Ginger can stimulate appetite, strengthen the spleen, refresh the mind and relieve the symptoms of nausea and vomiting. It has many benefits. Below, I will give you a detailed introduction to the benefits and functions of ginger, and make a clear explanation of some taboos of ginger to attract everyone's attention. First, ginger is a traditional Chinese medicine for the treatment of nausea and vomiting, and it has the reputation of a sacred medicine for vomiting. Nausea, bad breath, vomiting and other discomfort caused by gastrointestinal discomfort can be solved by containing 1 slice of ginger in the morning. Folk use of ginger to prevent motion sickness and seasickness, or sticking Neiguan point, has obvious effect. Second, appetizing and strengthening the spleen promote appetite. In hot summer, or due to some diseases, the secretion of saliva and gastric juice will decrease, thus affecting appetite. If you eat a few slices of ginger before meals, it can stimulate the secretion of saliva, gastric juice and digestive juice, increase gastrointestinal peristalsis and increase appetite. This is what people often say: eat radish in winter, ginger in summer, rice is not fragrant, and Jiang Ye eats it. Third, cooling and refreshing, hot weather has the effect of excitement, perspiration, cooling and refreshing. For patients with dizziness, palpitation, chest tightness and nausea in general summer heat, it is of great benefit to drink ginger soup properly. Ren Dan, a Chinese patent medicine for heatstroke prevention, contains ginger, which has the functions of invigorating the stomach and refreshing the brain. Fourth, apart from refreshing, ginger has the function of dispelling cold evil. Headache and abdominal pain caused by colds, colds, etc. Drinking some ginger soup can increase blood circulation, make the whole body warm and help to expel the cold in the body. 5. Ginger can play an antibacterial role. When eating contaminated food, it will cause acute gastroenteritis, and moderate consumption of ginger can play a preventive role. Ginger extract has obvious effects of inhibiting skin fungi and killing trichomonas, and can be used to treat various carbuncle, swelling and sores. In addition, Jiang Shui gargle can be used to treat halitosis and periodontitis. Six, the foot is our second heart, and all organs of the body can find corresponding acupoints on the foot. Proper foot bath can not only improve peripheral circulation, but also prevent influenza if appropriate amount of ginger is added to foot bath water. Seven, often eat ginger can be anti-aging. Because gingerol in ginger can produce an antioxidant enzyme after entering the body, it has a strong ability to deal with oxygen free radicals, which is much stronger than vitamin E. Of course, in addition to these uses, ginger can also treat diarrhea, morning sickness, vomiting in children, dysmenorrhea, joint pain, etc. In addition to eating and soaking feet, you can also apply external acupuncture points, such as Shenque point and Neiguan point. Because ginger is warm, people with internal heat should use it with caution, even normal people should eat it properly at ordinary times, so as not to cause excessive anger. If you eat it for a long time as a health care method, it is suggested that you should first recognize your own physique, and second, properly match other foods that nourish yin and reduce fire, such as honey, chrysanthemum, hawthorn and so on. Someone asked if it was necessary to peel ginger. In fact, the taste and efficacy of ginger meat and ginger skin are different. Raw temperature of ginger. Peel it if you want to be hot. Leave the skin if you want to feel good. It can be seen from this sentence that the ginger skin is cool. In order to keep the cold-heat balance of the pharmacological action of ginger, it is not necessary to remove the ginger skin when eating ginger. Of course, this is not absolute. As a medicine, we should choose whether to keep ginger skin. I often hear a saying in my life that rotten ginger is not bad. Some people even think rotten ginger tastes better. Is that so? 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. It turns out that ginger has so many little-known functions. Now you understand!