Ginger can be found everywhere in our life, it is not only a unique seasoning, but also nutritious and rich in medicinal value. Cola as a daily drink, loved by many children, ginger cola is also very helpful for some symptoms of cold.
Can ginger cola cure a hot cold
No. Ginger can dispel wind and cold. Ginger can dispel wind and cold and has the effect of enhancing sweating, and is only used for colds caused by cold and chills. If the patient has a yellow runny nose, dry stools and a sore throat, then drinking ginger soup may make the symptoms worse. Coke can temper the flavor of ginger, but the composition is unknown, if you want to drink ginger soup when you have a cold, it is recommended to take it with boiled water, not with Coke.
Ginger cola, can be described as a "combination of Chinese and Western", very creative. Unfortunately, such creativity can only be used to treat the wind-cold type of cold, according to Chinese medicine. Ginger is a pungent and warm product, can be sweating, dispel wind and cold, a lot of folk remedies to treat wind-cold cold with ginger as the main medicine, so when people encountered the wind and rain, wind-cold invasion, in a timely manner to take brown sugar ginger soup, cola ginger soup, will achieve good results.
The Chinese medicine will be divided into wind-cold, wind heat and other different types of cold, not cold are suitable to take warm ginger soup sweating to treat. Wind heat cold belongs to the human body injured in the wind heat, if this time and then take ginger class warming medicine, as on fire, more heavy internal heat. And the flu can not use "ginger cola", because the Chinese medicine that the flu urgently need to use bitter cold Chinese medicine to clear the plague, and "ginger cola" obviously does not have the nature of bitter cold.
Ginger cola production method
Ginger can drive cold, cola can stop coughing and can be adjusted to the flavor of ginger. Ginger cola boiled together to drink has the effect of preventing cold phlegm, increase heat, warm stomach, for cold caused by sore throat, tonsillitis has a miraculous effect, the most suitable for the winter . It has a good effect on the prevention and treatment of colds, can drive away the wind and cold, is a natural cold medicine.
1, ready to Coke, it is recommended to buy small bottles, during the period of illness, drink not finished will be wasted;
2, with a knife to take 3 to 4 grams of ginger, and use a peeling knife to peel to be used;
3, the ginger into thin slices standby. Thin slices can make the ginger juice dissolve into the cola faster. Alternatively, you can also cut the ginger into julienne, which is easy to eat;
4, use a cup to measure the approximate amount of coke and pour it into the pot;
5, put the cut ginger into the coke and boil it over medium heat;
6, by controlling the time after the boil to control the severity of the ginger flavor, turn off the heat after the boil, and pour into a cup to drink.
Do ginger cola notes
1, the best use of yellow ginger, because the ginger flavor is relatively heavy, white ginger too much water taste light;
2, with Coca-Cola taste moderate, if you like sweet friends can use Pepsi;
3, advocate the health of the brothers can let the cola more boiling for a while so that The carbon dioxide in Coke will be volatilized due to boiling;
4. Brothers who like the carbon dioxide in Coke to "pop" in their mouths can use the microwave oven method: ding one minute in the microwave oven on medium-high heat (the time depends on the power of the microwave oven), and then take it out immediately when it's just boiling or close to boiling, and then serve it up. Doing it in the microwave can be very good to keep the Coke vapor, taste very good, but heating pure liquid in the microwave has some danger, please pay special attention!
5. If you drink ginger cola as a drink, you don't need too much ginger. If it is to drive away the cold to prevent colds, ginger can be put more.
Effects of ginger soup
The cure of appetite
If you drink some ginger soup before meals, you can improve appetite and promote nutrient absorption.
