Protecting gastric mucosa and promoting digestion

There is a very effective component in ginger, namely gingene, which has the function of protecting gastric mucosal cells, and it is mostly contained in some aromatic and stomach-invigorating Chinese medicines. Ginger can also weaken the action of pepsin and enhance the action of lipolytic enzyme. Ginger can destroy amylase in pancreatin, which significantly reduces the digestion of starch by pancreatin and hinders the saccharification of starch. Reduce the conversion of sugar. Ginger can also act on sympathetic nerve and vagus nerve system, so it can inhibit gastric function and directly excite gastric smooth muscle. These are very helpful to our gastrointestinal tract.

Anticoagulant effect

Ginger extract also has a direct exciting effect on the heart. When the normal population chews ginger 1g, the systolic blood pressure will increase by1.489 kPa (1.2 mmhg) and the diastolic blood pressure will increase by1.862 kPa (/kloc-0). It is very helpful for people with low blood pressure. The extract of ginger water has a strong inhibitory effect on platelet aggregation, so it can prevent coagulation and thrombosis.

relieve pain

Ginger has inhibitory effect on the central nervous system. It can relieve the feeling of pain.

Antibacterial and anti-inflammatory

Ginger extract has obvious inhibitory effect on many bacteria such as Staphylococcus aureus, Staphylococcus albus and Salmonella typhi, and its effect is dependent on its concentration. The higher the concentration, the stronger the bactericidal effect, especially on Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus albus.

Promote wound healing

Ginger paste and ginger juice can obviously promote wound healing. Ginger juice can also inhibit the growth of cancer cells to a certain extent. It is found that adding ginger extract to some anti-tumor drugs can reduce the side effects of anti-tumor drugs and reduce the harm caused by side effects to human health.

Pieces of small ginger, however, have these extraordinary functions, which can be described as the first-class food for human health. In fact, when a child has a fever, wiping the whole body with ginger can not only help to reduce fever, but also reduce inflammation.

Promote metabolism

Ginger is rich in vitamin A and vitamin C, which can enhance blood circulation, stimulate gastric juice secretion and promote metabolism.

It can warm the stomach, strengthen the stomach and stop vomiting.

Ginger contains a kind of "gingerol", which can stimulate the heart and blood vessels, make the heart beat faster, dilate blood vessels, accelerate blood flow, and make the whole body feel warm. It can also stimulate the digestive tract, enhance the peristalsis of the digestive tract, exuberant secretion of digestive juice, and enhance the absorption capacity of the intestine, and play a role in strengthening the stomach and stopping vomiting.

Reduce blood fat, blood pressure and blood sugar.

Gingerol and gingerol are spicy components of ginger, which have special effects on lowering blood sugar, serum cholesterol, blood pressure, preventing thrombosis and resisting myocardial infarction.

Anti-prostatitis, cholagogic

Japanese scholars believe that gingerol in ginger can regulate the level of prostaglandin, inhibit the synthesis of prostaglandin, and has a strong cholagogic effect. 6- gingerol and 10- gingerol, the spicy components in ginger, can reduce the content of mucin in bile, keep the balance of various substances in bile, and achieve the effect of inhibiting gallstones. Patients with cholecystitis and cholelithiasis should eat more ginger or ginger products to reduce the formation of gallstones.

cancer prevention

German scientists have confirmed that ginger juice can inhibit the growth of cancer cells to some extent.

Anti-oxidation and anti-aging

When digested by human body, gingerol can produce an anti-aging substance, which can inhibit the formation of lipid peroxide in the body and prevent the formation of lipid brown pigment-senile plaque. The pungent component of ginger is more effective than vitamin E in antioxidation, so it has the function of delaying aging.

How to eat Jiang Cai Jian Kang

There are many ways to eat ginger, which can be made into ginger soup or ginger porridge. However, because ginger has pharmacological effects, there are still some points to pay attention to in the method of eating ginger.

Lianpi chi

Some people like to peel ginger and only eat the inside. In fact, this way of eating is not good, and the effect of ginger cannot be fully exerted. Usually, ginger can be directly cut into shreds or slices after being cleaned.

Rotten ginger can't be eaten

For people who are very economical, they will not waste any food. Even if ginger has become rotten, they will still think that it is irrelevant to eat. You should know that once ginger rots, it will produce a toxic substance. Eating this rotten ginger will lead to degeneration and necrosis of liver cells in the human body, and eventually lead to diseases such as liver cancer and esophageal cancer.

Clever use of ginger syrup

Ginger brown sugar water is only suitable for people with fever or stomach cold after cold or rain, and can not be used for wind-heat colds and summer-heat colds, nor can it treat heatstroke. In addition, ginger can treat vomiting caused by cold.

Tips: Ginger is not the more the better. Because of the hot summer, people often feel dry mouth, sore throat, excessive sweating and polydipsia, but ginger is a hot food, so it is not suitable to eat more. You can only put a few slices of ginger when cooking or soup.

Matters needing attention in eating ginger

Don't 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.

Ginger is not suitable for long-term consumption for those with yin deficiency and excessive fire, red eyes and internal heat, or those with carbuncle, swelling, furuncle, pneumonia, lung abscess, tuberculosis, gastric ulcer, cholecystitis, pyelonephritis, diabetes and hemorrhoids.

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.

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.