Health Benefits Of Ginger

All the food items God had gifted mankind with are full of benefits.  Fruits and vegetables have long been proven to have amazing health benefits in their composition. In this article we will try to unveil some of the known benefits of the widely available GINGER. Ginger or ginger root is the rhizome of the plant Zingiber Officinale. It has been used as a spice and medicine for centuries. It's other secret health oriented benefits have been discovered quite recently.

Chemistry of ginger

About three percent of the weight of fresh ginger is composed of volatile oils called gingerone, shogaols and gingerols. Some nonvolatile phenylpropanoid-derived compounds are responsible for the pungent taste of ginger. It contains elements like Magnesium, Manganese, Potassium and Copper.

Health benefits

Ginger has been one of the widely used vegetable as a medicine for hundreds of years. Some of it's medical uses have first been discovered in China centuries ago. With today's advancement it technology, other medical benefits have been discovered. As per some researchers, there might be tens of other medical benefits of ginger which are to be revealed.

• Ginger is an effective treatment for Nausea. Nausea because of food poisoning or general stomach problems, due to flue or chemotherapy, ginger effectively overcomes Nausea.
• Pregnant women face morning sickness during pregnancy. Use of ginger can enable them to overcome morning sickness. Studies show that use of just one grams of ginger per day is more than enough to completely overcome Nausea and morning sickness.

• Ginger contains some important antioxidants and anti inflammatory agents. Because of these characteristics of ginger, it is used as a treatment for Arthritis. It highly controls joint swelling and aching by reducing and the impurities from body joints and allows fresh blood to flow to the effected areas.
• An experiment done on 250 patient of Osteo arthritis in Sweden, in which patients were treated with pills made from ginger extracts. 200 out of 250 patients felt complete relieve from join aching and swelling.
• One of the most important features of ginger is it's property of improving digestion. A recent research published in European general of gastro anthology says that ginger improves digestion by increasing the movenent of food from stomach into the upper small intestine. Any food related stomach issues can easily be cured using a small amount of ginger in diet.
• Today ginger is commonly used as a preventor of travel sickness with zero side affects. About half an hour or an hour before leaving on a vehicle, take a cup of ginger tea or take a gram or two of ginger with some food.

• A study conducted on the affects of ginger on Ovarian cancer showed that ginger is an affective agent in killing most of the types of cancerous cells.

These were just a few of many other medical benefits of ginger. Include ginger as a necessary part of your food. The most amazing property of ginger is that it's usage in food increases the taste and gives beautiful aroma to your food. God has filled this amazing food ailment with un countable benefits with zero side affects.