Alias are ginger root, Bailayun, Lycium barbarum, wild lily, Yan Liang Xiaozi, fresh ginger and honey-baked ginger. The rhizome of ginger (dried ginger), cortex Phellodendri (ginger bark) and leaves (Jiang Ye) can all be used as medicine. Ginger has the functions of dispersing, stopping vomiting and relieving cough in traditional Chinese medicine.
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Ginger is famous for its excellent medicinal and edible value. Regular consumption can promote health, strengthen physical fitness and prolong life, but people with yin deficiency constitution must not eat it. Within a year, don't eat ginger in autumn; Within a day, if you don't eat ginger at night, the autumn climate will be dry and dry, which will hurt your lungs. Eating spicy ginger is easy to hurt the lungs and aggravate dehydration and dryness of the human body. Therefore, it is not advisable to eat ginger in autumn. At this time, Jiang Ye should not eat too much, so as not to absorb gingerol, which stimulates the kidney in the process of excretion through the kidney, resulting in dry mouth, sore throat, constipation and other symptoms.
People with excessive fire due to yin deficiency, red eyes and internal heat, or those suffering from carbuncle, furuncle, pneumonia, lung abscess, tuberculosis, gastric ulcer, cholecystitis, pyelonephritis, diabetes and hemorrhoids should not eat ginger for a long time, especially those with yin deficiency constitution. Never eat ginger. Yin deficiency is a kind of hot and dry constitution, which is characterized by fever of hands and feet, sweaty palms, drinking water, frequent dry mouth, dry eyes, dry nose, dry skin, upset and irritable, and poor sleep. However, ginger is pungent and warm, and eating ginger will aggravate the symptoms of Yin deficiency.
1. Don't peel it. Some people like to peel ginger, which can't give full play to the overall effect of ginger. Fresh ginger can be shredded and sliced after washing.
2. From the point of view of treatment, ginger brown sugar water is only suitable for patients with cold or fever after rain, not for patients with summer heat or wind-heat cold, nor for treating heatstroke. Taking fresh ginger juice can cure vomiting caused by cold, but it is ineffective for other types of vomiting.
3. Don't eat rotten ginger. Rotten ginger can produce a highly toxic substance, which can denature and necrosis liver cells and induce liver cancer, esophageal cancer and so on. Rotting ginger can produce carcinogenic toxins. Some people think that "rotten ginger is not bad." This idea has no scientific basis and is very dangerous, because rotten ginger can produce toxins, which can lead to liver cancer and esophageal cancer in severe cases. Although eating ginger in summer is beneficial to human body, it should be moderate, because the weather is hot, people are prone to dry mouth, polydipsia, sore throat and sweating, and ginger is pungent and warm, which is a hot food. According to the principle of "heat is cold", it is not advisable to eat more. Just put a few slices of ginger when cooking or making soup.
Eating ginger is not the more the better. In hot summer, people are prone to dry mouth, polydipsia, sore throat and sweating. Ginger is spicy and warm, and belongs to hot food. According to the principle of "heat is cold", it is not advisable to eat more.
5. Patients with liver disease should not eat more. Because ginger is also a spicy and irritating food, gingerol can cause degeneration and necrosis of liver cells in patients with liver disease and cause hepatitis cell infection. Eating ginger in patients with liver disease is not only not conducive to rehabilitation, but may aggravate the condition.
6. Ginger contains safrole, which may cause cancer (liver cancer) if eaten in large quantities. It is suggested that only ginger be used as seasoning.