Benefits of Ginger
Introduction:
Ginger is grown all over India and is so familiar that it does not need much
introduction . It grows underground and its edible rhizome is used for
medicinal purposes, It is called ginger when fresh and mist and when it dries
up it is called sauntb .
Appearance: It grows in fertile and sandy soil and its
edible root grows underground. The leaves resemble bamboo leaves which grow 1-1
½ ft above the ground.
Chemical
Composition: It contains 80.9% moisture, 2.3% protein , 0.9% fat , 2.4%
fiber , 12.3% carbohydrates and 1.2% minerals, which include 20 mg calcium , 60
gm phosphorus , and 2.6 mg iron/per 100 gm. In addition , it also has small
amounts of chlorine and vitamin A , B and C. Dry ginger root has 10.9% moisture
, 15.4% proteins , 6.2% fiber , 5.3% starch , 6.6% ash and 1-2.6% volatile oil.
The volatile oil is extracted from ginger root with peel intact because ginger
peel has pores which let the oil flow
through. The oil can be extracted from fresh ginger, but the oil from sauntb is
known as ginger oil and it is not bitter. The oil includes gingibarin and
gingibaral as its components.
Medicinal usage:
Headache: Prepare paste of ginger root with milk and use
this to give nasya to the patient. It cures severe headache.
Rhinitis: Give 2 teaspoonful ginger juice and add honey in
it. Give this to the patient every morning and evening. It cures bronchitis ,
rhinitis and bronchial asthma.
Cold: Warm 2 teaspoonful
ginger juice and add honey in it. Give this to the patient . It controls
the intensity of cold and cough.
Asthma: Give mixture of powder of pippali and sandbav salt
with ginger juice to the patients, to be taken at night before going to bed. It
cures bronchial asthma within 7 days of treatment.
Toothache: To cure toothache in winters , chew ginger
pieces. It cures toothache.
Ear Pain: Heat its juice and put 2-5 drops of its lukewarm
juice in the ears. It cures ear pain.
Pneumonia: Mix ginger juice with 1-2 years old ghee and
camphor and apply this mixture on the chest patient.
Indigestion: Prepare
decoction of equal quantities of Tinospora ,atis , ginger root and nut-grass .
Give this to the patient,every morning and evening ,It cures weakened state of
digestive power and cures colitis( quantity 20 -25ml)
Digestive power: Everyday , before taking the meals, take
sauce of cloves and ginger .It purifies tongue and throat. It promotes
digestive power and strengthens the heart.
Vomiting: Mix its 10 gm juice with 10 gm juice of onion and
give this to the patient.
Excessive urination: Give its 2 teaspoonful juice with sugar
candy mixed in it , to the patient,
every morning and evening.
Hydrocele: Give its 10 – 20 gm juice with 2 teaspoonful
honey.
Jaundice: Give ginger , triphala and jiggery in that order
to the patient .It cures jaundice.
Pain: Give ginger decoction with black salt ,asfoetida and
ginger root powder to the patient. It cures kapba related chest pain, flank
pain , backache, ascites and cholera. In case it causes constipation , give its
powder with decoction of barley.
Joint Pain: Cook 1 kg ginger juice with 500 gm sesame oil
till only oil is left. Strain the oil and use it to massage the joint. It gives
relief from joint pains.