The method of soaking ginger in vinegar:
1. Slice ginger first. It is best to use fresh ginger, which has a very good medicinal effect and can also enhance blood circulation and promote digestion. Ginger slices need not be cut too thick, but they must be cut evenly.
2. Put the cut ginger into the bottle, and then pour the rice vinegar into the bottle. Note that this bottle must be cleaned and there must be no oil in it to avoid ginger deterioration; Rice vinegar must not be covered with ginger slices, so the ginger slices will not be exposed. Then put this bottle of ginger slices soaked in rice vinegar in the freezer. After a week, you can eat 2~4 slices of fresh ginger every day, which has a very good effect of reducing blood fat and adjuvant treatment of arthritis.
The historical origin of vinegar soaked ginger;
The health care method of ginger has a long history. As early as the Spring and Autumn Period, Confucius had the habit of never leaving ginger all the year round. There is a saying in The Analects of Confucius and the hard-working townships that "ginger doesn't eat, let alone eat". Zhu in the Southern Song Dynasty said in Notes on the Analects of Confucius: "Ginger can enlighten the gods, eliminate disasters and help them."
There is also a record about ginger in Shennong Materia Medica Classic, the earliest extant monograph of traditional Chinese medicine: "Dry ginger is pungent and warm, mainly used to relieve chest fullness, cough and asthma, warm the middle warmer to stop bleeding, sweat, expel rheumatism and pain, and benefit the intestine." In Compendium of Materia Medica, Li Shizhen also praised the wonderful use of ginger: "Ginger, pungent and effortless, can be cooked, reconciled, fruitful and medicinal."
The soup boiled with ginger also has a name called "Resurrection Soup". In Su Dongpo's Miscellaneous Syndrome, an 80-year-old monk in Jingci Temple, Qiantang, who looked like a boy, was also recorded. He asked him why he was "dressed in ginger for forty years, so he was not old." There are also folk sayings such as "three slices of ginger in the morning, no need to open them", "ginger in winter, no fear of wind and frost", "radish in winter and ginger in summer, no need to ask a doctor for a prescription" and "ginger at home, no need to panic about minor illnesses".