Ginger is a spicy spice that is used not only for cooking, but also for the treatment and prevention of various viral and bacterial diseases. This root is valued by many oriental peoples and has been used in food for centuries.
Ginger root is dried, crushed and added to various dishes as a spicy spice, tea is brewed on its basis to increase the body’s defenses and help recover.
Doctors of the Ancient East attributed ginger tea the ability to warm the blood, and thus – to improve potency, stimulate digestion, sharpen the mind and attention. Ginger was used to treat plague, seasickness, and overweight. And today all the healing properties of ginger are explained from a scientific point of view, and its miraculous properties are confirmed by scientists.
The benefits and harms of ginger are due not only to the presence of vitamins and minerals. The high concentration of essential oils makes it an effective remedy that can also cause harm.
Benefits of ginger:
- relief of nausea – with seasickness, toxicosis of pregnant women or intestinal viruses. At the same time pregnant women should be extremely careful when taking ginger root, as it can provoke a strong uterine tone;
- relief from symptoms such as flatulence, indigestion, poor appetite, toxicity and slagging of the body;
- purification of blood and improvement of blood circulation, which solves problems with oxygen starvation of all organs and tissues in the body;
- stimulation of brain activity, relief of headache;
- destruction of microbes in any respiratory diseases, accelerating recovery;
- improving the condition of the skin and hair roots.
Ginger should not be used for hypertension, kidney stones, gall bladder and ducts, fever, bleeding, ulcers on the mucous membranes of the stomach and intestines, inflammation of the skin. Due to the strong tonic effect, ginger tea should also not be drunk in the afternoon.
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You can add berries, rose hips, dried fruits, herbs or spices to any ginger tea.
We will remind, earlier we told about what to cook with ginger and shared the best recipes of tasty ginger cookies.