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Ginger( Fresh and Dry)

  • Name: Ginger
  • Scientific Name: Gingiber Officinale
Description:

Ginger or ginger root is the rhizome of the plant (Zingiber officinale), consumed as a delicacy, medicine, or spice.Ginger, a popular spice in culinary preparation, grows at an altitude of 600 to 1600 meters from the sea level.Nepal is the world’s third largest producer of ginger after India and China.

Ginger produces a hot, fragrant kitchen spice. Young ginger rhizomes are juicy and fleshy with a very mild taste. They are often pickled in vinegar or sherry as a snack or just cooked as an ingredient in many dishes. They can also be steeped in boiling water to make ginger tea, to which honey is often added. Ginger can also be made into candy, or ginger wine which has been made commercially since 1740.
 
Mature ginger rhizomes are fibrous and nearly dry. The juice from old ginger roots is extremely potent and is often used as a spice in Indian recipes, and is a quintessential ingredient of Chinese, Korean, Japanese and many South Asian cuisines for flavoring dishes such as seafood or goat meat and vegetarian cuisine.
Ginger acts as a useful food preservative.
 
 

Uses:

In Piles: Fruit is used as anthelmintic, antipyretics special a stomachic. It is an analgesic, vermifugal and is a digestive. It is effective in bleeding and non-bleeding piles and constipation. In Obesity: This is anti-obesity herb. It is used in keeping the body fit and reducing the weight. It is mainly useful in curing obesity and other related side-effects. In Allergic Rhinitis, Cold: Ginger is used in colds and flu, chills, fever and headaches. It is effective in Sinusitis, Sneezing, Common Cold, Bronchial Asthma, Allergic Rhinitis, Pneumonia, Chronic Bronchitis. In Kidney Stones: Renal calculi, Burning micturation. It is used in treating urinary tract infections and gallstones. In Arthritis: It is used in inflammations and is used to treat arthritis and ulcerative colitis. It is used as rubefacient that is counter-irritant for relief of muscular pain. Ginger is excellent pain killer. In Skin Diseases: Ginger is used in discoloration of the skin, leucoderma, sores, itching, scabies, herpes and leprosy.

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