You’re probably fairly familiar with the warm, spicy and downright delicious flavor that fresh ginger root imparts to food, but it turns out this rhizome can do a lot outside the kitchen, too. Indeed, ...

"Ginger oil comes from the plant called Zingiber officinale, which is just ginger," Dr. Madan says. Most essential oils get made with a process called steam distillation, essentially when steam is ...