Ginger is a common spice in Vietnamese cuisine and it is also a herb in Traditional Chinese Medicine. Especially, ginger is considered a superfood for health because it contains a lot of fiber, vitamins, and minerals. Particularly, eating a few slices of ginger or drinking ginger water every morning can bring many benefits to your health:
Ginger relieves bloating
Ginger is a warm spicy herb that helps support digestion. Bloating may be caused by unhealthy eating, fermented food, food allergies, etc. Chewing a few pieces of ginger or drinking ginger water can help reduce and relieve discomfort. Although it doesn’t completely cure bloating, drinking ginger water once a day can prevent gas and acid-related issues in the stomach.
Ginger stimulates digestion and supports good digestion, helping your digestion process more smoothly.
Supports pain relief in joints
Ginger is a natural pain reliever and can support joint conditions. Ginger is known for its strong anti-inflammatory properties, helping to relieve pain related to joint inflammation. Ginger contains nutrients such as manganese, copper, magnesium, and vitamin B6, necessary for healthy joint function and blood circulation. Therefore, ginger is good for cases of joint inflammation. Ginger can help reduce the production of inflammatory proteins such as tumor necrosis factor (TNF) and interleukin-1 beta (IL-1b). This helps minimize pain and swelling caused by joint inflammation.
In severe cases, joint inflammation can cause severe pain and complications. Therefore, in addition to following the doctor’s treatment protocol, you can supplement ginger in your diet to reduce the condition.
Controls acid reflux
Ginger is very beneficial for treating gastroesophageal reflux disease. If you frequently experience this condition, help alleviate it by eating more ginger in your meals or adding ginger tea in the morning.
Reduces cancer-related risks
Ginger is being widely studied for its effects on cancer cells. Ginger is a herb with many antioxidants that can quickly and safely destroy ovarian cancer cells compared to chemotherapy drugs. This is noteworthy news because chemotherapy tends to raise concerns about health. However, you should not abandon your doctor’s treatment plan as the information is still in the research stage and cannot replace the use of drugs. Ginger has also been found to prevent colon and bowel inflammation, which is a cancer-causing agent for body organs. Therefore, pay attention to continuous research on ginger and cancer.
Improves digestion
Ginger is very good at relieving nausea such as morning sickness, motion sickness, unexplained nausea, and nausea due to digestion…
Ginger, like a natural antibiotic, can eliminate harmful bacteria that cause discomfort in the stomach. Ginger is also an ingredient that stimulates saliva, an essential part of the digestion process. Whether you have abdominal pain, are pregnant and have morning sickness, or simply eat something that doesn’t agree with you, ginger can be a real lifesaver.
Ginger relieves headaches
Ginger is good for treating headaches because it improves blood circulation. In addition, ginger has anti-inflammatory properties that help reduce headache pain. Ginger is a natural tool to achieve the same purpose without the side effects of chemical formulas. In fact, studies have shown that eating ginger daily can prevent headaches, even migraine headaches.
Ginger supports sleep disorders
People with insomnia can use ginger tea, eat ginger daily, and place ginger at the head of the bed, rub ginger on the soles of the feet, place it on the navel to help sleep easier. Ginger also helps improve sleep quality and deeper sleep.
Notes when consuming ginger
Ginger should be consumed in the morning and during the day, avoiding consumption before dinner and before going to bed. This is because ginger has a hot nature while the body lowers its temperature to sleep at night, so using ginger at night does not comply with the natural physiological laws.
When drinking ginger, you should determine the proper dosage, avoid eating too much or concentrated water, which can cause excessive ginger essential oil that can burn the mucous membrane of the mouth.
Ginger can also be cooked, crushed to extract water for bathing, which is very good for health.