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What is Ginger :

• Ginger helps to boost the immune system, reduces the risk of stroke and heart attack, reduces nausea, supports cardiovascular function, soothes the upset stomach, an anti-inflammatory and pain reliever, cancer treatment and prevention, prevents sickness. (More Details)

What are its benefits :

• Ginger herbs help get to sleep at night because it’s strongly antispasmodic – which means that it helps tense muscles relax. Whether those muscles are crampy gut muscles, crampy skeletal muscles, or crampy uterine muscles, Ginger can help you just let that tension unwind, make a big pot of Ginger-Chamomile tea after dinner and drink it until bedtime.

Anti-spasmodic and Anti-inflammatory:

• Like Turmeric, Ginger is anti-inflammatory. Turmeric gets all the credit and press, but ginger may actually work better! The warming, circulatory-stimulating action of ginger coupled with the strong anti-spasmodic action combine with that anti-inflammatory action for a trifecta of awesome.
• Ginger is widely available and much more affordable than Turmeric. So if you love Turmeric, by all means, go bananas! Better yet, pair it up with Ginger for the one-two punch! But if you’re just in the market for something that can provide you with broad base improvement, go for Ginger! How? Tea, tincture, heck – just put it in your dinner! Get yourself some Ginger every day for a more relaxed, less inflamed you !

Fights Nausea :

• Candied ginger: One of Ginger’s big claims to fame is its anti-nauseant action: whether it’s morning sickness, motion sickness, or just garden variety nausea, Ginger is very effective. The reason why, however, is something of a controversy. Some studies show that * Ginger has an antispasmodic effect in the part of the brain that controls nausea, and other studies seem to find that it doesn’t. All studies agree that of course, the ability of Ginger to help food move through the digestive system could play a role, but many people don’t think that’s enough to explain the fairy rapid antiemetic response. Regardless of the action, it’s definitely borne out in observational science! And not only does the effect work with candied Ginger, fresh Ginger, dried Ginger, Ginger tea, Ginger tincture, and even naturally flavored Ginger ale – but it even works just by smelling strong Ginger tea (if, say, you’re too nauseous to consider actually drinking the tea).
• Take just one drop of tincture: it’s so little liquid that you don’t even have to swallow it, but it’s a very strong and quick effect.

Warms You Up :

• Ginger and rosehips: When you feel kind of under the weather: sluggish, chilly, and sniffly. Ginger to the rescue! Ginger is carminative – which is the herbal action word for “warming”. It’s warming not only to the digestive system, helping you digest a meal (or helping to settle stomach complaints about postnasal drip !), and to the rest of the body as well!
• Ginger stimulates your circulatory system, so if you’re feeling sluggish and chilly, have some Ginger and get your blood moving! Ginger has a particular affinity for the lungs as well. Did you know that when you have a “cold”, that’s not just a name – your body really is cold! Lots of respiratory pathogens don’t like warm environments, but if you are (for example) sleep deprived and maybe making up for it with a sugary treat to boost your energy, you’ve got all the right ingredients for lowered body temperature: just what the rhinovirus was looking for! So go get some spicy hot Ginger tea and heat things up!