Ginger Tea Benefits
Ginger tea benefits your health in many ways and is a refreshing tea to drink.
It has been used in traditional Chinese medicine for over 2000 years, and the effects this ordinary looking herb has on our bodies, makes it a ‘must have’ in the kitchen.
The Chinese use it to calm an upset stomach, stop diarrhea and nausea. In Europe it has been used to help relieve menstrual cramps, treat the symptoms of a common cold and relieve headaches.
The latest finds regarding ginger to have been reported are, it may help to stop the spread of cancer by preventing or slowing the tumour growth.
Gingerols and shoyaols called ‘volatile oils’ are found in ginger, and are responsible for the many heath benefits of ginger. These two oils help stimulate the bodies digestive juices, which in turn neutralize the stomach acids and help ease problems such as diarrhea, cramping and nausea.
If you would prefer to take a ginger supplement, make sure it contains the properties gingerols and shoyaols, as these are the plants active ingredients.
It is a natural decongestant and antihistamine, making it great for the treatment of the common head cold.
For those suffering from poor digestion, drink some ginger tea, it can not only help improve your digestion, ginger can also prevent and help manage stomach ulcers. If your periods are irregular, it can help normalise them.
Is also used as an aphrodisiac!!
Arthritis can be relieved relieved using ginger oil, by massaging the oil into the painful area. The oil has anti inflammatory properties so is able to help bring relief.
Travel Sickness and Morning Sickness
Ginger is also great for motion sickness. There have been some studies on this and ginger has been found to help reduce the feelings of motion sickness significantly. Compared to taking drugs which can at times have side effects, such as a dry mouth and drowsiness, ginger is a much healthier alternative to take.
Can also be used to help pregnant women with morning sickness.
Blood Circulation
Great for blood circulation, ginger helps dissolve blood clots in the arteries and reduce the levels of cholesterol in the blood, therefore helping to reduce heart attacks, and prevents circulatory problems in the extremities.
How to Make Ginger Tea
The best way to treat most problems is to drink as a tea. Also great for those times when you have eaten too much, or eaten something that seems to be sitting in your stomach, causing you to feel uncomfortable.
I often have a cup of ginger tea after my evening meal.
- cut several slices of ginger
- add to water
- brew (the longer the better).
Grate ginger, add to water and squeeze the liquid out to use as a dressing on foods.
Ginger tea benefits your body and health in many ways.
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February 6th, 2010 at
This is such a great post, thanks for the great info. and I am so excited to read more
February 9th, 2010 at
Very helpful post. It has been very difficult for me to find anything good on this topic. thanks.
March 14th, 2010 at
My mom is always fussing that I should drink more ginger tea but she never told me it had so many positive effects. now since I read this informative article I’m going to drink two cups a day! Thank you!