Different ginger is used in different ways. Young ginger can be used for pickling, while old ginger is mostly suitable for making dried ginger powder or medicinal use.

The young ginger has little spiciness and tender flesh, suitable for frying or pickling; the old ginger is yellow, with little water, spicy flavor and aroma, mostly used for seasoning or medicinal purposes.

Ginger quality requirements:

Trimmed clean, without soil, hairy roots, not rotten, no wilting, insect injury, no heat, freezing phenomenon. Ginger heat, white hairs, skin red, easy to rot; frozen skin soft, peeling off the outer skin, hand pinch flow ginger juice.

Eating ginger has four benefits

1, sweating and cooling.

The ginger in the ginger curcumin on the heart and blood vessels have a certain stimulating effect, can accelerate blood circulation, so that the pores open, sweating increased, with the sweat can be taken away from the body's residual heat, there is a certain role in preventing heatstroke.

2, prevention and treatment of gastroenteritis.

Summer bacterial growth is active, easy to contaminate food, causing acute gastroenteritis. Appropriate to eat some ginger or dry ginger with boiling water after drinking, can play a role in preventing gastroenteritis.

3, get rid of wind and cold.

Summer often blowing air conditioning, easy to wind cold, causing cold and flu. Drink some ginger water, helps to drive away the wind and cold in the body. It is not suitable for colds caused by heat and wind-heat.

4, the spleen and stomach.

Summer often eat cold food, will lead to the spleen and stomach cold qi excess, palpitations, nausea and other symptoms, eating ginger helps to warm the spleen and stomach, in order to prevent the disease serious.

Reference:

Baidu Encyclopedia - Ginger

People's Daily News - 4 benefits of eating ginger, 4 taboos to keep in mind

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