Ginger is one of China people's favorite ingredients and a very common Chinese herbal medicine. Ginger: pungent and warm, it has the functions of improving taste, warming up, removing fishy smell and detoxifying. In Compendium of Materia Medica, it is said that the raw materials are divergent and the cooked materials are moderate, which means that ginger has the functions of dispersing internal and external cold pathogens and generating yang. It can be used for treating various diseases, and it is also suitable for thin people with spleen and stomach deficiency and cold to gain weight and regulate.

Ginger is warm and pungent, containing gingerol and other oily volatiles, as well as gingerol, vitamins, gingerol, resin, starch, fiber and a small amount of minerals, which can enhance blood circulation, stimulate gastric juice secretion, excite intestines, promote digestion, strengthen stomach and stimulate appetite.

Ginger contains a compound similar to salicylic acid, which is equivalent to blood thinner and anticoagulant, and has special effects on lowering blood fat, lowering blood pressure and preventing myocardial infarction. Therefore, ginger can prevent aging.

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Precautions:

1, don't eat too much ginger at a time, so as not to absorb a lot of gingerol, stimulate the kidneys when excreting, and produce symptoms such as dry mouth, sore throat and constipation.

2, don't eat rotten ginger, because rotten ginger will produce a very toxic substance-safrole, even if people eat very little, they will soon enter the liver, causing liver cell poisoning, degeneration and necrosis, which will not only cause certain damage to liver function, but also induce liver cancer and esophageal cancer. So it is wrong to say that rotten ginger doesn't stink.

3, the summer weather is hot, people are prone to dry mouth, polydipsia, sore throat, sweating, ginger is warm and spicy, and it is a hot food. According to the principle of cold and heat, it is not advisable to eat more. Just put a few pieces when cooking or making soup.

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