The Magic of Ginger-An Alternative Medicine and Super Antioxidant
The Magic of Ginger-An Alternative Medicine and Super Antioxidant
Most Baby Boomers use Ginger in cooking but it has wonderful medicinal purposes.
Ginger, known by its Latin name Zingiber officinale, is often used in Asian cultures as a way to treat nausea or stomachaches usually associated with post surgical symptoms, pregnancy, chemotherapy after effects, or motion sickness.
It is funny because recently, I could not wait to get out of the hospital and make some ginger tea. If you have ever had hospital pasteurized tea…that is weak and bland, you will know my need for some strong homemade, brewed, ginger tea with honey.
If you eat sushi, you will notice that it is served with pickled ginger. Although it is called Gari instead of ginger when used as a palate cleanser.”
Many American dietary supplements contain ginger for its anti-nausea and vomit relief.
Being a Lupus survivor, I use Ginger for treating osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis. It also aides with muscle and other joint pains. I always use natural remedies when possible.
Ginger comes in many forms: tablets, capsules, liquid, extract, tea, dried roots and of course fresh root.
According to the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM), is conducting experiments on the different drug interactions ginger may cause as well as whether or not ginger can be proven to help inflammation.
According to researchers, there are few side effects due to taking small doses of ginger, such as: gas, bloating, heartburn, and the occasional case of nausea and these reported cases are from patients who took powdered ginger not natural ginger.
In, a 2006 study from the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center, powdered ginger may also help reduce ovarian cancer. The researchers studied a high grade ginger powder in the laboratory against ovarian cancer cells. They found that the ginger when dissolved in a solution and applied to the cells caused them to die.
Two types of cell death occurred: apoptosis, in which the cells commit suicide, and autophagy, in which the cells attack each other or digest themselves.
Dr. J. Rebecca Liu, the University of Michigan’s Medical School assistant professor of obstetrics says that the emerging results of their ginger study is a big leap for ovarian cancer research, “Most ovarian cancer patients develop recurrent disease that eventually becomes resistant to standard chemotherapy, which is associated with resistance to apoptosis. If ginger can cause autophagic cell death in addition to apoptosis, it may circumvent resistance to conventional chemotherapy.”
If ginger is delicious with sushi but the spice can be used in savory dishes like soups, salad dressings and it can also be enjoyed in sweet treats. Gingersnap cookies are one of my favorite and who can not enjoy the holidays without gingerbread figures and houses.
Whatever foods or drinks you enjoy ginger in, just remember that beyond tantalizing your taste buds, you just may be saving your body from some serious and not so serious harm.
The Magic of Ginger-An Alternative Medicine and Super Antioxidant is just one more way to naturally cure your body with out harmful and destroying chemicals that your pharmaceuticals companies are pushing down our throats with the help of medical science.
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