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Benefits of ginger
Ginger disorders Asthenia, digestive disorder, rheumatism, diarrhea, colic, migraine, sore throat, cold, sinusitis, cough, flu, arthritis, headache, fever, sexual disorder
Diseases cardiovascular disorders
Beneficial Stimulant, aphrodisiac, carminative, stomachic, febrifuge, anti-inflammatory, antiemetic, antioxidant
Ginger description
It is a plant that can reach 1 meter to 1.50 meters in height and has a huge rhizome. Ginger is a perennial and tropical herb, whose rhizome is arranged horizontally and with different shades depending on the species, it can be gray, black, white and generally yellow inside, its pulp gives off an odor of camphor , and a powerfully peppery and tangy taste. The stem is scaly and has fairly narrow, elongated, lanceolate leaves. The flowers of ginger are arranged in irregular ways and grouped in inflorescences forming a flower spike, with a fairly pronounced fragrance and whose hues are greenish yellow with a red corolla striped with yellow. The fruit is shaped like a small red berry that contains very few seeds.
Ginger culture
Ginger is above all a tropical plant, which finds its origins in Asia, more particularly from India to Malaysia, China and especially on the island of Java. Today it is grown in all the hot and sunny, humid regions of the world with rich soil, in Indonesia, Nigeria, as well as in Nepal and Bangladesh, Thailand and the Philippines. The culture is quite dazzling and its rhizome is harvested after 6 to 9 months.
Ginger its composition
Ginger contains many essential compounds with mainly starch, oleoresin and aromatic essence (oil), proteins and fats.
The oil and resin extracted from ginger contain sesquiterpenes and monoterpenes with curcumene, zinguone, zingiberene, shogaol, zingiberol and bisabolene, paradol, gerenial and linalool, citronellals and neral, dietary fiber and manganese and copper.
The rhizome for its part contains carbohydrates and especially starch, cellulose, enzymes with protease, proteins and lipids, vitamin A and vitamin B, as well as phenol, and minerals like manganese and copper.
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Ginger and its medicinal properties
It has a world fame coming from the bottom of the ages, recognized by scientific circles for its various therapeutic virtues as a stimulating plant, aphrodisiac, appetizer, carminative, stomachic and febrifuge.
Antioxidant and anti-inflammatory
Ginger rhizome is used as an anti-inflammatory for certain painful symptoms of inflammatory rheumatism, arthritis, and in chronic inflammatory disorders.
Antiemetic ginger
Different clinical trials and studies have demonstrated the particularity of ginger on nausea due to pregnancy, motion sickness (motion sickness), side effects derived from chemotherapy and post-operative, such as vomiting. Ginger relieves and greatly reduces these unpleasant conditions and without any drowsiness. These facts are established by bodies like ESCOP and the German Commission E.
Carminative ginger, stomachic and stimulant
Scientific studies tend to show that ginger stimulates bile secretions as well as the many enzymes responsible for digestion and thus accelerates this process while reducing intestinal gas and expelling it. It also treats biliary and pancreatic insufficiencies and establishes protection on the gastric mucous membranes, and treats the various disorders of diarrhea and colic, certified by ESCOP and the German Commission E.
Aphrodisiac ginger
The rhizome of ginger has aphrodisiac properties known especially for disorders related to erection and sexual fatigue such as sexual asthenia and more specifically temporary functional asthenia by stimulating sexual tone.
Other virtues
Ginger can also treat the small ailments that poison everyday life, sore throats, migraines, colds and sinusitis, coughs, flu and colds and small fevers.
Other uses
Ginger and especially its rhizome is a very popular dish or spice in most of the dishes that make up Asian and Indian cuisine, including soups, stews and as accompaniments to fish, in sushi, breads. 'spices, and different pastries.
Ginger helps and heals heals
Asthenia, digestive disorder, rheumatism, diarrhea, colic, migraine, sore throat, cold, sinusitis, cough, flu, arthritis, headache, fever, sexual disorder, motion sickness, cardiovascular disorders, stimulant, aphrodisiac, carminative, stomachic, febrifuge, anti-inflammatory, antiemetic, antioxidant