great carrier for this recipe. Your skin may come into contact with your clothes after you use the Belly Butter, so you’ll want an oil that absorbs quickly into your skin.

Spice up your life with Cardamom essential oil.

Cardamom essential oil wants to remind you of all the sweetness and spice life has to offer!

• It’s known to spark appetite and ease digestion, so you can both seek out new experiences and take them in more easily.
• It’s also good at easing tension from your heart and mind, so you can feel centered and have more fun.
• It’s helpful for respiratory congestion so you can breathe more easily.
• It helps reduce physical pain and tension, so you can feel more like yourself.

Use Sparkle and Spice Room Spritz like lighten the mode and open the mind.

Use Cardamom and resin essential oils for respiratory support.

Blending Cardamom with resinous essential oils brings out its warm balsamic notes and creates a blend that offers strong respiratory support in Breathe Happy Cardamom and Resin Roll-On.

I love the baobab oil in this blend. It has a slightly nutty aroma that creates a beautiful base for the warm and resinous oils. Baobab is an all-round amazing plant! I saw a 2000-year-old baobab tree in South Africa.

Use Cardamom essential oil in a Massage blend for pain relief.

Physical pain, such as muscle pain and inflammation, can really hold you back from feeling like yourself. That becomes painful emotionally and mentally, too.

Cardamom essential oil wants to help.

Cardamom likes to soothe any tension or pain that’s blocking your well-being. This makes it a perfect companion for pain relieving Massage. It’s warming and stimulating, and it also has some camphoraceous notes that you might be surprised to find among its more recognizable spicy aspects. (Cardamom loves to surprise you!)

In Camphoraceous Cardamom Massage Oil recipe, it uses Cardamom essential oil’s camphoraceous notes by pairing it with herbaceous scents like Spike Lavender and Rosemary.

This blend feels so good on sore muscles! It helps to reduce inflammation and increase circulation, so your natural energy gets flowing again and you feel more like yourself.

You can practice self Massage with this blend and use it as often as you need. For days when you need less pain relief, but still want to enjoy the warmth of Cardamom essential oil, you can make a moisturizer with Cardamom and Orange.

Cardamom wants you to enjoy all the sweetness life has to offer. From helping to relieve tension, to warming you up, to clearing congestion, and even to supporting a healthy appetite and digestion . . . Cardamom “can make you feel at home and put everything in perspective. As Cardamom would say ‘Life is short, eat dessert first!'”