According to medical books, ginger has many amazing effects. Sweating, antipyretic, antitussive, expectorant, stomach invigorating, wind expelling, antithrombotic (myocardial infarction, cerebral embolism), blood pressure lowering, cholesterol lowering, antibacterial, immunity enhancing, self-strengthening and antidepressant effects.
Who can't drink ginger and brown sugar water?
1, stomach fever
Chinese medicine believes that excessive consumption of fried and hot food will cause symptoms such as thirst, bitter taste and dry mouth, that is, the stomach is affected by heat. Because ginger is warm, people with stomach heat will aggravate the original symptoms after eating ginger, so it is not suitable for eating.
2, the internal heat is heavier.
Symptoms such as lung heat, dry cough, bad breath, etc., that is, internal heat is heavier, and ginger is not suitable for consumption. If you must eat it, you should mix it with cold drugs to neutralize the heat of ginger.
3. People with yin deficiency constitution
Yin deficiency means dryness and heat, which is mainly manifested as fever in hands and feet, sweating in palms, dry mouth, dry eyes, dry nose, dry skin, irritability, insomnia and dreaminess. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that ginger is pungent and warm, and pungent taste consumes gas and hurts yin, so people with yin deficiency eat ginger, which will aggravate the symptoms of yin deficiency.
4, hepatitis patients
Chinese medicine believes that eating ginger will cause liver fire, so avoid eating ginger for hepatitis. If you want to eat ginger, you can mix it with foods that soothe the liver and regulate qi, such as hawthorn and chrysanthemum, to neutralize the heat caused by eating ginger.
5, hair loss
Chinese medicine believes that hair is closely related to kidney. Old people's kidney essence is insufficient, kidney yin is deficient, and their hair can't be fully nourished, that is, they will lose their hair, while brown sugar and ginger are warm in water, and people who lose their hair often eat them in large quantities, which will aggravate kidney yin deficiency and make hair loss more serious.
6. Regular drinkers
In daily life, people often like to drink ginger in wine. Ginger and wine are both hot, which easily leads to accumulated heat in the body, which will cause eye problems and aggravate hemorrhoids and other diseases.
7, dizziness and tinnitus
Vertigo and tinnitus are mostly caused by excessive liver fire, and those with this symptom are already hyperactive with yang fire. If you eat too much ginger, it will aggravate your condition.