Medicinal Properties of Ginger (I)
Since ancient times, and in the V century, was used in the food of the sailors to prevent motion sickness at sea and scurvy. And in Indian medicine is used to treat muscular and rheumatic diseases.
Ginger is known to stimulate gastric juices, and provide relief effects for the flu and cough. This root is a medicinal herb used primarily for the treatment of dyspepsia (discomfort after eating). This includes symptoms of swelling, heartburn, flatulence and nausea.
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Over 5000 years ginger was sounded as the “universal medicine” by the ancestors eastern China and India and highly sought after by spice traders.
Today, ginger remains a component of over 50% of traditional yerba medicines, and has been used for centenarians to treat nausea, indigestion, fever, infection, and to promote vitality and longevity.
It is asserted that ginger can save thousands of lives and billions of dollars in lost workdays. The world’s favorite species is reputed to have qualities that can prevent heart attacks, arthritis pain, intestinal pain, prevent flu, skin cancer, and helps weight loss.
The brew or tea fresh ginger root has been used in China and India for centuries as a Bajativos to help digestion. Ginger enzymes catalyze digestive proteins rapidly in the stomach so that leave little time for nausea. The effect is obvious to a normal flight of aircraft or land travel, or for children and pregnant women.
Researchers at the University dermatology at Case Western University found that ginger oil helps prevent skin cancer in preliminary studies. The researchers coated mice in ginger oil and then exposed them to chemicals that cause cancer. The ginger inhibited the growth of skin cancer in mice. Researchers will continue in this research which is of great interest to Queensland which is the skin cancer capital of the world.
Belief in the medicinal properties of ginger and Indian ancestors existed in Eastern cultures where ginger was used alone or in herbal remedies.
This practice continues today in many areas of the world, including Africa, Brazil, China, Fiji, Indonesia, Mexico, Peru, Ecuador, Sudan and Thailand. Ginger was introduced to Europe and other areas by explorers and traders Danish, Portuguese, Arabic and Spanish in the 13th and 14th centuries.
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