Ginger is a common ingredient in daily life, mainly used as a seasoning. Adding ginger to many dishes makes them more delicious. Ginger has a spicy taste that can kill bacteria and enhance flavor. Adding a few slices of ginger to cooking or soup can enhance the flavor and is very beneficial to the body. Although ginger is good, it is not advisable to eat it at night, as it can be very harmful to the body.

In a day, there is a distinction between Yin and Yang, starting from midnight when the natural Yang Qi gradually rises to the noon when Yang Qi is strongest.

Afternoon Yang Qi gradually weakens, until the midnight when Yang Qi is weakest and Yin Qi is strongest. After midnight, Yang Qi gradually recovers.

According to traditional Chinese medicine, there is a correspondence between heaven and man. When the Yang Qi is strong during the day, people should be more active. Taking drugs with a warming nature can help generate Yang Qi, and appropriate positive (warm) foods such as ginger can be consumed. When the Yin Qi gradually becomes strong at night, the Yang Qi should be retracted and should not be as excited as during the day. If too many warm foods or tonics are consumed at this time, it can affect sleep and the body’s synthesis metabolism, which is not beneficial to the self-repair of the body after fatigue, and is harmful to the body. Therefore, in most cases, eating ginger during the day is beneficial, while eating ginger at night is not advisable.

In addition, people have different constitutions, with some being hot and others cold. People with excessive heat often feel various signs of heat, and such people should not eat ginger at any time, day or night, and should eat more cold and cool foods. People with excessive cold often feel various signs of coldness or fear of coldness. If they can have ginger soup to dispel the cold at night, they will feel warm and have a good night’s sleep. In general, it is suitable to eat more warm foods.

The best time to eat ginger: eating ginger in the morning is best

The best time to eat ginger for health and wellness is in the morning. The reason is that ginger is most skilled at promoting the Yang Qi of the Yangming meridian. In the morning, when the Qi and blood flow to the Yangming stomach meridian, eating ginger at this time is just to generate stomach Qi and promote digestion. Moreover, ginger is spicy and warm, which can accelerate blood flow and has a refreshing effect.

How to eat ginger? It is best to prepare a dish of pickled ginger for breakfast and eat it with millet congee. The pickled ginger has a crisp and tender texture, with a slight sour, spicy, and sweet taste when eaten, combined with the fragrance of the congee, subtly blending together. Simple, refreshing, and细细地品来，it is the most nourishing food in the world, far superior to medicinal soup for tonifying the body.

What are the benefits of eating ginger every day?

The ancients said, ‘Eating ginger in the morning is better than drinking ginseng soup; eating ginger at night is equivalent to eating arsenic (eating ginger in the morning is beneficial, while eating ginger at night is harmful).’ Ginger has a spicy and warm taste, containing volatile oil, gingerol, resin, and starch, etc. Ginger can enhance and accelerate blood circulation, stimulate the secretion of gastric juice, excite the intestines and stomach, promote digestion, and has antibacterial effects. Eating a little ginger in the morning is beneficial to health.