As the saying goes, eating radish in winter and ginger in summer does not require a doctor's prescription. Some people may ask, eating radish in winter can keep out the cold and warm the stomach, but why eat spicy ginger in hot summer? It turns out that Chinese medicine believes that eating ginger in summer is related to people's summer habits and various medicinal effects of ginger. Stimulate appetite in the hot summer, the human body is attacked by summer heat or sweats too much, which will reduce the secretion of digestive juice. However, gingerol in ginger can stimulate the taste nerve of the tongue and the receptors on the gastric mucosa, promote gastrointestinal congestion through nerve reflex, and promote the secretion of digestive juice, thus playing the role of appetizing, strengthening the spleen, promoting digestion and appetizing. Detoxification and sterilization In summer, people like to eat cold drinks, cold dishes and other cold products. Because these foods are easily contaminated by external germs, if eaten carelessly, they will cause nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea and other symptoms, and the volatile oil contained in ginger has a certain bactericidal and detoxification effect. In summer, people like eating cold products. If they are gluttonous, it is easy to cause spleen and stomach weakness, abdominal pain, diarrhea and other symptoms. Ginger has the effects of warming middle warmer, dispelling cold and relieving pain, which can avoid the above symptoms. At the same time, the volatile oil of ginger can promote blood circulation and excite the cerebral cortex, the respiratory center of the heart and the vascular movement center. Adding ginger to your diet can refresh your mind, dispel wind and cold, and prevent your stomach from catching cold. It should be noted that because of Jiang Xinwen, you should not eat too much at a time; Patients with carbuncle, swelling, furuncle, red eyes, internal heat, constipation or hemorrhoids are not suitable for eating; In addition, because rotten ginger contains safrole, it can induce liver cancer and esophageal cancer, so it is not suitable for eating.

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