The article, linked to below, has much more information. Here a few highlights:
- The overall property of ginger is that it’s warming. That doesn’t necessarily means that it’s spicy, but rather the net effect is that after eating ginger, your body will feel slightly warmer.
- If you’re getting a cold or the flu, ginger may help you fight it off. Here’s the recipe: combine grated ginger root with chopped scallions in hot water or broth. Drink up, wrap up, and go to bed.
- Ginger is known for helping to reduce nausea. It’s been effectively used to treat morning sickness and nausea from chemotherapy.
- Not only is ginger helpful for nausea, but it also warms your stomach and is used as a digestive aid.
- Ginger can offset the toxicity of a bad piece of fish.
- Ginger can also be used to relieve the symptoms of food poisoning or dysentery.
- The skin of the ginger root is used as a diuretic, which promotes urination as a way of reducing water swelling, also called edema.
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