The medicinal properties of ginger
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Ginger is a knobby root of the ginger plant with a spicy, pungent flavor and is often used as a seasoning, but has also been used in medicine for thousands of years. Ginger is renowned all over the world for its effect on nausea, vomiting, morning sickness and other digestive complaints. Nowadays you can buy ginger fresh everywhere. But also in the form of ground herb, or in the form of small pieces. Still, nothing beats using real, fresh ginger. For centuries this root has been used for various medical ailments, but more benefits of ginger have been discovered.
Ginger and its medicinal properties
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Ginger is the bottom root tuber of a ginger plant and is widely used as a flavor enhancer or as a seasoning in various dishes. Ginger has a typical taste that is very strong and comes from the substance gingerol, the most active substance in ginger. This substance has an anti-inflammatory effect and can therefore be used a lot in (chronic) inflammation, but also in other diseases and conditions. You can get ginger in several ways:
How does ginger help?
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You can use ginger to prevent or reduce complaints with the following ailments:
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Soothes the stomach and intestines
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Ginger is one of the best remedies for motion sickness, but also for common stomach and intestinal complaints. The chemicals that provide ginger's spicy, pungent taste are mainly gingerol and shogaol. These two substances cause the intestines to contract, neutralize stomach acid and reduce the tendency to vomit. Ginger is also used to relieve nausea after chemotherapy or after surgery. So ginger helps to get rid of nausea, but it is even more suitable for preventing nausea. Ginger also ensures that the pancreas is stimulated to produce various proteins. This stimulates the digestion more, such as through the contraction of the stomach. This causes the stomach contents to be transported to the intestines more quickly. So if you suffer from bloating, ginger can be an advantage to relieve this. Because ginger also reduces intestinal movement, flatulence can also be reduced.
Cholesterol lowering and absorption of nutrients
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Ginger is best known as a remedy for nausea and stomach complaints, but there are many more benefits of using ginger. It protects and improves your body and helps with various processes in the body, such as blood sugar and cholesterol levels. People with (too) high cholesterol benefit from the use of ginger. Ginger causes the body to absorb less cholesterol and helps excrete cholesterol from the body. Ginger also ensures a good absorption of nutrients. By adding ginger to your diet, your body can absorb nutrients much better. This also makes the body feel full, which affects women who want to lose weight. They are more saturated with their own nutrients. In addition to these benefits and the action against nausea, the use of ginger can also provide relief for other complaints.
Fight headaches and migraines
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If you regularly suffer from migraines or headaches, you can eat half a teaspoon of fresh ginger or ginger powder at the first signals. Ginger then blocks a group of hormones that activate in inflammation and in the widening and narrowing of blood vessels, pain and fever. These hormones are called prostaglandins.
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Arthritis
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The hormones that cause pain from migraines and headaches also cause joint swelling in people who have rheumatism or osteoarthritis. However, this is not always due to wear and tear, it can also be due to chronic inflammation of the joints. Ginger reduces symptoms by reducing inflammation and pain. Regularly smearing the skin with grated ginger root can provide additional pain relief. This is because a substance is extracted from the body, which carries pain stimuli via the spinal cord to the brain.
Flu and cold
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With flu and colds, there are often complaints such as coughing, shortness of breath and other complaints of the upper respiratory tract. This is often due to blocked bronchi. Ginger works very well for this, as it blocks the production of substances that cause bronchial congestion and cause fever.
Menstrual complaints
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Ginger contains many active and chemical substances and some of them counteract menstrual cramps, reduce painful uterine contractions and relax the muscles of the digestive system.
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Ginger in many forms
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To prevent complaints, you can take ginger in different ways. You never have to use a lot of ginger. While you have to use a lot with other medicinal herbs, this is not the case with ginger. All active ingredients in ginger retain their strength when ginger is prepared. There are several ways you can take ginger.