As the saying goes: eat radish in winter and ginger in summer, you won’t need a doctor to prescribe a prescription. After the beginning of summer, have you prepared ginger at home?
The Chinese people have a long history of eating ginger. In the Analects, there is a record of Confucius’ “don’t remove ginger”.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that ginger is acrid and slightly warm in nature. Enter the spleen, stomach and lung meridians. It has the functions of sweating and relieving the surface, appetizing and strengthening the spleen, dehumidification and detoxification, warming the lungs and relieving cough, dispelling cold and relieving pain, and warming the middle and relieving vomiting.
So, what are the benefits of eating ginger in summer?
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Increase appetite and promote digestion
The summer weather is hot and it is easy to lose appetite The gingerols in ginger can stimulate the secretion of gastric juice, stimulate the intestines, improve appetite and promote digestion.
In particular, vinegar soaked ginger is especially useful for increasing appetite and promoting digestion.
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Prevention and Treatment of Air Conditioning Diseases
Long-term air conditioning can easily make the human body cold , causing air conditioning disease, may also appear dry throat, nasal congestion, runny nose, cough and other discomfort.
Ginger has the functions of relieving the exterior and dispelling cold and raising yang qi. It has a good preventive and therapeutic effect on air-conditioning diseases caused by cold.
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heatstroke prevention and cooling, help perspiration
Ginger is a warm Spices can dilate blood vessels in various parts of the body, improve the heat dissipation efficiency of the body, promote perspiration to cool down, and prevent the human body from getting sick due to heat.
It is forbidden to eat ginger
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< p>Do not overdo it
Summer is hot, and people are prone to fever such as dry mouth, polydipsia, sore throat, and excessive sweating. Ginger is spicy and warm in nature, and it is a hot food. Excessive consumption of ginger is easy to get angry. Therefore, it is not advisable to eat more ginger in summer.
Because the ginger skin is slightly cool and beneficial to water, it is not necessary to peel the skin to eat ginger under normal circumstances.
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Rotten ginger cannot be eaten
Rotten ginger cannot be eaten, cut it open Do not eat ginger that has turned brown.
Because rotten ginger will produce a highly toxic organic substance safrole, which can degenerate liver cells, especially those with a history of hepatitis should not eat rotten ginger.
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Eat ginger in the morning
Pay attention to the time to eat ginger. Generally, it is advisable to eat ginger in the morning, which can increase yang qi. Because ginger has divergent properties, eating it at night can easily lead to inability to restrain the mind, which is not good for health.
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Need to identify the constitution
People with yin deficiency and fire, internal heat, or suffering from People with carbuncle, swollen boils, pneumonia, lung abscess, tuberculosis, cholecystitis, pyelonephritis, diabetes, and hemorrhoids should not eat ginger for a long time.
Especially people with hot hands and feet, sweaty palms, like to drink water, frequent dry mouth, dry eyes, dry nose, dry skin, upset and irritable, and poor sleep, often eat ginger. Aggravate symptoms of yin deficiency and dryness.
Ginger Recipe
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Vinegar soaked ginger
After the ginger is soaked in vinegar, with the help of the astringent effect of vinegar, the diffusing and warming effect of ginger can be maximized, which is suitable for those with severe cold in the body.
In addition, vinegar soaked ginger also has a certain auxiliary effect on regulating blood lipids.
Method: Slice the ginger and put it in a jar. Pour vinegar or rice vinegar into the jar, be sure to cover the ginger. Cover, seal, and place in the refrigerator or other cool place. It’s ready to eat in about a week or so.
Vinegar pickled ginger is best eaten after breakfast, not on an empty stomach, not too much, just two or three pieces, as eating too much will cause stomach heat.
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Fairy Porridge
This recipe can relieve the exterior and dispel cold, and nourish the stomach , For the cold caused by exogenous wind-cold, headache and nasal congestion, body heat without sweating, etc., it can have the effect of “porridge to disease elimination”.
Method: Take 7 shallots, 7 slices of ginger, 50 grams of glutinous rice, and 50 ml of rice vinegar.
Rinse the glutinous rice, add a proper amount of water and cook it into gruel, then add the scallions and ginger and continue to cook for 5-7 minutes, then add the rice vinegar, stir well, and serve hot.