4hw.com.cn: when it comes to ginger, we are all familiar with it. It's a kind of seasoning used by everyone. As the saying goes, 'eat carrots in winter and ginger in summer'. It's a good season to eat ginger in summer. So why is ginger good for your health? What is the effect of ginger? Let's take a look at it with Xiaobian~
Effect and function of ginger
Ginger is not only one of the necessary condiments in daily life, but also a common Chinese medicine with a long history of medicinal use. It has the effects of relieving cold, resolving phlegm and relieving cough, warming and stopping vomiting, detoxifying and so on. Many ancient medical works recorded the effect of ginger, such as "thousands of gold & middot; food treatment" which contained: perspiration, to the stink on the diaphragm. In the collection of Materia Medica, it is said that the juice can detoxify the poison, break the blood circulation, remove the cold and phlegm, and appetizer. "Dietotherapy herbal medicine" said: to stop adversity, relieve boredom, open stomach qi. "Pearl sac" says: benefit the spleen and stomach, disperse the wind and cold.
1、 Pharmacological action of ginger
Modern medical research shows that ginger has many pharmacological effects, such as stomach strengthening, antibiosis, anti-inflammatory, insecticidal, liver protecting and choleretic, central nervous regulation, antioxidant, heart strengthening, diuretic, platelet anticoagulation, blood circulation promoting and anti-tumor.
2、 Some applications of ginger
1. Cold wind and cold light syndrome: ginger and brown sugar Decoction made of ginger sugar water, when wet by rain, can take ginger sugar water to prevent cold.
2. Stomach cold and vomiting: ginger has been known as the "vomit family medicine" since ancient times. It can be used alone or combined with Pinellia ternate and other antiemetic products.
3. Wind, cold and dampness: Boil fresh ginger juice and yellow gelatin into paste with gentle fire and spread on cloth. Add cinnamon and asarum powder to the cream.
4. Abdominal pain caused by biliary Ascaris: mix the peeled ginger juice with raw honey, take it once a meal, and reduce it for children.
5. Baldness: mash ginger, heat it and apply it on the head, about two or three times.
6. All kinds of hemorrhoids and hemorrhoids do not form scabs for a long time: ginger is cut into large pieces, coated with alum powder, scorched and grinded into thin pieces, and stuck.
7. Peeling: fresh ginger or two. Slice into slices, dip in wine for 24 hours, then smear the part twice a day.
8. Toothache: a piece of fresh ginger in the mouth can relieve toothache symptoms.
9. One hundred insects in the ear: a little drop of ginger juice.
10. Prevention of carsickness: for those who have a history of carsickness, stick fresh ginger tablet on Neiguan point and fix it.
11. Scald by water and fire: mash the juice with ginger and apply it to the affected area with cotton dip.
12. Detoxification: ginger can relieve fish and crab poisoning and reduce the toxicity of Pinellia ternate and Nanxing.
All in all, ginger has high edible and medicinal value. It should be noted that ginger is not suitable for long-term consumption in patients with Yin deficiency, internal heat and excess heat syndrome.