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Ginger
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Zingiber officinale
In Chinese medicine, ginger ranks one of the best herbs. Ginger contains a medicinal component, gingerols, which has excellent carminative and antispasmodic qualities which make it an ideal remedy for many gastrointestinal complaints. Drinking ginger tea with meals will help digestion and assimilation of food and is useful for those with weak, cold digestion.
Being the most versatile of all herbs, fresh ginger can be topically applied as a warm formentation to relieve spasms, pain and cramps; to treat stiff neck and shoulder, and chilblains as it can enhance peripheral circulation. It can be made into a tea to be taken to treat arthritis, the first signs of mucus, cough, chill and cold. Ginger alleviates the nausea and vomiting of motion sickness and seafood sickness
It can act as an antioxidant to rid the body of posion and can aid in rheumatic and menstrual disturbances.
A NZ Journal of Medicine's study has found that ginger can reduce the cholesterol levels in the liver and blood. Ginger is known to prolong bleeding time, so do avoid if you are using drugs such as aspirin or other blood thinning medicines. Excessive usage of ginger may also interfere with cardiac and anti- diabetic treatments.
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