The vitamins, minerals and amino acids in ginger tea help to restore and improve blood circulation and reduce the risk of cardiovascular diseases. Ginger can prevent fat deposition in arteries and reduce the risk of heart disease and stroke.
2, reduce menstrual discomfort
Ginger is hot. When women feel unwell during menstruation, they will soak towels in hot ginger tea and then apply them to the abdomen, so as to relax muscles and achieve the effect of relieving dysmenorrhea. If you drink 1 cup ginger tea with honey at the same time, the effect will be better.
Step 3 strengthen the immune system
Ginger is rich in antioxidant gingerol, which helps to enhance human immunity and prevent many diseases.
Step 4 help reduce stress
Ginger tea can relieve stress and tension. It is believed that the rich aroma of ginger tea is inseparable from this therapeutic effect.
5, promote gastrointestinal digestion
Drinking ginger as ginger tea can not only help digest and absorb food, but also relieve bloating caused by overeating.
6, nasal allergies
Ginger tea can help to relieve nasal congestion caused by the common cold, and can also relieve respiratory symptoms caused by environmental allergies such as pollen.
What does ginger do?
First, anti-oxidation and tumor inhibition.
The structures of gingerol and diphenylheptane compounds contained in ginger have strong antioxidant and free radical scavenging effects, and inhibit tumors; Eating ginger can resist aging, and the elderly often eat ginger to get rid of "age spots".
Second, stimulate appetite, strengthen the spleen and promote appetite.
Because the secretion of saliva and gastric juice is reduced, it will affect our appetite, but if we eat a few slices of ginger before eating, it can stimulate the secretion of saliva, gastric juice and digestive juice well, increase gastrointestinal peristalsis, so as to increase appetite.
Third, heatstroke prevention and refreshing
In summer or when the temperature is hot, eating ginger can play a role in sweating and cooling down. And for patients with summer heat, such as dizziness, palpitation, chest tightness, nausea, etc., it is very beneficial to drink ginger soup properly.
Fourth, sterilization and detoxification, swelling and pain relief.
Ginger can play the role of some antibiotics, especially for salmonella. In hot temperatures, food is easily contaminated by bacteria, and it grows and reproduces quickly, which is easy to cause acute gastroenteritis. Eating ginger in moderation can play a preventive role.
Prevent carsickness and stop nausea and vomiting.
Eating ginger can prevent nausea and vomiting. If there are some "dyskinesia" caused by exercise, eating ginger can alleviate it. Ginger dry powder has an effective rate of 90% for symptoms such as headache, dizziness, nausea and vomiting caused by exercise, and the drug effect can last for more than 4 hours.
What's the difference between eating in the morning and eating at night? 1. Chinese medicine believes that man corresponds to nature, and people should exercise more when the yang is strong during the day. Eating warm and tonic drugs can help yang to grow hair, and positive (warm) foods, such as ginger, can be taken appropriately. At night, the yin will gradually flourish, and the yang will converge, and I can no longer be as excited as during the day. At this time, if you eat too much warm food or supplements, it will affect your sleep and the body's anabolism, which is not conducive to self-repair after physical fatigue and is harmful to your body. Therefore, in general, it is beneficial to eat ginger during the day, but it is not suitable for eating ginger at night.
2. People's physique is different from that of cold and heat. People who are full of heat often feel that their bodies have various manifestations of heat. This kind of people should not eat ginger during the day and night, but should eat more raw and cold food. People who have a cold often feel cold all over or are afraid of cold. If drinking ginger soup at night can drive away the cold, they will be warm and sleep well, and they are also suitable for eating more warm food at ordinary times.
3. The best time to eat ginger: It is best to eat ginger in the morning. Ginger is best at spreading Yangming's quiet Yang. Morning is the time when qi and blood flow into Yangming stomach meridian. Eating ginger at this time just produces stomach gas and promotes digestion. Moreover, ginger is pungent and warm, which can speed up blood flow and have a refreshing effect.
It is best to prepare a plate of soaked ginger for breakfast and eat it with millet porridge. The soaked ginger tastes crisp and tender, with a little sour, spicy and sweet taste at the entrance, and the fragrance of porridge. It is ingeniously blended together, simple and refreshing, and delicate in taste, but it is the best in the world. This is the most nourishing diet, and the effect is far better than tonic soup.