There is a saying in China that ginger is safe and healthy. Ginger is a cheap tonic, but its health care function is very significant and effective, which has been recorded in ancient Chinese.
According to Shennong Materia Medica Classic, ginger has the effects of "warming middle warmer, stopping bleeding, sweating and expelling wind", and can be used to treat abdominal pain and diarrhea caused by cold. In the Spring and Autumn Period, Confucius said, "Don't eat ginger, don't eat much". In Compendium of Materia Medica, Li Shizhen also praised the wonderful use of ginger: "Ginger, pungent and effortless, can be used as a vegetable, a harmony, a fruit and a medicine. How does Lou always eat ginger? ? Lu Lao ate two or three slices of vinegar soaked ginger every day and insisted on eating it for more than 40 years. Lu Lao usually chooses to be jealous and soak ginger for breakfast. As the saying goes, "eat ginger and make up soup early", ginger is best at spreading the yang of Yangming meridian, and 7-9 am is the time when human qi and blood flow into Yangming stomach meridian. At this time, eating ginger just produces stomach gas and promotes digestion, which is especially suitable for eating in summer.
In addition, vinegar soaked ginger can keep the function of spleen and stomach normal, make qi and blood biochemical enough, and keep other organs in normal state, which will directly benefit the heart.
The method of soaking ginger in vinegar:
Appropriate amount of ginger, washed and dried; Then slice, not too thick (too thick for later soaking); Take a small bowl or glass bottle, add ginger slices and vinegar, as long as vinegar can soak ginger for a week, then eat two or three slices every morning. Although ginger is good, there are also dietary taboos! Ginger can be said to be a typical representative of the homology of medicine and food in daily life. In addition to seasoning, it also has good sterilization, anti-inflammatory and detoxification effects, and at the same time has? Sweating and relieving exterior syndrome, warming middle warmer and strengthening spleen, relieving cough and vomiting, warming lung and strengthening heart.
However, if you overdo it, everything will be counterproductive. Although ginger is good, eating too much or eating improperly will also affect your health, and even be as toxic and carcinogenic as arsenic. Let's take a look at the precautions for eating ginger.
First, the autumn climate is dry, and dryness hurts the lungs. Eating spicy ginger is easy to hurt the lungs and aggravate dehydration and dryness of the human body. So try to eat less ginger in autumn.
Second, Yin is most abundant at night. After a busy day, you need a rest at night. Yin is restrained. Ginger is a divergent product. Eating ginger at night is easy to consume gas. So what? It is not advisable to eat ginger at night;
Third, people with carbuncle, swelling, furuncle, pneumonia, lung abscess, tuberculosis, gastric ulcer, cholecystitis, pyelonephritis, diabetes and hemorrhoids should not eat ginger for a long time;
Fourth, don't eat ginger when you get angry. Especially, people with yin deficiency and dry heat constitution are characterized by fever of hands and feet, sweating of palms, love of drinking water, frequent dry mouth, dry eyes, dry nose, dry skin, upset and irritable, and poor sleep. Ginger should not be eaten, so as not to aggravate the symptoms of yin deficiency.
Fifth, eating too much ginger will cause gingerol to stimulate the kidney in a large amount in the process of excretion through the kidney. Symptoms such as sore throat, constipation, etc., should not eat more, only about10g each time.
Sixth,? Rotten ginger can produce toxins, even if it is removed, it will still cause cancer, and even lead to esophageal cancer and liver cancer in severe cases? . Therefore, once ginger rots, don't eat it again.