Ginger is a kind of seasoning vegetable, which can be eaten raw, fried or pickled. Its types are divided into gray-skinned ginger, white-skinned ginger and yellow-skinned ginger according to their primary colors.
Ginger with gray skin. The skin is gray and smooth, and each piece of ginger is connected with each other to form a whole piece like a palm. The tender ginger is spicy and crisp, and can be fried or pickled with sugar stains. The old ginger is spicy and fragrant, yellow, with little water, and is mainly used for seasoning or medicine.
Ginger with white and yellow skin. Ginger pieces are white and yellow, and the whole piece of ginger is arranged in single and double, which is larger and most suitable for pickling sugar stains.
Yellow-skinned ginger. Ginger pieces are bright yellow or light yellow, and each small ginger piece is connected into a large whole. Young ginger can be pickled with sugar stains, and old ginger can be made into dried ginger powder or used medicinally.
The fresh rhizome of ginger has the effects of sweating, relieving exterior syndrome, warming the lungs and relieving cough, and can be used to treat common cold, aversion to cold and fever, headache and nasal congestion, vomiting, asthma and cough, fullness and diarrhea. In addition, ginger can also detoxify Pinellia ternata, Nanxing, fish and crab.
The dried rhizome of Zingiber officinale is pungent and hot in nature, and has the effects of warming the middle energizer, dispelling cold, restoring yang, dredging veins, warming the lung and resolving fluid. On the contrary, the pathogenic cold in the middle energizer is strong
It is quite appropriate for those who are both wet and have asthma and cough due to cold drinking. Commonly used in the treatment of epigastric cold pain, vomiting and diarrhea, cold limbs and weak pulse, phlegm, asthma and cough.
Processed ginger and dried ginger are fried until the surface is slightly black and the inside is brownish yellow. It is bitter, pungent and warm in nature, and has the effects of warming the middle warmer, dispelling cold and warming meridians to stop bleeding. It can be used for abdominal pain, diarrhea and bleeding due to deficiency and cold. Such as Fuzi Lizhong Pill for abdominal pain, diarrhea and cholera due to spleen and stomach deficiency and cold, and Aiye Pill for treating blood in stool due to spleen and stomach deficiency and cold.
Ginger, with its unique spicy fragrance, is a commonly used condiment, which can make all kinds of dishes delicious and fragrant. Eating a few slices of ginger or putting a little tender ginger in the dish can improve the appetite and increase the appetite, so as the saying goes, "Eat ginger when the rice is not fragrant."
Nutritional efficacy: The spicy ingredients of ginger mainly include gingerol, gingerol and gingerol, which have certain volatility. It can enhance and accelerate blood circulation, stimulate the secretion of gastric juice, help digestion, and have the function of invigorating stomach. Ginger also has the effect of sweating and relieving exterior syndrome, warming and stopping vomiting. When you catch a cold or catch a cold, boil some ginger soup, which can play a very good therapeutic role. Ginger can cure carsickness and seasickness: a piece of ginger is attached to the navel, and a plaster for relieving dampness and pain is attached outside, which has obvious relieving effect. Ginger is also a traditional Chinese medicine for treating nausea and vomiting, and has the reputation of "the holy medicine for vomiting". According to modern pharmacological research, it is found that ginger has many miraculous effects such as anti-aging, heart protection and prevention of gallstones.
Eat well: every time 10 grams. If you eat too much, a large amount of gingerol will stimulate the kidney in the process of excretion through the kidney, resulting in symptoms such as dry mouth, sore throat and constipation. Ginger has the function of detoxification and sterilization. When eating preserved eggs, fish and crabs and other aquatic products, you should put some Jiang Mo and ginger juice. Old people often eat ginger to get rid of "senile spots". People with internal heat should not eat. Rotten ginger and frozen ginger should not be eaten, because ginger will produce carcinogens after deterioration.
Selected treasures: high-quality ginger should be complete and full, thin and thick, without roots, damage and rotten tops. No black heart. Ginger likes damp and warm, and avoids dryness and cold. The suitable storage temperature is 12~ 15℃.