Medicine and food come from the same source, and eating ginger has many benefits for the body. There is an old saying that goes well: go to bed with carrots and leave the bed with ginger, and don’t bother the doctor to prescribe medicine. This folk proverb means that eating some ginger when you get out of bed in the morning and some radish when you go to bed at night is good for your health. ... The magical effect of ginger Ginger, like onions and garlic, is one of the three most commonly used cooking condiments. Using them as seasonings not only adds flavor to dishes, but their unique spicy flavor can stimulate people's appetite and increase their appetite. In addition, scientists have discovered that ginger also has health care and curative effects. The antioxidants contained in ginger can effectively treat gastrointestinal diseases, colds, rheumatic pain, nausea and vomiting and other diseases, and enhance human immunity. Therefore, people are not only interested in ginger for cooking and health care, but also the medical circles in various countries have stepped up their research and development work on ginger to make ginger better benefit people. Accumulating food? ——Ginger has the function of clearing the stomach. Have you ever eaten too greasy and too full dinner the day before, and your stomach is very full and uncomfortable the next morning? When your digestive organs are having difficulty completing their digestive work, you should eat a little bit of ginger. Ginger's capsaicin stimulates bile production, thereby speeding up fat digestion. In addition, the enzymes contained in ginger can break proteins into smaller pieces, making greasy food easier to digest. Flatulence? Stomach full? --Ginger promotes intestinal peristalsis. Colon bacteria rely on undigested carbohydrates to provide nutrients and affect flatulence. Ginger inhibits carbohydrate absorption and promotes the growth of sugar-reducing lactic acid bacteria without producing uncomfortable gas. If you like spicy food, you should eat ginger regularly. This helps with bowel movements and eliminates cramps. Too many eggs and fatty grilled meats? - Ginger Reduces Cholesterol If you eat greasy, high-cholesterol foods with a little ginger, the cholesterol content will be greatly reduced. Even so, people with high cholesterol levels should eat less eggs and greasy foods. Motion sickness, seasickness, airsickness? Pregnancy reaction? ——Ginger can cure nausea and vomiting. Some people go out by car, boat and plane. As soon as you sit in a car, you get motion sickness; as soon as the boat takes off, you get seasick; as soon as the plane reaches high altitude, you get airsickness. Symptoms are dizziness and vomiting. Take some ginger with you when you go out! When you get carsick, seasick, or airsick, you should nibble on some young ginger every 4 hours on the road. Modern medicine has confirmed that the specific effects of ginger are even stronger than chemical drugs. Unlike most anti-nausea drugs, ginger does not affect the nervous system, but acts directly in the digestive tract and does not make people feel sleepy. When gastric indigestion or bad eating or taking unbearable drugs cause nausea, vomiting, and physical discomfort, you can nibble a small piece of ginger. It relieves vomiting and dizziness. Whether pregnant women can eat ginger to treat the disease under such symptoms should be done according to the doctor's advice. As for whether ginger can treat symptoms such as nausea and vomiting in pregnant women, further research is needed. Ginger is a competitor to aspirin and garlic - ginger thins blood and relieves rheumatism. Pain in your finger joints, stiff hands in the morning, and swollen joints? Analgesics such as aspirin have certain effects on the above-mentioned inflammation. Recent medical research has proven that ginger has this function. Although the number of patients in this trial is still small, the results are eye-catching: patients taking 5 grams of fresh ginger daily can improve their joint pain, inflammation, swelling and other symptoms. A study is currently underway in Berlin to determine the ideal dose for treating mild and moderate rheumatic pain. Like aspirin, ginger has blood-thinning properties. Eating 5 grams of fresh ginger daily can thin the blood. A little ginger should be added to vegetables and dishes at the beginning of cooking, because gingerol is converted during cooking, which has a particularly good anti-inflammatory effect. In addition, ginger is more effective at preventing platelet adhesion than garlic, and does not cause an unpleasant smell in the mouth like eating garlic. Fever, cold and cough? ——Ginger can fight viruses. Brown sugar ginger soup and chicken soup cooked with spicy ginger are both good remedies for treating fever, colds and coughs. After the patient takes the above two hot soups, the mucous membrane is stimulated, thus protecting the moistening of the respiratory tract. In addition, ginger has antibacterial properties. The essential oil of ginger has a good effect on chronic respiratory diseases, such as paranasal sinusitis. Ginger also helps with diaphoretic therapy by increasing blood flow. Stay energetic throughout the day - Ginger promotes blood circulation. Do you have difficulty getting up in the morning? Do you start to feel cold in your body or extremities during the day? Ginger is also helpful for this. Ginger has cardiotonic properties. The capsaicin in ginger stimulates the thermoreceptor, causing a warm feeling in the gastrointestinal tract and spreading throughout the body. In addition, ginger can promote the growth of defense cells, strengthen the immune system, and keep people energetic. Ginger is not only a condiment, but also has magical medicinal properties. Some people may have nightmares if they eat too much ginger before going to bed. In addition, some people have allergic reactions to ginger and should avoid eating it. The daily consumption of ginger is 5 grams, which is most suitable. Ginger is a plant of the Zingiberaceae family. There are young ginger and old ginger. Young ginger is used for making pickles, and old ginger is better for medicinal purposes. Nature and flavor: pungent, lukewarm. Ingredients: Contains pungent and aromatic ingredients. The pungent ingredient is "gingerone" in an aromatic volatile oil. Among them, the main ones are ginger terpene, water fennel, camphor terpene, gingerol, eucalyptol, starch, mucus, etc. Function: It is an aromatic and spicy stomachic medicine with warming, stimulating, diaphoretic, antivomiting, and detoxifying effects. It is especially effective in detoxifying fish and crab poisons, as well as those poisoned by drugs such as Pinellia ternata and Aracenia.

