In daily life, scallions, garlic, and ginger are the three most commonly used spices. Scallions, garlic, and ginger can directly change the taste of food, making the food more delicious. Not only that, they are also good for health, such as eating ginger slices can enhance the body’s immunity, make people more appetizing, and so on. In addition, ginger slices have many other effects and benefits.

1. Cool down, invigorate, and increase appetite

Ginger contains gingerol, gingerene, phellandrene, limonene, and aromatic volatile oils. It has a good effect of sweating, cooling, and invigorating the mind during hot weather.

In addition, ginger can alleviate symptoms such as fatigue, weakness, anorexia, insomnia, abdominal distension, and abdominal pain; ginger also has the effect of strengthening the stomach and increasing appetite. In the hot summer, the secretion of saliva and gastric juice will decrease, thus affecting appetite. If you eat a few slices of ginger while eating, it can increase appetite. Ginger also has a relieving or analgesic effect on stomach diseases. For pain, vomiting, acid regurgitation, and hunger caused by gastritis and duodenal ulcer, drinking a decoction of 50 grams of ginger can quickly eliminate the symptoms.

2. Antibacterial disease prevention and treatment of enteritis

Scientists from the United States and Denmark have confirmed through experiments that ginger powder can alleviate the symptoms of motion sickness such as headache, dizziness, nausea, and vomiting, with an efficacy rate of about 90%, and the effect can last for more than 4 hours. The folk method of preventing motion sickness and seasickness by eating ginger is effective, and some use ginger slices to apply to the Neiguan acupoint, which has a significant anti-dizziness effect.

During the hot summer season, bacteria grow and reproduce abnormally actively, which is easy to contaminate food and cause acute gastroenteritis. At this time, eating a little ginger or using dried ginger to boil tea with boiling water and drink it can have a preventive and therapeutic effect. Scientists have found through research that ginger can play a role similar to some antibiotics, especially effective against Salmonella. Ginger also has the effect of killing oral pathogenic bacteria and intestinal pathogenic bacteria. Using ginger water for gargle treatment of halitosis and periodontitis has significant effects.

3. Stimulate appetite, invigorate the spleen, and relieve summer heat in an emergency

Ginger can stimulate appetite, which is known to everyone, in addition, drinking some ginger water when you have a cold can dispel coldness.

For those suffering from general summer heat, symptoms such as dizziness, palpitations, and chest tightness with nausea, eating a little ginger soup is very beneficial. In traditional Chinese medicine for heat prevention, such as Ren Dan, ginger is also an ingredient, with the purpose of dispelling wind, strengthening the stomach, and refreshing the mind.