Ginger is a herbaceous plant of the ginger family. From Sanskrit the name translates as "horned root", but ginger is increasingly called a miracle root. Ginger came to Europe in the Middle Ages, and in Russia ginger has long been a favorite of cooks.
Ginger in the Slavic culture
How to eat ginger knew not by hearsay still our ancestors. First of all, ginger has become one of the main ingredients of the Tula gingerbread. In addition, without this spice, other bakery products were not dispensed with. On the basis of ginger, they prepared mead and kvass. Ginger was an integral "seasoning" for jam, it was added to sbittni and porridge.
ethnoscience
On the beneficial properties of ginger, we still tell, but we can not fail to mention the variety of medicinal properties of ginger in folk medicine.
From ginger powder, compresses are prepared for back pain, migraine, joint pain and rheumatism. With muscle pain ginger baths are helped - a ginger broth is added to the bath.
With "seasickness", nausea or toxicosis in pregnant women mix ginger powder with water and drink half an hour before eating. Ginger helps with colds and inflammatory processes of the company and throat. For treatment it is recommended to keep a piece of ginger in your mouth, sucking. The same can be done with a toothache, just ginger should be put exactly on a sick tooth.
With digestive disorders, ginger is mixed with nutmeg and yogurt.
Composition
Millions of people are puzzled by the question of how to lose weight with the help of ginger, and everything, because this root contains countless useful substances. Ginger contains vitamins of group B and vitamin C , magnesium, zinc, silicon, germanium, iron, phosphorus, linoleic acid, oleic acid, nicotinic and caprylic acid, essential oils, chrome, gingerol and much more.
Cooking
If you learn how to eat ginger for food, the process of weight loss will be easier at times, because its very penetration into the body simply ignites the entire digestive tract.
Ginger is eaten in all forms: dried, canned, fresh. Ginger can be even in the form of candied fruits, for this, it is peeled and filled with syrup. In addition, ginger is served to sushi in a pickled form.
Ginger, as we have already said, is added to sweets, and especially to gingerbread. The British even produce ginger beer. However, the easiest way to consume ginger to lose weight is to make different teas on a basis and with the addition of ginger.
For ginger tea, you can use both fresh ginger, and sold in sachets, dried and powdered. Of course, the effect of a fresh root will be much more noticeable.
Ginger is perfectly combined with various soups: vegetable, meat, fish and fruit. Also, it will suit both hot and even any meat dishes. Excellent shade of the taste of vegetable dishes, stuffed zucchini, peppers and eggplant.
If you add a piece of ginger root to the conservation - cucumbers, tomatoes, mushrooms, you will be surprised at the new and piquant taste of banal marinated and pickled cucumbers.
Contraindications
Despite the indisputable benefits of this plant, there are still a number of contraindications, in which the use of ginger only exacerbates the situation.
First of all, ginger can not be taken during colds with fever, as it increases fever.
You can not eat ginger peptic ulcers, patients with gastritis, and any other inflammation of the mucous membrane.
Ginger can be dangerous after the first trimester of pregnancy, as well as for hypertensive people and people predsultnogo and preinfarction. It is important to know that it raises the pressure.
Ginger worsens the patency of liver and kidney stones (if any), so it can not be used in the presence of renal and hepatic diseases.
Ginger increases bleeding, which means that it is contraindicated in hemorrhoids and any bleeding processes, including blood from the nose.