The efficacy and function of ginger

Release time : 11/02/2025 09:30:04

Ginger is the fresh rhizome of ginger, a perennial herb in the ginger family. It is also known as ginger root, spicy cloud, hooked finger, indixin, Yanliang boy, fresh ginger, and honey-roasted ginger.

The rhizome (dried ginger), the peel (ginger skin), and the leaves (ginger leaves) of ginger are all used medicinally.

Ginger is used in traditional Chinese medicine for its effects on dispersing, stopping vomiting, and relieving cough.

Ginger's Efficacy and Functions: Antioxidant, Cancer Prevention Ginger contains a number of compounds with strong antioxidant and free radical scavenging properties.

Inhibiting tumor growth.

Eating ginger can be anti-aging, and the elderly often eat fresh ginger to remove "senile spots".

II. Warm and strengthen the stomach, promote appetite. In the hot summer, because the secretion of saliva, gastric juice will reduce, which affects the appetite, if eat a few slices of ginger before meals, can stimulate the secretion of saliva, gastric juice and digestive fluids, increase the movement of gastrointestinal tract, enhance appetite.

This is the principle often mentioned in the saying "Eat radishes in winter and ginger in summer; a meal isn't as delicious without ginger."

III. Heat Prevention, Cooling, and Energizing Effect of Ginger in the Hot Temperature: Consuming some ginger can stimulate, sweat, cool down, and energize under the hot weather.

For patients with general heat symptoms, such as dizziness, palpitations, chest tightness, and nausea, drinking ginger tea is greatly beneficial.

IV. Antiseptic and Detoxifying, Inflammation Relief Research has discovered that ginger can play a role in certain antibacterial agents, especially more effective against Salmonella.

Under the hot weather, food is easy to be contaminated by bacteria and grow fast, which can cause acute gastroenteritis.

V. Avoid Dizziness and nausea by eating Ginger. It has the effect of preventing nausea and vomiting when eaten, so if there is a "sports adaptation syndrome" caused by certain movements, eating ginger can relieve it.

In folk medicine, consuming fresh ginger to prevent motion sickness, seasickness, or applying Neiguan (PC6) acupuncture point has been widely recognized for its significant effectiveness, earning it the reputation as the "Holy Potion of the Gastrointestinal Tract."

The method of consuming ginger, with the folk adage "three slices of ginger in the morning are more effective than a cup of ginseng soup," and "taking three slices of ginger daily is as good as not having to see a doctor for prescriptions," demonstrates the powerful effects of ginger.

Apart from its numerous medicinal benefits, there are also various ways to consume fresh ginger. It can be eaten raw, cooked with vinegar, salt, or honey, or even combined with other ingredients like sauces and pickles.

It can be used medicinally, as a fruit preserve, as a vegetable or seasoning, and has a unique flavor.

Ginger and Sugarcane Juice Recipe: Ingredients: 100 grams of sugarcane juice, 10 milliliters of ginger juice. Instructions: Mix the sugarcane juice and ginger juice, and heat them through in a water bath.

Dosage: 30g each time, thrice a day.

Efficacy: Clears heat and soothes the stomach, moistens dryness and generates fluids, and reduces reversal of vomit.

Materials: 3-5 slices of peeled ginger, appropriate amount of brown sugar, and an appropriate amount of water. Method: Add 3-5 slices of peeled ginger and the appropriate amount of brown sugar to an appropriate amount of water, and stew for 10-20 minutes.

Efficacy: Removing wind pathogens, alleviating cold and heat, stopping vomiting, reducing phlegm and lowering qi, relieving edema and abdominal distention, and stimulating the appetite and strengthening the spleen.

Ingredients for soaking ginger in vinegar: appropriate amount of ginger, appropriate amount of rice vinegar. Practice: Wash the ginger, dry it in water, slice it, not too thick, otherwise it will not taste easily.

Take a small bowl or other container, add ginger, and pour in rice vinegar. As long as the ginger can be soaked, you can eat it after soaking for three days.

Efficacy: It helps to raise stomach qi and promote digestion.

Ingredients of fresh orange, ginger and white honey porridge: 30 ml of fresh orange juice, 10 ml of ginger juice, 40 ml of white honey juice, 100 grams of japonica rice.

Practice: After cooking the japonica rice, add orange juice and ginger juice until the porridge is cooked, and then add white honey.

Efficacy: Nourishes the spleen and stomach, nourishes the five zang-organs, and calms the mind.

Preservation of Fresh Ginger If not stored properly, fresh ginger can easily become moldy and rotten.

