1 What are the benefits of ginger?
First, the treatment of nausea, ginger is a traditional Chinese medicine for the treatment of nausea and vomiting, and it has the reputation of "the sacred medicine for vomiting". Nausea caused by gastrointestinal discomfort, oral odor, and discomfort such as vomiting can be solved by containing 1 piece of ginger in the morning. Folk use of ginger to prevent carsickness and seasickness, or sticking Neiguan point, has obvious effect.
Second, appetizing and strengthening the spleen, promoting appetite. In hot summer, or due to some diseases, the secretion of saliva and gastric juice will decrease, thus affecting appetite. If you eat a few slices of ginger before meals, it can stimulate the secretion of saliva, gastric juice and digestive juice, increase gastrointestinal peristalsis and increase appetite. This is what people often say, "If the rice is not fragrant, eat ginger".
Third, cooling down and refreshing, it has the functions of excitement, perspiration, cooling down and refreshing in hot weather. For patients with dizziness, palpitation, chest tightness and nausea in general summer heat, it is of great benefit to drink ginger soup properly. Rendan, a traditional Chinese patent medicine for heatstroke prevention in China, contains ginger, which has the functions of invigorating stomach, refreshing and refreshing.
Fourth, in addition to cooling and refreshing, ginger also has the function of dispelling cold pathogens. Because of colds, headaches and abdominal pains caused by colds, colds, etc., drinking some ginger soup can increase blood circulation, make the whole body warm, and help to expel the cold in the body.
5. Ginger can play an antibacterial role. When eating contaminated food, it causes acute gastroenteritis, and eating ginger in moderation can play a preventive role. Ginger extract has obvious effects of inhibiting dermatophytes and killing trichomonads, and can be used to treat various carbuncle, swelling and sores. In addition, you can use ginger water gargle to treat halitosis and periodontitis.
Six, the foot is our second heart, and all organs in the body can find corresponding acupoints on the foot. Proper foot soaking can not only improve the peripheral circulation, but also prevent the flu if a proper amount of ginger is added to the foot soaking water.
Seven, often eat ginger can be anti-aging. Because gingerol in ginger can produce an antioxidant enzyme after it enters the body, it has a strong ability to deal with oxygen free radicals, which is much stronger than vitamin E. Of course, in addition to these uses, ginger can also treat diarrhea, morning sickness, infantile vomiting, dysmenorrhea, joint pain and so on; Besides eating and soaking feet, you can also apply external acupuncture points, such as Shenque point and Neiguan point. Because of the warm nature of ginger, people with internal heat should use it with caution, even if normal people should eat it properly at ordinary times, so as not to cause excessive liver fire. If it is eaten for a long time as a health-preserving method, it is suggested that one should recognize one's own physique, and the other should be properly matched with other foods that nourish yin and reduce fire, such as honey, chrysanthemum and hawthorn.
2. Who is suitable for eating ginger?
1, people with bad appetite
As the saying goes: "If the meal is not fragrant, eat ginger". When the meal is not fragrant or the appetite is reduced, you can eat a few slices of ginger or put a little tender ginger in the dish, which can improve your appetite and increase your appetite. Ginger has a unique spicy taste, which can stimulate taste buds, strengthen the spleen and stimulate appetite. Gingerol in ginger can promote digestion, strengthen stomach and stimulate appetite.
How to eat: Eat 1~3 slices of ginger when you lose appetite, which can promote your appetite. Ginger Chenpi tea also has the function of appetizing and promoting digestion. Take 2~3 slices of ginger and 2~3 slices of dried tangerine peel and brew with boiling water.
2. People who stay in the space room for a long time
In summer, most writing rooms and offices are air-conditioned, but for people who work in air-conditioned rooms all day, it is easy to get cold, and if they don't sweat all the time, they will have headaches, stuffy heads, nausea, low appetite and diarrhea. Eating ginger in moderation can conform to the rising of yang in summer, and can effectively improve the blood circulation of human body, thus effectively improving the metabolic capacity.
