Ginger is the main raw material for our cooking. Confucius liked ginger very much, and many scholars in later generations also liked ginger accordingly. Ginger can not only be eaten raw, but also processed with vinegar, sauce, rice wine, salt and honey. It is a necessary condiment at home and a cheap and easy-to-get health care product. According to research, ginger contains volatile oil such as gingerol, which has a two-way regulating effect on the secretion of gastric acid and gastric juice, can stimulate appetite, promote intestinal peristalsis and eliminate flatulence. There is a folk proverb that "three slices of ginger in the morning are better than ginseng soup" and "three slices of ginger a day don't bother the doctor". Of course, strictly speaking, people with heat certificates are still not suitable. There is an old saying in China that "eat radish in winter and ginger in summer". Why do you eat ginger in summer? It turns out that people often eat a lot of cold drinks and cold food in summer, and the yang of the spleen and stomach is easily damaged. We can prevent this problem by eating some ginger; People tend to eat a lot of meat in winter, so the transportation of spleen and stomach is also prone to problems. Eating more radishes can promote digestion. Chinese medicine believes that ginger is pungent and warm. Enter lung, spleen and stomach meridians. It has the effects of relieving exterior syndrome, dispelling cold, warming middle warmer, invigorating stomach, stopping vomiting, resolving phlegm and relieving cough. First of all, ginger can relieve exterior and dispel cold. If it is cold wind, cut a few slices of ginger and boil water to drink, it will warm up immediately and even sweat. In this way, the cold pathogen was expelled. Another function of ginger is to stop vomiting. If the spleen and stomach are not harmonious, it will cause vomiting. At this time, if you drink some ginger juice, you can stop vomiting and the effect is very good. Ginger juice practice: Mash ginger, add a little water, stir and drain the juice. As for resolving phlegm and relieving cough, it refers to coughing caused by a cold, or having cold phlegm. Ginger is added to the recipe, and the effect is very good. Ginger was used 39 times in Treatise on Febrile Diseases, which was basically used to dispel cold, stop vomiting and resolve phlegm. If it is particularly cold in winter and you have to rush to work in the morning, sometimes your stomach will be cold, and some people will feel sick. You can use this method: when you go out, put ginger in your mouth, let saliva slowly mix with ginger juice and swallow it slowly. This is what Li Shizhen said in Compendium of Materia Medica: "Go early, with a piece of ginger, so as not to make the fog dew clear and wet, and Shan Lan will be miasma." Shennong's Herbal Classic says: Dried ginger is warm. The chest governs full cough against upper qi, warming the middle warmer to stop bleeding, sweating, expelling wind and dampness, moistening the intestines and relaxing bowels. At present, it is believed that dried ginger can warm the middle warmer, dispel cold, restore yang and dredge veins. It can be used for treating cold pain, vomiting and diarrhea, cold pulse in limbs, cold drink, asthma and cough, arthralgia due to wind-cold and dampness, vomiting due to yang deficiency, and hemorrhage. Ginger is different from dried ginger, which has a great role in dispersing and sweating; Dried ginger has little effect on sweating, and it is a medicine that warms the interior blindly. There is a saying in Chinese medicine that "aconite is not hot unless it is dried ginger". There is a famous Wenyang Sini Decoction in Treatise on Febrile Diseases, which is a combination of aconite and dried ginger to restore yang and save the disadvantages. When a person is seriously ill and the yang is weak, at this time, healthy qi can't drive away evil spirits. The use of Sini decoction will stimulate yang and make patients energetic. In winter, sometimes wearing less clothes or staying outdoors for a long time will cause abdominal pain, and some ladies will be more serious. If you have dried ginger powder (available in the supermarket), you can take a little to warm it up. At the same time, soak your feet with hot water, and your abdominal pain will be relieved soon.