Latin
name : zingiber officinale, Sunti:
[Ginger]
Family : Zzingiberaceae
Adraka-fresh ginger,
Sunthi- dry ginger
Rhizome of ginger is used as spice, it
is very juicy and fleshy due to its warm
potency It is common ingredient of the food
articles eated in winter season or cold
environment like ginger tea. Fresh juice
of ginger mixed with honey indicated generally
in productive cough.
Medicinal action:
Appetizer, expectorant, stimulant, aromatic,
digestive, carminative, analgesic, anti-inflammatory,
antioxidant, blood thinner, lower cholesterol,
sedative, antipyretic, antibacterial, effect
on peistalsis movements, tonic.
Indication:
Indigestion, flatulence, pain abdomen haemorrhides,
testlessness, cough, hicupp, asthma, cold,
fever, motion sickness, nausea, heat cramps,
heart disease, inflammation, obesity, prevent
scurvy, rheumatoid, arthritis.
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