What are the benefits of eating ginger in summer

As the saying goes, "Eat radish in winter and ginger in summer, no need for a doctor's prescription". Ginger is rich in essential amino acids, calcium, thiamine, nicotinic acid, volatile oil, octinoxate, etc. So what are the benefits of eating ginger in summer?

Ginger is a good way to banish "air conditioning disease"

Hot summer people are greedy for cool, long stay in the office, shopping malls, living rooms and other places with air conditioning, many people do not adapt to the temperature difference between indoor and outdoor suffering from colds, some people's shoulders and waist and back vulnerable to wind, cold and wet, etc., caused by joint pain, frozen shoulder and other disorders, or arms and legs feel uncomfortable. This is the "air conditioning disease". Ginger helps to expel the wind from the epidermis of the body, while brown sugar has the effect of invigorating the blood and regulating menstruation. People with severe symptoms can drink ginger soup as water.

Kill bacteria and detoxify, reduce swelling and relieve pain

Scientific research has found that ginger can act as a certain antibacterial agent, especially better for Salmonella. In hot temperatures, food is susceptible to bacterial contamination and grows and multiplies quickly, which can easily cause acute gastroenteritis, and eating ginger in summer can play a role in prevention and wellness. Ginger extract has the efficacy of significantly inhibiting skin fungus and killing come head vaginal trichomonas, which can treat various canker sores and poison. In addition, ginger water can be used as a gargle to treat bad breath and periodontitis.

Beauty

Rub your face with ginger slices, once a day in the morning and once a day in the evening, for about 60 days, the acne will be reduced or disappear. This method also has some therapeutic effect on freckles and dry skin. Washing your hair with hot ginger water can effectively prevent dandruff from falling out. In addition, frequent washing of hair with hot ginger water also has a certain therapeutic effect on baldness.

Anti-aging

Ginger is rich in the role of scavenging the remaining free radicals in the body, free radicals have a damaging effect on skin cells, causing wrinkles, tissue function decline and other aging symptoms.

Anti-oxidation, tumor suppression

Ginger contains curcumin and diphenylheptane compounds structure have a strong antioxidant and free radical scavenging effect; tumor suppression; eating ginger can anti-aging, the elderly often eat ginger can be in addition to "age spots".

Anti-motion sickness, stop nausea and vomiting

Eating ginger in summer has the effect of preventing nausea, stop vomiting, if there are certain sports caused by "maladaptive disorder", eat some ginger can make it LIX to alleviate. A study has proved that dried ginger powder on the headache, dizziness, nausea, vomiting and other symptoms caused by sports efficiency of 90%, and the effect can last more than 4 hours. Folk use to eat ginger to prevent seasickness, seasickness, or paste the point within the Guan, there is a significant effect, and therefore has a "vomit home holy medicine" reputation.

Appetizing and strengthening the spleen, promoting appetite

In the hot summer, because the human body saliva, gastric juice secretion will be reduced, thus affecting appetite, if a few slices of ginger before meals, can stimulate the secretion of saliva, gastric juice and digestive juices, increase gastrointestinal peristalsis, ginger in the spicy ginger can stimulate the taste nerve on the tongue, stimulate the receptors on the gastric mucosa, enhance gastrointestinal peristalsis through nerve reflexes, promote the secretion of digestive juices, enhance digestive function. Eating ginger in summer can also stimulate the small intestine, so that the absorption function of the intestinal mucosa is enhanced, thus playing an appetizing and spleen-healthy role in promoting digestion and appetite.

Prevent heat, cool down and refresh

Eating some ginger in hot temperatures can play a role in excitement, sweating, cooling, and refreshment. For patients with general heat manifestations, such as dizziness, palpitations, chest tightness and nausea, it is beneficial to have some ginger soup as appropriate. Ren Dan, a traditional Chinese herbal medicine against heatstroke, contains ginger, which is used to strengthen the stomach, refresh the mind and wake up the brain.

Relieve migraine, back and shoulder pain

You can soak your hands in hot ginger water for about 15 minutes, and the pain will be reduced or even disappear. Nervous weakness, night fasting each drink hot ginger water 1 to 2 cups, can receive the effect of tonic and refreshing. Continuously, it has good curative effect on neurasthenia, dizziness, irritability, etc. Soak a towel in water and wring it out, apply it to the affected area and repeat several times. This method can make the muscles change from tension to relaxation, relax the tendons and activate the blood, which can greatly relieve pain.