Recently, a weight-loss remedy has been circulated on the Internet, which has aroused heated discussion among netizens, that is, drinking ginger and honey can reduce appetite and thus achieve the purpose of losing weight. The method is to soak ginger in honey for half a day, then brew it with water, or eat it directly. It is said that ginger can promote blood circulation, achieve the effect of reducing fat and weight and reducing appetite. Is it really so amazing? Chinese medicine says that I hope to lose weight through ginger, and the effect may not be as great as I thought.

Ginger has the functions of warming stomach, dispelling cold and stopping diarrhea, and is often used as an auxiliary medicine by Chinese medicine. Chen, a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner, emphasized that ginger is mostly used as a medicinal material in the use of traditional Chinese medicine. Because ginger has the effect of warming the stomach, it can be mixed with a variety of ingredients and herbs to help the efficacy play a role. In addition to the above functions, ginger also helps to relieve summer heat, but there is no record of being used to lose weight. The so-called saying that drinking ginger honey water can help reduce appetite, reduce fat and lose weight is just an online rumor.

In addition, simply eating Jiang Ye is not easy to achieve the so-called effect of promoting blood circulation. Because to promote blood circulation, as far as the argument of traditional Chinese medicine is concerned, two conditions are needed, namely, promoting blood circulation and invigorating qi. Ginger only has the function of promoting blood circulation. If the human body only has the function of promoting blood circulation, and the qi is insufficient, the blood circulation will not be good. Therefore, it is not feasible to eat ginger to promote blood circulation, suppress appetite and burn fat.

Ginger warms the stomach, dispels cold and stops diarrhea.

Although ginger has no effect on weight loss, it is helpful to improve the above symptoms for people with spleen and stomach deficiency and cold, diarrhea, frequent nausea and vomiting, cold food, diarrhea, chills and cold hands and feet.

However, it should be noted that people who are hot and dry, prone to dry mouth and bad breath should not overeat. It will not make up for the body, but will aggravate the above symptoms.