How to eat: You can often drink ginger tea in summer, take 3~5 slices of ginger, brew it with boiling water and drink it while it is hot. Drinking ginger porridge often also helps to prevent air-conditioning diseases. The specific method is: take ginger 10 g and 50 g of rice, wash the rice and add water to cook porridge. When it is almost cooked, add ginger and cook until the rice is cooked. Take it while it is hot.
3, people with cold stomach
It is more suitable for people with stomach cold to eat ginger if they have symptoms such as eating hot drinks and retching water. Especially in summer, people are so cold that they often eat some cold drinks and cool fruits, causing cold to invade their stomachs. But for people with cold stomachs, these foods may cause symptoms such as stomachache and diarrhea. Ginger is pungent and warm, and can be used to treat stomachache and vomiting caused by stomach cold, abdominal pain, diarrhea and loss of appetite caused by cold. It is a good food for strengthening and warming the stomach.
How to eat: People with cold stomach can drink boiled water with ginger in the morning. Jiang Shui can cooperate with the rising of yang in the morning, and the effect of warming stomach is better. Adding Jiang Mo or shredded ginger to cold dishes can neutralize the coldness of cold dishes and dispel the cold in human body. Such cold dishes are especially suitable for people with cold stomach.
4. People with colds and colds
It is hot in summer, and most people blow air conditioners too much in order to feel cool, so it is easy to catch cold. If you get caught in the rain outside or get cold, drinking a bowl of brown sugar and ginger soup can effectively relieve discomfort. Because ginger has the effects of fever, expelling wind and dispelling cold, and brown sugar can nourish blood and promote blood circulation, and when combined with ginger, it can improve body surface circulation and treat cold and cold.
How to eat: Take ginger10g and brown sugar15g, wash ginger, shred it, boil it in boiling water for 5 minutes, simmer it for 2-3 minutes, and add brown sugar to dissolve it. Brown sugar ginger soup is only suitable for cold stomach after cold or rain, not for summer heat cold or wind-heat cold.
3. Precautions for eating ginger
1, do not peel. Some people like to peel ginger, which can't give full play to the overall effect of ginger. Fresh ginger can be shredded and sliced after washing.
2. Anyone who suffers from excessive fire due to yin deficiency, red eyes and internal heat, or who suffers from carbuncle, swelling, furuncle, pneumonia, lung abscess, tuberculosis, gastric ulcer, cholecystitis, pyelonephritis, diabetes and hemorrhoids should not eat ginger for a long time.
3. From the point of view of treatment, ginger brown sugar water is only suitable for patients with cold stomach and fever after cold or rain, not for patients with summer heat or wind-heat cold, nor for treating heatstroke. Taking fresh ginger juice can cure vomiting caused by cold, but not for other types of vomiting.
4. Don't eat rotten ginger. Rotten ginger will produce a highly toxic substance, which can cause degeneration and necrosis of liver cells and induce liver cancer, esophageal cancer and so on. That "rotten ginger doesn't taste bad" is unscientific.
5, eating ginger is not the more the better. In hot summer, people are prone to dry mouth, polydipsia, sore throat and excessive sweating. Ginger is pungent and warm, and it is a hot food. According to the principle of "heat is cold", it is not advisable to eat more. Just put a few slices of ginger when cooking or making soup.
4. Skills of selecting ginger
1. Look at the surface
The surface of high-quality ginger need not be too clean, or it may be a little bit of soil, and the surface is relatively flat.
Step 2 look at the feel
High-quality ginger is firm when pinched, not very soft and crisp.
Step 3 smell it
Inferior ginger smells of sulfur and can't be bought.
4. The difference between tender ginger and old ginger
Tender ginger:
Tender ginger generally refers to fresh ginger with tender buds. Ginger is tender, with more water and less fiber, and its color is white and spicy. Tender ginger tastes crisp and tender, and can generally be used for cooking and pickling into sugar ginger and other foods. For example, fried shredded beef with ginger makes the beef tender and smooth, and the light spicy taste of tender ginger is just right.
Ginger:
The appearance of old ginger is khaki, its skin is rougher than that of tender ginger, and it has lines and spicy taste, so it is generally used as seasoning. Ginger is more suitable for soup and stew. Ginger has high medicinal value. If you prevent colds, you must use ginger, which is why it is said that "ginger is still old and spicy".