The root is warming to the body, is slightly antiseptic and promotes internal secretions. Chop about 2 inches of the fresh root, cover with one cup of water, and simmer for about 20 minutes or 1/ 2 teaspoon of the powdered root can be simmered in one cup of water. Add lemon juice, honey, and a slight pinch of cayenne.
A few teaspoons of brandy will make an even more effective remedy for colds. This preparation treats fevers, chest colds and flu. A bath or a foot-soak in hot ginger tea is also beneficial. The tea without additives helps indigestion, colic, diarrhea and alcoholic gastritis. Dried ginger in capsules or in juice is taken to avoid carsickness, seasickness and morning sickness. Use about 1/ 2 teaspoon of the powder (2 capsules) 30 minutes before departure and then one to two more as symptoms begin to occur. Works well for dogs and children.
Ginger contains zingibain, a special kind of proteolytic enzyme that has the ability to chemically break down protein. Clinical studies have shown that proteolytic enzymes have anti-inflammatory properties. They also play an additional role in controlling autoimmune disease. They help reduce blood levels of compounds known as immune complexes. Ginger is also well-known for its anti-inflammatory properties. Indian and Scandinavian studies have consistently shown that ginger is useful for treating most kinds of arthritis. It also contains more than 12 antioxidants. It can be taken as a tea, tincture or capsule
Ginger actually gives other herbs a boost by improving the body’s ability to assimilate them. Ginger actually protects herbal compounds from being destroyed by the liver and continue circulating in the blood for a longer time. It also improves the intestines’ absorption of other herbs.
Helps reduce serum cholesterol levels, reduces tendency towards blood clots. Aids circulation (including peripheral circulation). Stimulates vasomotor (producing contraction and dilation in walls of vessels) and respiratory center of the central nervous system.
Ginger has long been used in eastern Africa for killing intestinal parasites. Researchers discovered that all 42 components in ginger essential oil kill roundworms, among other parasites. Some of these compounds were more effective than the commonly prescribed drug piperatzine citrate.
In Chinese medicine it warms the middle and expels cold: for warming the Spleen and Stomach both in conditions of excess due to externally-contracted cold, as well as cold from deficiency due to insufficiency of the yang qi. Rescues devastated yang and expels interior cold: for devastated yang with such signs as a very weak pulse and cold limbs. Warms the Lungs and transforms phleghm: for Lung cold with expectoration of thin, watery, or white sputum. Warms the channels and stops bleeding: for cold from deficiency that may present with hemorrhage of various types, especially uterine bleeding.
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