Condition
Treatment Support
warming digestant
Application
tea, tincture, capsules or tablets
Ginger
(Zingiber officinalis)
Botanical Information
A tropical plant with yellow or tan fragrant flowers. It grows at least three feet high from masses of knobby underground rhizomes.
Working with Ginger
Part(s) Used
Rhizome
Herb Forms
Tincture, capsule, tablet, bulk herb, powder.
Ginger is one of the most popular herbs used world-wide. It is a warming herb used to support digestion, relieve nausea (from motion sickness, morning sickness, chemotherapy, etc.), and stimulate circulation. It is useful taken in the early stages of a cold or flu to shorten unpleasant symptoms, to induce sweating, and help the body eliminate the pathogens and waste products. Ginger has long been used to alleviate coughing, painful digestion, colic, and diarrhea. Women take ginger tea for suppressed menstruation, dysmenorrhea, and pelvic congestion. It is a common ingredient in bitters formulas and in laxative formulas to help prevent "griping" or cramping. In Chinese medicine dried ginger is used for vomiting, diarrhea, cold extremities, and cough. (Fresh ginger is used for nausea and vomiting, swelling and pain in the chest and abdomen, and excess phlegm).
Ginger is used externally in fomentations to relieve the pain of arthritis, strains, sprains, sore backs or elbows, and other injuries.
Ginger has a taste of PUNGENT and a temperature of HOT.
Cautions
Avoid large doses during pregnancy and in cases of gallstones.
Conditions treated with Ginger
Condition
Treatment Support
Application
Condition
Treatment Support
bowel regulator, warming digestive aid
Application
tincture, tea, capsules, tablets
Condition
Treatment Support
warming stimulant
Application
tea, tincture, capsule
Condition
Treatment Support
digestive-warming
Application
tincture, capsules, tea
Condition
Treatment Support
intestinal antispasmodic
Application
tea, capsule, tincture
Condition
Treatment Support
digestive aid, warming digestive stimulant, antinauseant
Application
tea, tincture, capsules, tablets
Condition
Treatment Support
digestive strengthening
Application
tincture, capsule
Condition
Treatment Support
circulatory stimulant
Application
tea, tincture, capsule
Condition
Treatment Support
liver stimulant
Application
tincture, tea, capsule
Condition
Treatment Support
blood mover
Application
tincture, capsule, tablet, tea
Condition
Treatment Support
blood mover
Application
tincture, tea, capsule
Condition
Treatment Support
anti-nauseant
Application
tincture, capsule, tea
Condition
Treatment Support
anti-nauseant
Application
tincture, tea, capsule
Condition
Treatment Support
anti-nauseant
Application
tincture, tea, capsule
Condition
Treatment Support
antinauseant
Application
capsule, tincture
Condition
Treatment Support
bowel strengthening
Application
tincture, tea, tablet, capsule
Condition
Treatment Support
antinauseant
Application
tincture, tea, capsule
Condition
Treatment Support
digestive tonic
Application
tincture, tea, capsule
The information given here is designed to help you make informed choices about your health. The information is drawn from numerous sources—both traditional medicine practice, from the clinical experience of many herbalists currently practicing, and supported by decades of scientific research from the author. The research most consulted includes human clinical trials that help to determine the most effective and safe herbs for various needs, the best doses, and types of preparations.
The information offered in this database is not intended as a substitute for any that may have been prescribed by your health practitioner or physician.
