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Ginger is both food and medicine

Aug25
  1. 3-131015094630Dispel cold.

Ginger has pungent taste, which contains 0.25% – 0.3% of the volatile oil. Main components are gingerol, shogaol and zingiberone. It has effects on sweating and dispelling cold, which is used for clinical treatment of early anemofrigid cold and exogenous cough.

  1. Warm stomach.

Ginger can strengthen spleen and warm stomach, raise yang, promote blood circulation and eliminate the accumulated cold in stomach.

  1. Ease pain.

Ginger has an obvious effect on easing pain.  the reason is that the effective components of ginger can inhibit prostaglandin biosynthesis. The prostaglandin is a painful and inflammatory factor due to injury or inflammation of the body. It can be used in the treatment of joint pain, abdominal pain, stomach pain, dysmenorrhea, burn, sprain and contusion.

  1. Prevent germ.

Ginger has an antibacterial effect, especially for the role of salmonella contaminating food. Ginger can inhibit fungal skin and kill trichomonas vaginalis.

  1. Nourish brain.

Ginger contains essential amino acids, which have a catalytic effect on the information transmission of nervous system. Ginger amino acid by means of gingerol and ginger volatile oil can be quickly put ginger amino acid transport to the brain blood vessels, so that the brain has enough nutrition.

  1. Lower lipid.

Ginger can greatly reduce blood cholesterol levels, which can be as the main material of lowering blood lipids drugs. It brings the hope to patients with hypertension.

  1. Treat dizziness.

Ginger is an ideal drug to reduce motion sickness, which can treat dizziness, nausea, vomiting and other symptoms.  The efficiency can reach 90% or more and the efficacy can maintain 6 hours.

  1. Remove alopecia areata.

Ginger juice can cure alopecia areata.

  1. Promote appetite.

Ginger can promote the secretion of digestive juice, increase appetite, and inhibit intestinal abnormal fermentation and promote the role of gas discharge.

  1. Prevent cancer.

Ginger juice can inhibit the growth of cancer cells in a certain extent, which will be a powerful new weapon to fight against cancer.

  1. Anti aging.

Ginger contains gingerol, which can remove the old factor – free radicals, so it has anti-aging effects.