It is suitable for exogenous wind-cold, headache, phlegm, cough, stomach cold and vomiting; after being attacked by ice, snow, water-dampness, and cold, drink ginger decoction urgently, which can promote blood circulation and dispel cold evil. [Exogenous wind-cold, headache and fever, or exposure to rain, cold abdominal dissection, etc.] Chop 30 grams of ginger into fine pieces, add brown sugar, brew with boiling water, or boil it, drink it while it is hot, then cover yourself in bed, and the sweating will be cured (such as Add green onion for better effect). [Bronchial Asthma] Chop 30 grams of ginger into fine pieces, mash and squeeze the juice, add 9 grams of white mustard seeds, add shochu and grind into a paste, wrap a cotton ball in gauze and dip it into the paste, rub the three acupoints Feishu, Dazhui and Tanzhong , rub each point for 10 minutes, and measure the local burning sensation. Or use two layers of gauze, cut it to the size of a chess piece, apply it on the three acupoints with medicinal solution for about 1 hour, then remove it until there is no blistering. [Food poisoning, such as abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhea, etc. caused by eating fish and turtle poisoning] 30 grams each of ginger and perilla leaves, decoct in water and add an appropriate amount of brown sugar, and take twice a day. [Chronic gastritis, stomach pain, vomiting mucus or water] 12 grams each of ginger and orange peel, decoction in water, 2 to 3 times a day, it has the effect of relieving pain and vomiting. [Bruises, sprains, lumbar muscle strain, low back pain, limb joint extension, chronic pleurisy, intercostal neuralgia, localized peritonitis, chronic appendicitis, abdominal pain, etc.] Equal amounts of ginger and taro, peel and chop the taro, and mash it like Mash the puree, ginger and juice, stir together, then add an appropriate amount of flour, stir until it becomes a paste, spread it on a cloth and stick it on the affected area according to the size of the affected area (for example, it is better to apply it after heating in winter), change it twice a day. This medicine is very effective and has been used repeatedly. Note that this medicine must be prepared temporarily and used on the same day. We call it "ginger and taro paste", and some people call it "cecum paste". It is said that when applied to the affected area of ??acute appendicitis, it can also reduce fever and change the blood picture. It is worthy of promotion and further research. [When bone tuberculosis is not broken] Plenty of ginger ( or dried ginger), chop it up, add water to boil, soak it with a towel, wring it until it is semi-dry, iron the affected area while it is hot, and change it when it is cold. You can exchange two towels and iron them until the area becomes red, once a day. Example of cure after insisting on continuous hot treatment [Wind-cold bone separation, joint pain, and cold feeling in the affected area] Chop the same amount of ginger and scallion into small pieces, mash them, stir-fry them, and apply them to the affected area with a cloth wrap, and replace it if it is cold. , 3 times a day. [When poisoning occurs due to accidental consumption of raw pinellia, raw wild taro, konjac, etc.] Chew ginger quickly to relieve chronic cough. Mash half a spoonful of ginger juice. Take 1 spoon of sugar with boiling water, 2 to 3 times a day. Nutrient content of "Ginger (Zi Jiang) [young ginger]" (referring to the content in 100 grams of edible food) [About the Food Department] Calories (kcal). ) 19 Thiamine (mg) 0 Calcium (mg) 9 Protein (g) .7 Riboflavin (mg) .01 Magnesium (mg) 24 Fat (g) .6 Niacin (mg) .3 Iron (mg) .8 Carbohydrate (g) 2.8 Vitamin C (mg) 2 Manganese (mg) 3.38 Dietary fiber (g) .9 Vitamin E (mg) 0 Zinc (mg) .17 Vitamin A (μg) 0 Cholesterol (mg) 0 Copper (mg) .03 Carotene (microgram) .5 Potassium (mg) 160 Phosphorus (mg) 11 Retinol equivalent (microgram) 94.5 Sodium (mg) 1.9 Selenium (microgram) .1 Ginger is pungent and warm, and should not be eaten at once Patients with carbuncles, sores, internal heat, constipation or hemorrhoids should not eat it. Especially those with high blood pressure and peptic ulcers should avoid eating ginger. Rotting ginger can produce safrole, which can induce liver cancer and esophageal cancer. , it must be discarded immediately.