It is best not to peel ginger when eating it
“Eat radish in winter and ginger in summer without a doctor’s prescription.” It has been said since ancient times that “ginger cures all diseases.” According to Associate Professor Ye Song from the Department of Gastroenterology, Hubei Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, eating more ginger in summer can not only prevent heatstroke and relieve fatigue, but also has sterilizing and digestive effects.
Associate Professor Ye said that the hot weather in summer will reduce the secretion of saliva and gastric juice in the human body, leading to a significant loss of appetite. The volatile oil, gingerol, and amino acids contained in ginger can promote digestion and increase appetite. At the same time, people always feel tired and weak in summer, and are prone to insomnia and other symptoms. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that ginger has the effect of resolving phlegm and calming convulsions. Eating some in hot weather can stimulate the nerves and refresh the mind.
In addition, he explained that the reason why palpitations and heatstroke occur in summer is related to poor perspiration function. Ginger has the effect of sweating and antiemetics. Eating it regularly can play a preventive role. Eating it during heat stroke can relieve symptoms in time. Some people are prone to diarrhea in summer because the yang energy in the body leaks out and the abdomen is relatively cold. Ginger is a warm food that can dispel the cold energy in the body.
People like to eat cold food in summer. If you are not careful, it will cause gastroenteritis. Ginger has an excellent therapeutic effect on diarrhea, nausea and vomiting. It contains an aromatic volatile oil - zingerone. , spicy, stomachic, and detoxifying. After diarrhea, 9 grams each of ginger and tea can be decoctioned in water to treat diarrhea.
The hot weather makes people inseparable from fans and air conditioners all day long, and the increasing temperature difference between hot and cold makes many people suffer from wind chill, cold, fever, headache, nasal congestion, etc. Associate Professor Ye told reporters that ginger It can enter the lungs to ventilate and dispel cold. People who feel exogenous wind and cold can take 30 grams of ginger, cut into fine pieces, add brown sugar, brew with warm water, and take it while it is hot. In addition, there are many ways to eat ginger, such as adding some shredded ginger to stir-fries, soups, and porridge; adding some minced ginger when making dumpling fillings, which not only makes the taste more delicious, but also helps to wake up the stomach and open the spleen.
Associate Professor Ye specially reminded that although ginger is good, you should also pay attention to some of its usage and taboos. Generally speaking, it is best not to peel ginger. After peeling, the overall effect of ginger cannot be exerted; do not eat rotten ginger. Rotten ginger will produce a highly toxic substance that can cause degeneration and necrosis of liver cells, thus It can induce liver cancer, esophageal cancer, etc.; for people with yin deficiency and excessive fire, red eyes and internal heat, or people suffering from carbuncles, pneumonia, tuberculosis, gastric ulcer, cholecystitis, pyelonephritis, diabetes, and hemorrhoids, it is not advisable to consume ginger for a long time.