Ginger root has been used for thousand of years for its health benefits like in cough and cold it is used as a home remedy in India.
Actually India produces fifty percent of all world ginger that is quite logical as India has spices production as a cultural characteristics.
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| Health benefits of ginger |
It also has been used across the globe as a natural remedy, for thousands of years in Indian, Chinese, Roman and Greeks all these cultures have well documented uses or health benefits of ginger.
It is the amazing powerful herb along with its nutritional qualities it also proven that ginger is also effective at reducing pain or improving digestion.
Health benefits of “Ginger”
• Eases inflammation
Inflammation is normal in the body and actually it’s a healthy immune response in our body towards any problem, but chronic and high aggressive inflammation is a major contributor to health conditions like heart disease, obesity, diabetes and even cancer.
Extract of this herb can help to innovate the synthesis of certain markers of inflammation that prevents several chronic conditions.
It contains anti-inflammatory compounds like gingerols, shagaol, paradols and zingerone.
Other benefits of this herb is, that it prevents blood coagulation and which reduces the risk of a heart attack.
• Fight fungal infection
Fungal infection caused a variety of conditions like yeast infection, athlete’s foot and even candidiasis but the ginger can kill off conditions that is caused by fungal infection.
Extract of this herb has found to be effective against two types of yeast common in fungal infection and in our mouth including candida albicans and studies also show that this herb is more effective actually in killing off fungi that are more susceptible to this herb.
• Treats Nausea
This herb has been used historically to treat sickness and nausea, actually it is perhaps most well known for its ability to treat nausea and vomiting.
It is also found that ginger helps to reduce nausea severity in person that are using chemotherapy as a treatment.
• Lowers cholesterol levels
Cholesterol is very important compound in our body which is essentially produces hormones, bile that is essential in overall health, but however high level of cholesterol can build up in the blood and causes serious health risk that are very important to prevent.
As ginger has many health benefits and one of them is it’s ability to naturally lower cholesterol levels and increase HDL ‘good cholesterol level’ in the body. It is also able to significantly reduces bad LDL cholesterol and raise beneficial HDL cholesterol.
• Blocks bacterial infection
In addition to the antifungal properties ginger has the ability to fight off bacterial infections as well, pathogenic bacteria are common cause for conditions like urinary tract infection, pneumonia, bronchitis etc.
The compound in this herb cab help in inhibit the growth of certain strains of bacteria that cause gum diseases in our mouth.
• Brain function
Alzheimer’s patients and Parkinson’s patients have been linked on oxidative stress in chronic inflammation in brain and ginger is well known for its antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties so this magnificent route that can actually play an important role in the benefits of our brain.
Extract of this herb can protect the brain against aging and cognitive decline and helpful in improving cognitive function and attention.
• Relieves joint and muscle pain
This herb has a anti-inflammatory agent that helps in arthritis related joint pain, daily consumption of this herb resulted in moderate to large reduction in muscle pain caused by exercise or muscle injury.
• Regulates blood sugar
High blood sugar can cause diabetes and causes many symptoms like frequent urination, head each, increased thirst and paying attention towards diabetes is important because if Diabetes leave untreated it can cause serious problems like nerve damages, retinopathy, impaired wound healing etc.
Studies and researches found that ginger helps to promote normal blood sugar, preventing its symptoms and improves long term blood sugar control by ten percent.
• Eases menstrual pain
Some women suffers from menstrual pain frequently and for some menstrual pain might be unbearable and thigh muscles cramps are also common problem in menstruation.
But using ginger during menstruation like in tea works as a home remedy that can be just as useful as over-the-counter medication.
• Improves digestion
Another incredible thing about this herb is that it supports the digestion because it has probiotic. It has a specific type of fibre in it that causes good bacteria to grow and promotes digestion.
• Helps to loose weight
This herb helps to loose weight, besides eating every day it gives quite fast result. For weight reduction you can make ginger tea for this, grate some fresh ginger root about two inches and boil it at one litre of water fir 10 to 15 minutes and strain the liquid.
If one’s drinks this tea before each meal than it give the best result. However this herb can also be consumed with salads and with other dishes, if one don’t likes to drink tea.
By consuming this herb along with other measures for reducing weight one can get the slimming effects.
• Good for healthy hair and skin
As this herb is rich in antioxidant and vitamin that’s why drinking ginger water every day will provide the skin’s natural glow. And the presence of vitamin A and C also helps to enhance the texture of skin.
It also clears blood and contains antibacterial properties that helps to treat and prevent skin diseases.
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