One of the best (Root Ginger)

Member Name: January

Product:	Root Ginger
Date:	26/07/05 (395 review reads)
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Advantages: Tasty and soothing

Disadvantages: you might not like the taste

Ginger Root

This plant has been used for centuries and it is the root which has the healing properties. The root can be shredded once dried and made into a tea, it can be used in baking, in cough mixture and as a flavour to some meals.
It is so versatile that it’s one of my favourite things to buy for the kitchen I use this all the time and it’s very cheap to buy from around 50p to £1.00 a root depending on where you buy it from, it is a little more expensive from the health shops but cheaper in the supermarkets.

It is a native of Asia but is cultivated in the West Indies, Jamaica and Africa.
The root contains volatile oil, two resins, gum, starch, acetic acid and asmazone, which have great healing properties for the herbal cures.
Ginger can be used as a stimulant and an expectorant, it gets rid of flatulence and diarrhoea. The ginger tea can be drank to ease temperature when menstruation begins, the tea’s can be bought from the health shop if your not sure how to make it from the root. These cost around £2.00 for a packet of 40 ginger tea bags.
Ginger wine and ginger beer can also be bought from the supermarkets at various prices, but making your own is better.

Ginger has a very distinctive taste, it is a spicy peppery kind of taste and this is great for adding to cakes or wine, not only does it taste good but it’s good for the digestion too.
If you have ever tried fasting which is good for you once a year, then ginger can help too, a hot ginger root compressed over the kidneys while your on your three day fast helps to flush out more toxins from your kidneys.
For fevers in children, it is safe to give them hot water with honey and lemon and a pinch of ginger, this can help to bring the temperature down but if symptoms persist it is always best to call the doctor, especially where children are concerned.
For help getting rid of dandruff mix equal parts of dried ginger, rosemary, nettles, birch and sage into cider vinegar leave this for two weeks in the vinegar and strain off the liquid.
You can then rub the liquid into your hair after shampooing. Make sure you massage the scalp before rinsing.

I have just got over a bad case of the flu and herbal and prescription medicine was necessary having a runny nose was all part of the flu, which left me having to take antibiotic’s for a chest and ear infection, but to clear up the runny nose I used a herbal remedy with ginger.

2 parts anise seed
1 part black pepper
1 part ginger

Stir all the powders into a little honey and take half a teaspoon three times a day before meals. It tastes strong but helps you to sweat out the flu and gets rid of the runny nose which is most the most annoying thing from the flu.

I wouldn’t be without ginger in my kitchen as you never know when your going to need it, for herbal remedies or for cooking it’s the best and it has so many used I’d be here all day if I started to list them.

Summary: versatile