Ginger is also called ginger. Almost every family will use it and eat it. But not everyone understands. Everyone knows that ginger is very spicy, and everyone knows that it is used to treat colds and colds. That's because ginger is spicy and warm. Huangdi Neijing records that the smell is pungent and sweet, and it diverges into yang. Ginger is a yang medicine, full of yang and healthy qi.
At the same time, ginger has a special fragrance, which can remove filth and turbidity and reduce odor, so ginger is often used as a spice for various foods. Also known as the king of spices.
The benefits of eating ginger
Benefit 1: anti-oxidation and anti-tumor
Ginger is rich in gingerol and diphenylheptane compounds, which has a good antioxidant effect, can neutralize oxygen free radicals in the body, prevent oxygen free radicals from invading cells, and thus reduce the chance of cell canceration.
Benefit 2: appetizing and strengthening the spleen is good for digestion.
When the weather is hot, people's appetite will deteriorate, gastric acid secretion will decrease, and digestive ability will further decrease. However, if you eat two slices of ginger before meals, it can promote the secretion of gastric juice, accelerate the peristalsis of the gastrointestinal tract, and naturally digest it better.
Benefit 3: dispel wind and prevent colds.
Ginger has a strong wind-dispelling effect in traditional Chinese medicine. When a person is infected with wind evil and will have symptoms of a cold, taking ginger can effectively help the human body get rid of wind evil, and with proper rest, then this person is not susceptible.
Do you know the taboo of ginger?
Although ginger has many benefits, it will be harmful to human body if we can't make effective use of it. Therefore, we must keep in mind some common taboos of eating ginger.
Taboo one, don't peel it.
Because ginger grows in soil, it will inevitably contain soil, but these have nothing to do with ginger. When we eat ginger, it is best not to peel it, because the effective ingredients of ginger are basically on the epidermis, and peeling will undoubtedly lose more than half of the nutrients of ginger.
Taboo 2, people with yin deficiency should not eat.
The reason of yin deficiency is excessive internal heat, which leads to insufficient Yin Qi. This kind of people can't eat ginger, so as not to aggravate the situation of yin deficiency. If you still have symptoms of dry mucous membrane such as fever of hands and feet, dry mouth and dry eyes, it means that you have yin deficiency constitution, so you should eat less or no ginger.