Benefits of Ginger

Ginger has many functions. It can be used as a seasoning and as medicine. Many people can cure colds with ginger.

ginger

It belongs to the Zingiberaceae family and is the dried or fresh rhizome of the plant ginger. It is a perennial herb native to India, Malaysia and other places. It has a very long history of cultivation in my country. Ginger is an extremely important condiment. It can also be eaten as a vegetable alone and is also an important Chinese medicinal material. It can infiltrate its own spicy taste and special aroma into dishes, making them delicious and fragrant.

Ginger is pungent and warm in nature. It is good at dispersing wind and cold, resolving phlegm and relieving cough. It can also warm the middle and stop vomiting and detoxify. It is often used in clinical practice to treat exogenous wind and cold, stomach cold and vomiting. The ancients called it "the holy medicine for vomiting". In addition, according to Chinese medicine theory, ginger is a product that helps yang. Since ancient times, Chinese medicine has always said that "a man cannot live without ginger for 100 days". In "Dongpo Miscellaneous Notes", Su Shi, a poet of the Song Dynasty, recorded that the 80-year-old monk in Jingci Temple in Qiantang, Hangzhou, had a childlike face and "said that he had taken ginger for 40 years, so he did not age". Legend has it that White Snake stole the immortal grass to save Xu Xian, and this immortal grass was ginger sprouts. Ginger also has another nickname "resurrection grass", and ginger soup is also called "resurrection soup".

effect

1. After gingerol in ginger enters the body, it can produce an antioxidant enzyme, which has a strong ability to deal with oxygen free radicals, much stronger than vitamin E. Therefore, eating ginger can resist aging, and the elderly can remove "age spots" by eating ginger regularly.

2. Ginger extract can stimulate the gastric mucosa, cause reflex excitement of the vasomotor center and sympathetic nerves, promote blood circulation, invigorate gastric function, and achieve the effects of strengthening the stomach, relieving pain, sweating, and relieving fever.

3. Ginger extract has the effect of significantly inhibiting skin fungi and killing vaginal Trichomonas, and can treat various carbuncles and sores.

Storage instructions

1. Put ginger in a small plastic bag, sprinkle with salt, do not seal it, and take it out at any time. It can keep it from rotting for 10 days.

2. Soak the ginger in salt water for 1 hour, dry it and put it in the refrigerator to keep it fresh for a long time.

3. Bury the ginger in a salt tank to prevent water loss and keep it fresh for a longer period of time.

Cooking knowledge

1. Do not eat too much ginger at one time, so as not to absorb a large amount of gingerol, which will stimulate the kidneys during excretion and cause "heat" symptoms such as dry mouth, sore throat, and constipation.

2. Do not eat rotten or frozen ginger, because ginger will produce carcinogens after it goes bad. Since ginger is warm in nature and has the effect of diaphoretic, it can only be used as a food therapy when you catch a cold.

Dietary precautions

1. Suitable for people suffering from cold, cold dysmenorrhea, motion sickness and seasickness.

2. People with yin deficiency, internal heat, or excessive pathogenic heat should avoid eating it.