Amazing health benefits of Ginger
Ginger is commonly found in Asia, Africa and some tropical parts of America. The scientific name of Ginger is Zingiber officinale. It has many colored varieties which include yellow, red and white. There are also variations in shape of its roots and its height.
Ginger first originated from Southern Asia especially India. It has been extensively used as a spice to add flavor to food and beverages. It so also used as an ingredient in cosmetics and fragrances. Its uses differ from country to country but it has been used for centuries as home remedy and traditional herbal medicine to various health related problems.
There are many amazing health benefits of ginger. It has powerful anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties because it contains chemical components. Due to its extensive medicinal values, modern research are being conducted on ginger to unleash its real potential in treating countless diseases and also its possible side effects are being monitored.
According to research conducted at the University of Georgia, if we take daily intake of raw or fresh ginger root, it can reduce muscular pain which is caused by intense physical activities. Ginger can also reduce Osteoarthritis pain and joint pain. It can relieve pain in females who are suffering from dysmenorrhea; which is disorder of menstrual cycle. In another research done in China, the group of people who used herbal drug containing ginger, shown lower pain score, which supported the effectiveness of ginger in reducing pain.
Ginger also has anti-cancer properties. Latest research found that the functional components of ginger like shogaol, paradols and gingerols can prevent various types of cancer and its extract has chemopreventive properties. Its bioactive molecules are very effective in preventing the effects of various types of cancers like gastric, liver, skin, ovarian and prostate cancers.
Fresh ginger has anti-oxidative and anti-inflammatory properties due to gingerols, which is pungent component of the ginger. It decreases the inflammation of the body and also strengthens its defense mechanism by increasing the production of antioxidant enzyme. It helps to balance the production of free radicles in the body. According to some studies, ginger has potential to stop the development of cognitive degeneration like Alzheimer’s disease.
Ginger can also treat the diabetics. According to study done in 2015, ginger can significantly help in decreasing the blood glucose level, and can decrease insulin and cholesterol levels. Ginger also helps to decrease the risks of heart disease or of some secondary chronic diseases.
It also solves our digestive problems. It is used in treatment of upset stomach, constipation and abdominal pain. It is also best known to relieve the symptoms of nausea and vomiting during pregnancy. We should therefore incorporate the ginger in our daily diet.
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There is alot of things ginger is use for and is very good for our health just like you mention.
Thanks for sharing.
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Greetings dear, good article are many benefits that can be attributed to ginger, well an anecdote with my son who is asthmatic we have noticed that when he has the crisis and we provide fresh ginger is controlled a little, possibly that is why you mention that you have anti-inflammatory properties.
See you later friend 👋
Yes, the anti-inflammatory properties of ginger are amazing.
Excellent article friend, I enjoyed reading your content, I have always considered that any information related to our health has great value for all of us as is the case of ginger, where, we share excellent benefits such as possessing antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties due to gingerols just to name two examples.
Thank you for sharing such important information with all of us, successes for you.
I am glad that you liked it.
There is so much and numerous health benefits of ginger that someone must not ignored
You are right.
Here in Brazil ginger is very popular in the treatment of respiratory discomfort and throat irritation.
I have a friend who always complains about proper indigestion I will tell her to try including hunger in her diet, great post.