Ginger has a strong spicy taste, and it can be used as medicine to warm and disperse the wind. Chinese medicine believes that it can play the role of "dispersing cold, stopping vomiting, warming the lungs and resolving phlegm", so it is very helpful to drink some ginger water properly for the common cold in life.
It has been recorded in "A Record of Famous Doctors" that ginger can relieve "typhoid headache, stuffy nose, cough against the upper qi" and has the functions of "stopping vomiting and eliminating phlegm and qi". If it is taken for a long time, it can make people clear. It can be seen that drinking some ginger soup when there is a cold and cold does have a good relieving effect.
1, ginger soup can relieve symptoms such as nasal congestion and headache when catching a cold.
When people catch a cold, they are often prone to uncomfortable symptoms such as stuffy nose and unbearable headache, while ginger has the functions of pungent warming, dispelling pathogenic factors and relieving exterior symptoms. In ancient times, ginger soup was a common health-preserving method to resist cold pathogens and prevent colds, and the effect was often very obvious.
For example, in autumn and winter, if we accidentally suffer from the invasion of cold evil, and have a headache, stuffy nose and runny nose, we can directly slice ginger to make tea and drink it while it is hot, which will soon have the effect of dispersing cold, relieving headache and dredging the nose.
In ancient times, when people had colds and colds, they could only rely on these indigenous methods to alleviate the disease, and ginger was an indispensable medicine. In addition, some herbs, such as scallion, perilla leaf, angelica dahurica, magnolia flower, etc., are added when cooking ginger soup, which has a better effect of warming meridians and dispersing cold.
2. Ginger soup can relieve symptoms such as nausea and vomiting when catching a cold.
Although ginger is very common and ugly, it is very useful in traditional Chinese medicine. Since the Tang Dynasty, ginger has been honored as "the holy medicine for stopping vomiting" by doctors, which shows that it has a good effect in stopping vomiting.
When we have a cold, if the cold pathogen invades the spleen and stomach, it is easy to have nausea, vomiting and other symptoms. For this kind of situation, the ancients often chewed ginger slices directly to relieve it, which can play an obvious anti-vomiting effect. Drinking ginger soup can also stop the vomiting effect at the same temperature.
According to modern medical research, gingerol, gingerol and other chemical components contained in ginger can inhibit the secretion of gastric juice, and play a certain role in protecting gastric mucosa, calming and relieving vomiting.
3. Ginger soup can relieve symptoms such as cough and excessive phlegm when catching a cold.
When there is a cold and cold, cold pathogens are often very easy to invade the lungs, thus causing people to cough and cough. At this time, the effect of warming and dispersing ginger can also play a role in warming the lungs and resolving phlegm and relieving cough and asthma.
Therefore, when we have a cold, accompanied by lung qi obstruction, cough and phlegm, drinking ginger soup directly also has obvious relief effect. In Chinese medicine, it is often used in combination with loquat leaves, bitter almond, ephedra, dried tangerine peel and perilla, which is particularly effective in relieving cough and asthma due to wind-cold.
It can be seen that drinking some ginger soup can obviously improve the symptoms of cold when we have a cold. In fact, in life, we can also eat some ginger to keep healthy. It can not only dispel cold and relieve colds, but also help people warm meridians and enhance immunity.