Who should not eat ginger?

According to physician Bui Dac Sang, Hanoi Oriental Medicine Association, people with hot constitution, mouth ulcers, constipation, people who sweat a lot or are sweating should not eat ginger. Eating too much ginger for a long time can cause eye ulcers and watery eyes.

Ginger is a perennial herb with a fleshy rhizome and branches that spread out like a hand, bearing many shoots, from which grow stems 80-100 cm high. The leaves are lanceolate, 20-30 cm long, growing straight up, with yellow-green flowers, purple edges, and berries.

Ginger originated in India and Malaysia, and is now found in all tropical countries. In our country, ginger is grown everywhere. Since the Hung Kings' era (2879-287 BC), our ancestors used ginger with bird, fish, and turtle meat to help relieve colds and ease digestion. Since then, people have known how to use ginger, onions, garlic, chili, and perilla as daily spices to prevent diseases.

Ginger has many uses, but some groups of people should limit their intake. (Illustration photo)

Ginger contains 2-3% essential oil, 5% oleoresin, 3.7% grease, starch, spicy substances (Zingeron, Zingerol, Sogal). Raw ginger (sinh khương) has a spicy taste, slightly warm properties, anti-cold effects, expectorant, anti-vomiting, and digestive effects. Burnt ginger (thần khương) treats stomachache, cold stomach, and diarrhea. Dried ginger (can khương) has the effect of dispelling cold, treating colds, and diarrhea. Ginger peel (khuong bi) has the effect of reducing edema (diuretic).

In Oriental medicine, ginger is an ingredient in many remedies for treating colds, expectorants, coughs, and stomachaches.

Some remedies from ginger

Use 7 slices of fresh ginger, 7 onions, a bowl of boiled water, drink hot, cover with a blanket to sweat to cure heatstroke, cold, windstroke or fever.

If you have a cold, use 7 slices of fresh ginger, a spoon of Chinese tea, a fresh lemon, a spoon of strong alcohol, a spoon of honey to boil and drink, to treat colds, coughs, and difficulty breathing.

Grill ginger thoroughly, peel, slice, swallow, and hold in mouth the juice to treat malaria and cough with phlegm. Boil fresh ginger in water to treat stomachache and bloating.

Fresh crushed ginger applied to treat trauma and chest pain. Many people have to go to work early in the morning, sometimes the poisonous wind makes them faint or tired.

To prevent wind poisoning, before going out you should drink a sip of good wine (or medicinal wine), or take a piece of ginger, chew and swallow it slowly.

Above is information related to the question "who should not eat ginger", to use ginger effectively, if you have any medical conditions, you should consult a specialist to avoid bringing disaster upon yourself.

Nhu Loan

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