For Ayurvedic medicine ginger is an essential ingredient in many senses. In these days you can use it to boost your immunity and clean your lungs. Most people know ginger tea, but now be ready to read about stronger ginger remedy, the fresh ginger juice. 🙂
Ginger fresh juice
When I was learning the ayurvedic native medicine at Sri Lanka, in a small village surrounded by a jungle full of poisonous snakes and trees, where heavy rains are coming two times a year and the nearest town is six hours of walking without proper road, I learnt the use of fresh ginger juice. These days when we are endangered by the corona virus, we are drinking it as the first thing in the morning at my home to stay strong. Believe me, it is boosting better than coffee and it is having a very good impact to immunity and lungs power.
Ginger juice recipe
- Take cca 8 cm peace of raw ginger.
- Cut it into small pieces (best as noodles shape).
- Crush and squeeze it in wooden or other mortar. (Try to avoid contact with metal).
- Stain it.
- Drink cca one teaspoon.
From the rest you can make ginger tea (see the recipe below).
You will feel nice heat going through your body.
During the day drink ca 2.5 litres of water. You will feel how ginger is making you thirsty.
Ginger tea recipe
- Thinly slice your fresh ginger. You don’t need to peel it. Just rinse it and scrub off any visible dirt. Plan on about using about a 2.5 cm piece of ginger per cup of tea.
- In a saucepan, combine the ginger with fresh water (use one cup of water per serving).
- Bring the mixture to a boil over high heat. Reduce the heat as necessary to maintain a gentle simmer.
- Simmer it for 10 min (extra strong tea).
- Pour the tea through a fine sieve to catch all of the ginger. If desired, serve your tea with a thin slice of lemon and add some honey.
If you take ginger at least you have to make it for three to four weeks accordingly with 3 litres of water per day.
More about ginger remedy
Ginger was introduced for the first time to the western world by Roman merchants from Ceylon (nowadays called Sri Lanka). In Roman civilization it was a symbol of wealth and fertility.
From Ayurvedic perspective, ginger is described as
- Analgesic — reduces the sensation of pain
- Antiemetic — helps with nausea
- Aromatic — uplifting scent
- Carminative — relieves flatulence
- Diaphoretic — induces sweating
- Digestive — stimulates digestive fire to help break down and assimilate nutrients with more ease
- Expectorant — helps clear mucus
- Nervine — soothes fragile nerves
- Sialagogue — increases the secretion of saliva
- Stimulant — gets circulation flowing
- When breastfeeding — Increasing the production of mother’s milk.
Ginger for normalising the blood circulation
Ginger contains chromium, magnesium and zinc which can help to improve blood flow, as well as help prevent chills, fever.
Motion sickness
Ginger is a known effective remedy for the nausea associated with motion sickness. The exact reason is unknown, sea man taking ginger to suffer less.
Improves absorption
Ginger improves the absorption and stimulation of essential nutrients in the body. It does this by stimulating gastric and pancreatic enzyme secretion.
Cold and Flu Prevention
Ginger has been used for thousands of years as a natural treatment for colds and flu around Asia. (When flu came in Ceylon in World wars people used ginger.)
Stomach Discomfort
Ginger is ideal in assisting digestion, thereby improving food absorption and avoiding possible stomach ache.
Respiratory Problems
In case of respiratory diseases, such as coughing, ginger aids in expanding your lungs and loosening up phlegm because it is a natural expectorant that breaks down and removes mucus. That way you can quickly recover from difficulty in breathing.
Strengthens Immunity
Ginger helps improve the immune system. Consuming a little bit of ginger a day can help foil potential risk of stroke by inhibiting fatty deposits from the arteries. It also decreases bacterial infections in the stomach, and it helps battle a bad cough and throat irritation.
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Author of the article: Tharidu Jayasundera