Ginger Spice
This article is a brief summary of the healthful effects of ginger spice, and its medicinal applications.
Ginger has been circulating the globe for thousands of years, unfortunately without serious research I would not be able to discern where it originally was first domesticated. Most of the ginger spice currently grown in the world is made in India, then China, then Indonesia and parts of Africa.
For many years ginger spice has been used in drinks and other pleasantries to cure ailments such as sore throat, upset stomach, nausea, and lethargy in India and other parts of Asia. A study was done on ‘Mythbusters’ to see if ginger along with several other motion sickness medications worked when compared to placebo, ginger was recognized as effective at curing symptoms related to motion sickness. Bile production is increased with consumption of ginger and is also an effective antibiotic, when your body produces more bile you are less likely to develop complications related to infection or inflammation of the bowels.
Although ginger spice doesn’t give hallucinogenic effects when consumed it is a stimulant such as coffee or sugar, it can cause serious complications if you take too much so do be wary of your tolerance level. An overdose of ginger is often related to the jitters, as the stimulatory effects increase the level at which your nervous system operates on.
Taking ginger over a course of time has been shown to reduce the amount of gas a person has, it’s also an effective treatment for constipation and diarrhea. It is also an anti-inflammatory, and has been used for the flu and many other illnesses in the past as such.
Iron and Selenium are found in high concentrations in ginger, iron is important for healthy blood and selenium has been shown useful to keep your heart working properly.
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Lelorbh | Feb 5, 2012 | Reply
As a note, ginger spice does increase the amount of bile your body produces, sorry for the broken statement in the second paragraph.
Lelorbh | Feb 5, 2012 | Reply
Fixed, ty Triond team.
Lynn Proctor | Feb 11, 2012 | Reply
My love affair with ginger didn’t happen until I went to a local Chinese buffet that has a sushi bar with a container of cold, sweet ginger shavings in it. I just dive in. I wish the same were true of ginger tea, for me, but that seems to be the only way I like it – with food, cold and sweet. Thanks for the article. I didn’t know that it had antibiotic properties. .
juangmangun | Feb 11, 2012 | Reply
nice share….
Lelorbh | Feb 11, 2012 | Reply
I can only take it as a supplement or eat it in pastries or other sweets like hard candy. @_@ Hard candy. <3
Nightsleeper | Feb 12, 2012 | Reply
Wow I learned a lot. Thank you. I’m going to look into getting some ginger supplements or tea. This is great information.
Margaret Boseroy | Feb 12, 2012 | Reply
Did not know it is a stimulant. Thanks for the great info.
CHIPMUNK | Feb 12, 2012 | Reply
I like spicy foods and ginger has always been part of it
Magic Quill | Feb 12, 2012 | Reply
ginger is good in tea
JoniJones | Feb 13, 2012 | Reply
Nice info
novelist | Feb 25, 2012 | Reply
A great, informative article and well-written. Thank you.
Ukrainian | Mar 7, 2012 | Reply
I love ginger, especially with sushi!
Reputable source | Sep 23, 2012 | Reply
Please elaborate on how ginger helps with constipation and diarrhea. Does it contain lots of fiber? Please also cite your sources. Not doubting you but the Internet is full of good and bad info and without cited sources people should always be skeptical of what they read.
Lelorbh | Sep 24, 2012 | Reply
Bile secretion would be a main reason, as-well as it’s high anti-inflammatory effects.. Fiber, not so much since there’s also quite a lot of carbohydrate, Turmeric has a better fiber/sugar ratio, and is a close relative.
I’ve only created my articles so I could promote certain medicinal products so it is beneficial for everyone, myself included.. If the information is readily available on the internet, then I expect people to do -hard- digging on their own, my article here is only to widen the spectrum of people who would be exposed to the suggestion of herbology in general as-well as the uses of the specific product.
Along with this, I could not fully cite all of my articles as there is a link cap set by the publisher of my articles, other than links, I prefer not to cite sources since I personally wouldn’t have done the research myself if it wasn’t readily available as a link in the preliminary stages of learning about this topic..
Many scientific studies also require you to pay a fee just to view it, which would deter 99.99999% of the people who would look anyways.