Many friends have noticed that both room temperature storage and placing ginger in the refrigerator seem to make it prone to spoilage, which can be quite troublesome. Let's turn to the versatile Wikipedia for some tips on how to properly preserve ginger! Method one: Place ginger in a cool, well-ventilated area. Spread some dry straw over it to keep it fresh for about 3 to 5 days.

Method two: Find a jar, fill it with sand.

Then you can bury the freshly bought ginger in the sand. Remember to completely hide it at a depth of approximately 2-4 cm below the sand layer.

Method 3: First spread a layer of ground lime, then another layer of ginger, and finally cover the top with ground lime or sand or straw.

Method 4: Seal the ginger in a ziplock bag and place it in the fruit refrigerator section of the fridge.

Please remember not to let the airtight bag leak or get wet, otherwise it will still deteriorate easily.

Method Five: Wrap the ginger tightly with aluminum foil, then press it down to remove any air and place it in a dark, cool place. This method can keep the ginger fresh for about a month.

Attention, when storing ginger, it is imperative not to come into contact with alcohol, nor should it be stored in the same area as food or items that have been exposed to alcohol.

The traditional belief that "ginger cures all diseases" is based on the fact that consuming ginger has many benefits. However, there are also some restrictions to its consumption. Firstly, ginger is not suitable for everyone. Those with yin deficiency should avoid consuming it. Secondly, when consuming ginger, attention must be paid to its preparation and precautions.

Let's delve deeper into it together! 1. Ginger should not be peeled before consumption.

Some people like to peel the ginger before eating it, but in fact, the skin of the ginger also has a lot of benefits. Once the skin is removed, the ginger cannot fully utilize its overall efficacy.

Therefore, after washing the fresh ginger, you can then cut it into strips or slices.

2. From the perspective of treatment, Ginger-Honey Water is only suitable for patients with Cold-Wind Influenza or those experiencing stomach cold and fever after rain, and should not be used for patients with Heat-Heat Influenza or Wind-Dry Influenza, nor for treating heatstroke.

Drinking fresh ginger juice may be used to treat vomiting caused by exposure to cold, but it should not be used for other types of vomiting.

Patients with diarrhea and those with diabetes should not drink honey-ginger tea, as it may exacerbate their diarrhea and increase blood sugar levels.

3. Do not eat spoiled ginger.

Some people think "rotten ginger doesn't taste rotten," but this idea has no scientific basis! Rotten ginger produces a toxic substance that can cause liver cell degeneration and necrosis, which may lead to cancers such as hepatocellular carcinoma and esophageal cancer.

4. For individuals with yin deficiency and excessive internal heat, or those suffering from ulcers, carbuncles, pneumonia, lung abscesses, pulmonary tuberculosis, gastric ulcers, cholecystitis, pyelonephritis, diabetes, hemorrhoids, etc., it is not advisable to consume fresh ginger for a prolonged period.

Otherwise, it would not only be inconvenient for rehabilitation but might also exacerbate the condition.

5. Eating ginger is not always beneficial in large quantities.

The weather in summer is hot, and people tend to have dry mouth, polythirst, sore throat, and excessive sweating. Ginger is spicy and warm and belongs to hot food. According to the principle of "the hot is cold", it is especially inappropriate to eat more ginger in summer.

Can pregnant women eat ginger? Many pregnant women eat ginger during pregnancy to treat morning sickness, which makes some sense.

The mixture of zingerene and zingerone separated from ginger has obvious anti-emesis effect. In addition, ginger can also cause reflexive excitement in the vascular motor center and sympathetic nerves, promote blood circulation, stimulate gastric function, and achieve stomach strengthening, pain relieving, sweating, and antipyretic effects.

However, ginger is after all an irritating food. Pregnant women should pay attention to the following points when eating ginger: 1. Eat ginger in moderation.

Ginger is a warm drug. According to the principle of "heating for coldness" in Traditional Chinese Medicine, expectant mothers should consume less ginger.

II. If the pregnant woman has prickly heat, carbuncle, hemorrhoids, nephritis or upper respiratory infection, it should be temporarily abstained from using ginger.

III. Only use ginger-sugar water during the chilly and feverish symptoms of a cold, such as those caused by wind-cold or rain exposure, but avoid it for heat-induced or febrile colds.

Ginger and brown sugar solution is used for nausea caused by wind-cold, but not for other types of nausea including that in pregnancy.

The medical content discussed in this text is for reference only and should not be used as a substitute for professional medical advice.

In case of discomfort, it is advised to seek medical attention immediately. The diagnosis and treatment should be based on the examination conducted in person by a professional physician.