Ginger is a widely used ingredient in daily life, but in addition to being a cooking ingredient, ginger can also be used as a medicine to alleviate physical discomfort. So, what are the medicinal values of ginger? What's the point of eating ginger?

The People's Daily Online Health Channel reported that gingerol and diphenylheptane compounds contained in ginger have strong antioxidant and free radical scavenging effects, which can inhibit tumor growth and anti-aging; Ginger can prevent heatstroke and cool down. It can excite, sweat, cool down and refresh people when it is hot; In addition, ginger can also stimulate the stomach, strengthen the spleen, increase appetite, and fight bacteria and inflammation.

In addition, according to the Science and Technology Daily, ginger has the following benefits for human body:

1. Alleviate gastrointestinal diseases. Ginger can relieve abdominal distension, abdominal pain and diarrhea.

2. Prevent dizziness and vomiting. If you are prone to carsickness and seasickness, ginger can help a lot. A little ginger powder can relieve vomiting, dizziness, cold sweat and nausea.

3. Reduce inflammation and pain. Research shows that the active agent in ginger is as effective as the popular analgesics, and can relieve muscle pain, back and joint pain.

4. Anti influenza. Ginger is rich in zinc, chromium and magnesium, which can stimulate blood circulation, reduce cold and fever.

So, what are the precautions for eating ginger? Hualong.com reminds us to pay attention to the following taboos when eating ginger:

1. Do not peel. Some people like to peel ginger, but this can not play the overall effect of ginger.

2. Ginger should not be eaten for a long time for those with yin deficiency and excessive fire, red eyes and internal heat, or those with carbuncle, sore, pneumonia, lung abscess, pulmonary tuberculosis, gastric ulcer, cholecystitis, pyelonephritis, diabetes, and hemorrhoids.

3. It only takes about 10 grams to eat ginger each time. Eating too much will cause a large amount of gingerols to stimulate the kidney in the process of excretion through the kidney, resulting in dry mouth, sore throat, constipation and other symptoms.

4. Do not eat rotten ginger or frozen ginger, because it will produce carcinogens when it deteriorates.

In addition, the Beijing Morning News warned that if you use ginger to treat a cold, you must not have sore throat, let alone swollen tonsils. If you drink ginger soup in these two cases, your sore throat will worsen. (Li Lei)

Chen Xinyi, the chief physician and expert team of Dongzhimen Hospital of Beijing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, conducted a scientific check.

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