Prevention of "air-conditioning disease"
"Air-conditioning disease" is often manifested as abdominal pain, vomiting and diarrhea, cold and flu, back and shoulder pain and other symptoms. According to Chinese medicine, ginger has sweating, warming the stomach to stop vomiting, detoxification of three major effects. In the air-conditioned environment, people often drink some ginger soup, can effectively prevent and control "air-conditioning disease"
Treatment of abdominal pain, diarrhea
Summer high temperature, a variety of germs reproduction is active, a little careless, it will be sick into the mouth, easy to cause abdominal pain, diarrhea and other acute gastrointestinal inflammation. Appropriate ginger soup, can play a preventive role. Ginger can play the role of certain antimicrobial agents, especially effective in combating salmonella.
Cure cold and flu
Summer people in order to escape the heat, used to blowing fans, air conditioning, and even sleep outdoors, it is easy to cause external wind cold. If you can drink a bowl of brown sugar ginger soup in time, it will help to dispel the cold and heat, or ginger soup (with a little salt, vinegar) soak feet can also receive the same effect.
Relief from heatstroke
The Chinese medicine believes that ginger can "through the gods" (that is, refreshing the mind). Summer fainting due to heatstroke unconsciousness, with ginger juice 1 cup of irrigation, can make the patient quickly wake up. On the general summer heat, dizziness, palpitations and nausea in the chest of the patient, every day to eat some ginger is also very beneficial.
Treatment of back and shoulder pain
Summer heat is difficult, some people like to take a cool bath or sleep outdoors, shoulders and back will suffer from wind, cold, damp and other evils, especially the elderly easily triggered frozen shoulder. Encountered this situation, you can burn some hot ginger soup, first in the hot ginger soup with a little salt and vinegar, and then wring out a towel soaked in water, hot compresses on the affected area, repeated several times. This method can soothe the tendons and activate the blood, can greatly relieve the pain.
Prevent oral inflammation, hardening of the arteries
Daily ginger soup as tea, can be used to prevent and treat periodontitis, sore throat, tooth decay. Every morning and evening, insist on hot ginger soup gargle, and before going to bed every day to drink hot ginger soup 1 bowl, can promote blood circulation, prevent arteriosclerosis.
The different roles of five kinds of ginger soup
Brown sugar ginger soup
Brown sugar has the role of nourishing the blood, blood, added to the ginger soup, can improve the circulation of the body surface, the treatment of colds and flu. It should be noted that ginger and brown sugar water is only suitable for wind-cold cold or stomach cold after a rain shower, and cannot be used for summer-heat cold or wind-heat cold.
Jujube Ginger Soup
Jujube is sweet and warm in nature, which has the effect of tonifying the middle and nourishing the blood and tranquilizing the mind: ginger is pungent and warm in taste, which has the effect of warming the middle, relieving the surface and dispersing the cold; the combination of the two can give full play to the role of ginger, promote the circulation of qi and blood, and improve the symptoms of cold hands and feet. In addition, ginger heavy warm, jujube heavy tonic, very effective in the treatment of cold caused by gastric disease.
Green Tea Ginger Soup
Freshly squeezed ginger juice can prevent heat stroke, especially with green tea that clears heat and detoxifies the body and soothes the mind, the effect is even better. Practice is very simple, take green tea and ginger 5 grams each, with boiling water can be brewed for about 10 minutes. Especially suitable for drinking in the summer heat and autumn heat alternation, have the effect of clearing heat and soothing the heart.
Cola Ginger Soup
It has the effect of preventing cold and removing phlegm, increasing heat and warming the stomach, and is most suitable for winter, which is very effective in preventing and treating colds and flu, and can dispel wind and cold.
Salt and vinegar ginger soup
Summer many people are prone to "air-conditioning disease", shoulders and lower back will suffer from wind, cold, humidity and other evils, especially the elderly are prone to recurrence of frozen shoulder. Encountered this situation, you can boil some hot ginger soup, first in the hot ginger soup with a little salt and vinegar, and then wring out a towel soaked in water, compress on the affected area, repeated several times, can make the muscles from the tension into relaxation, tendon activation, and greatly relieve the pain. You can also use a towel soaked in hot ginger soup on the sore limbs.