What are the benefits of eating shredded ginger?

Ginger is a food with warming properties. It is usually added as an ingredient when cooking. It can also be used to make soup for drinking. But what are the benefits of eating shredded ginger? Dispelling cold and warming the stomach are the more obvious characteristics of ginger, but it also depends on the individual's constitution. People with hot body are not suitable for eating ginger. In addition, shredded ginger can stimulate appetite and promote digestion, and the gingerol it contains can effectively reduce the occurrence of gallstones.

1. Dispel cold, warm the stomach, relieve cough and vomiting

Ginger is warm in nature, spicy in taste, and dispersing. It has good effects in dispelling cold and warming the stomach, relieving cough and vomiting, and can dispel cold evil in the body and invigorate the body's yang energy. It is effective for colds, cold dysmenorrhea, motion sickness and seasickness.

2. Accelerate blood circulation

Modern pharmacological research believes that ginger contains a special volatile oil that can accelerate blood circulation in the human body.

3. Stimulate appetite and promote digestion

Gingerol in ginger has the function of stimulating gastric juice secretion, stimulating the intestines and promoting digestion. As the saying goes, "If the rice is not fragrant, eat ginger" reflects this truth!

4. Reduce the occurrence of gallstones

Ginger also contains gingerols, which can reduce the occurrence of gallstones.

5. Regulate prostate function

Ginger is an indispensable "disease prevention weapon" for women with dysmenorrhea and postpartum mothers. It has many uses, such as ginger egg fried rice, ginger wine, ginger vinegar pork trotters, and ginger water for washing hair. In fact, ginger is also very good for men. There is a saying in ancient times that "a man cannot go a hundred days without ginger." Modern clinical research has found that ginger can promote human metabolism, and also has anti-inflammatory, analgesic, and prostate regulation functions. It can treat prostate diseases and sexual dysfunction in middle-aged and elderly people.

Eat ginger correctly, remember 3 key points

After hearing the doctor praise ginger so much, are you planning to stock up on a dozen pounds of it? Don't worry! Tang Liang reminded that eating ginger is very particular. Eating it correctly can maintain your health, but eating it incorrectly can harm your body.

1. Eat more ginger in summer and avoid ginger in autumn

Ginger is used as a condiment all year round, but as a health-preserving method, it depends on the season. Our ancestors told us long ago that it is best to eat ginger in summer, and it still applies today.

"In the hot summer, people's qi and blood are concentrated on the body surface to dissipate heat, while the inside of the body is relatively cold." Tang Liang said that in order to cool down, people often eat a lot of raw and cold fruits and drinks, which causes cold evil to enter the body. Especially in modern families and work environments, people use air conditioners and fans every day. We cannot live without these cooling devices, which make it easier for cold evil to prevail. Therefore, it is necessary to eat ginger to ward off cold in summer.

Autumn is dry and can easily damage the lung fluid. Eating spicy ginger will damage the lungs even more. Therefore, it makes sense to “do not eat ginger in autumn”. Of course, people with weak constitution can still eat ginger appropriately.

2. Eat ginger early, don’t eat it late

If you accidentally catch a cold while sleeping at night, the yang energy will start to grow after you wake up in the morning. Eating some ginger at this time can drive away the cold and stimulate the circulation of yang energy in the body. Therefore, eating ginger early in the morning is better than drinking ginseng soup.

Eating ginger at night will stimulate the circulation of qi and blood and easily affect sleep, so it is not recommended to eat ginger at night. As for the little bit of ginger in dinner dishes, it generally won’t affect your sleep unless you have a constitution of dryness, heat and yin deficiency.

3. These types of people don’t have the blessing of eating ginger

People with cold constitution and weak spleen and stomach are suitable to eat more ginger. These people are usually afraid of cold, have cold hands and feet, and are prone to diarrhea and poor appetite after eating raw and cold food.

However, people with dryness, dampness, yin deficiency, and phlegm heat should not eat ginger. Check it out and see if you are among them?

Dryness and heat manifest as sore throat, dry mouth, and dry stools;

Damp-heat is manifested by sticky stools, dry and sticky mouth, excessive phlegm, and oily face;

Yin deficiency can cause fever in the palms and soles, dry mouth and tongue, and soreness and weakness in the waist.

Phlegm heat is manifested by symptoms of heat such as yellow phlegm and chest stuffiness.