Ginger is often used in cooking to remove fishy smell, but in fact, ginger has many other uses, which can help us resist oxidation, inhibit tumors, and have a good effect of promoting appetite and invigorating the spleen.

One: Antioxidant, inhibit tumor

The structure of gingerol and the diphenylheptane compounds contained in ginger have strong antioxidant and free radical scavenging effects; inhibitory effects on tumors; eating ginger can resist aging, and elderly people who often eat ginger can remove ‘age spots’.

Two: Open the appetite and invigorate the spleen

In the hot summer, because the secretion of saliva and gastric juice in the human body will decrease, which will affect appetite. If you eat a few slices of ginger before a meal, it can stimulate the secretion of saliva, gastric juice, and digestive juice, increase gastrointestinal motility, and improve appetite. This is the reason why people often say ‘eat radish in winter, ginger in summer’, and ‘if the meal is not delicious, eat ginger’.

Who says there’s no appetite in summer? Ginger and turmeric fried rice can open your appetite. The specific method of this delicious dish is: 1. Ingredients: two bowls of white rice, green beans, red carrot cubes, mushroom cubes, black fungus cubes, green pepper cubes, red pepper cubes, half a tablespoon of ginger juice, 1 teaspoon of turmeric powder, 1 teaspoon of soy sauce, a little salt; 2. Method: heat the pan, add some oil, stir-fry all the vegetables, add soy sauce and a little salt; add white rice, stir-fry over medium heat until the rice grains are clear, then add turmeric powder and stir-fry evenly, then turn off the fire and taste.

Three: Prevent summer heat, cool down, and refresh

Eating some ginger in hot weather can have the effects of excitement, sweating, cooling, and refreshing. For patients with general symptoms of summer heat, such as dizziness, palpitations, chest tightness, and nausea, drinking some ginger soup is very beneficial. Our traditional Chinese medicine for preventing summer heat, Ren Dan, contains ginger, whose function is to invigorate the stomach, refresh the spirit, and clear the mind.

Four: Antiseptic, detoxify, reduce inflammation, and relieve pain

Scientific research has found that ginger can play a certain role as an antibiotic, especially effective against Salmonella. Under hot weather conditions, food is prone to bacterial contamination, and the growth and reproduction are fast, which can easily cause acute gastroenteritis. Eating a moderate amount of ginger can play a preventive and therapeutic role. The extract of ginger has a significant inhibitory effect on skin fungi and Trichomonas vaginallis, and can treat various boils, sores, and toxic symptoms. In addition, ginger water can be used for gargling to treat halitosis and periodontitis.

Five: Prevent motion sickness, stop nausea and vomiting

Eating ginger has the effect of preventing nausea and vomiting. If there is a ‘dyspnea’ caused by certain exercises, eating some ginger can alleviate it. Studies have shown that the effective rate of ginger powder in treating symptoms such as headache, dizziness, nausea, and vomiting caused by exercise is up to 90%, and the efficacy can last for more than 4 hours. The folk use of eating ginger to prevent motion sickness and seasickness, or to apply it to the Neiguan point, has a significant effect, and thus it is known as the ‘sacred medicine for vomiting’.