It’s cold at this time of Christmas, so eating ginger can activate your blood circulation.
During Christmas, people in many places have the habit of eating gingerbread and drinking ginger tea. An important reason is that it is relatively cold at this time, so eating some gingerbread can help dissipate the coldness in the body and help
Improve the body's physical fitness.
It is usually made into brown sugar gingerbread.
There are four benefits of eating ginger: 1. Perspiration and cooling.
The gingerol in ginger has a certain stimulating effect on the heart and blood vessels, can speed up blood circulation, open the pores, increase the amount of perspiration, and can take away the residual heat in the body with the sweat, and has a certain effect in preventing heatstroke.
2. Prevent and treat gastroenteritis.
Bacteria grow actively in summer and can easily contaminate food and cause acute gastroenteritis.
Eating some ginger appropriately or brewing dried ginger with boiling water and drinking it can prevent and treat gastroenteritis.
3. Get rid of wind and cold.
Frequent use of air conditioners in summer can easily cause colds and colds.
Drink some ginger syrup to help drive away wind and cold from the body.
Colds caused by summer heat and wind-heat are not suitable for drinking.
4. Strengthen the spleen and stomach.
Often eating cold food in summer can lead to excessive coldness in the spleen and stomach, leading to symptoms such as palpitations and nausea. Eating ginger can help warm the spleen and stomach to prevent serious symptoms.
Many people eat ginger but don’t know whether it needs to be peeled.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that ginger is pungent and warm in nature, and has the effects of strengthening the stomach.
Ginger peel is pungent and cool in nature, and has the effect of promoting water circulation and reducing swelling. Therefore, "leaving the ginger peel will make it cool, and removing the ginger peel will make it hot."
Usually it is best not to remove the ginger skin, which can maintain the balance of ginger's medicinal properties and give full play to the overall effect of ginger.