Most people know of ginger as being a very important ingredient in our kitchens, however many people don’t know that ginger also is very helpful in our general health and in balancing our bodies yin and yang.
1) Ginger helps the body in dispelling the cold. Chinese medicine considers ginger as being a mild sweet spice, and having warm characteristics. Due to this it’s function is to help warm the bodies circulation and remove the cold from the body. Ginger is suitable for people who suffer from cold hands and feet, loose stool, and those who have stomach pain after eating cold things. Especially in the winter, eating a little amount of ginger with your food is good for raising your qi and yang energy.
2) Ginger has the function in improving the intestine contraction. One ancient books called <’Be Cao Jin Ji Zhu’> records ginger as ‘helping digestions, to strengthen the spleen and stop vomiting and nausea, also warm the stomach and to stop the stomach spasming from the coldness.’
Thus chinese medicine considers that people who overeat cold foods or raw foods, it is best to have ginger and the same time, as it will help your digestion and to avoid stomach pain and bloating from the coldness.
3) Ginger also one of the Chinese herbs which can calm down and relax the stomach which will stop nausea. Such as using ginger tablets for sea sickness.
4) Ginger is also beneficial in helping the lower abdomen and is suitable for women who have period pain, those who have symptoms of dark bleeding, blot clots, stomach pain, and cold sensation.
How to eat ginger:
Chop ginger and add to your soup or stir fry, and even into your porridge to balance your food and balance your body.
A cup of ginger tea.
Also you can use ginger drinks, half a teaspoon of ginger chopped finely, and placed it a cup of boiling water. It is a great drink, to drink when you are cold. If you like, add a teaspoon of brown sugar will be better for taste and circulation. ( If you have diabetes, it is best to avoid the added sugar.)
Precautions:
Because ginger has warm characteristics, if your body constitution is hot or yin deficient, with symptoms of constipation, dry skin,very thirsty, red face and eyes, and lots of perspiration it is best to avoid or reduce the amounts of ginger you eat.
People who have high blood pressure, or hyperactivity of the thyroid, or menopause it is also best to avoid or reduce the amounts of ginger you eat.
Ginger is very good for certain type of people, if you are unsure if it is suitable for you please visit an experienced practitioner to find out.
Most people know of ginger as being a very important ingredient in our kitchens, however many people don’t know that ginger also is very helpful in our general health and in balancing our body’s yin and yang.
1) Ginger helps the body in dispelling the cold. Chinese medicine considers ginger as being a mild sweet spice, and having warm characteristics. Due to this it’s function is to help warm the bodies circulation and remove the cold from the body. Ginger is suitable for people who suffer from cold hands and feet, loose stool, and those who have stomach pain after eating cold things. Especially in the winter, eating a little amount of ginger with your food is good for raising your qi and yang energy.
2) Ginger has the function in improving the intestine contraction. One ancient books called <Be Cao Jin Ji Zhu> records ginger as “helping digestions, to strengthen the spleen and stop vomiting and nausea, also warm the stomach and to stop the stomach spasming from the coldness.” Thus chinese medicine considers that people who overeat cold foods or raw foods, it is best to have ginger and the same time, as it will help your digestion and to avoid stomach pain and bloating from the coldness.
3) Ginger also one of the Chinese herbs which can calm down and relax the stomach which will stop nausea. Such as using ginger tablets for sea sickness.
4) Ginger is also beneficial in helping the lower abdomen and is suitable for women who have period pain, those who have symptoms of dark bleeding, blot clots, stomach pain, and cold sensation.
How to eat ginger
Chop ginger and add to your soup or stir fry, and even into your porridge to balance your food and balance your body.
Make yourself a cup of ginger tea.
Also you can use ginger drinks, half a teaspoon of ginger chopped finely, and placed it a cup of boiling water. It is a great drink, to drink when you are cold. If you like, add a teaspoon of brown sugar will be better for taste and circulation. ( If you have diabetes, it is best to avoid the added sugar.)
Precautions
Because ginger has warm characteristics, if your body constitution is hot or yin deficient, with symptoms of constipation, dry skin,very thirsty, red face and eyes, and lots of perspiration it is best to avoid or reduce the amounts of ginger you eat.
People who have high blood pressure, or hyperactivity of the thyroid, or menopause it is also best to avoid or reduce the amounts of ginger you eat.
Ginger is very good for certain type of people, if you are unsure if it is suitable for you please visit an experienced practitioner to find out.
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