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What is Ginger?


The rhizomes and stems of ginger have assumed significant roles in Chinese, Japanese, and Indian medicine since the 1500s. The oleoresin of ginger is often contained in digestive, antitussive, antiflatulent, laxative, and antacid compounds.

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Also known as chiang, Gingers, Zingiber officinale, gingembre, sunthi, Zingiber officinales, gan-jiang, dry, shen-jiang, fresh, nagara, dry, ardraka, fresh
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Ginger is an herbal medicine used to treat upset stomach, nausea, vomiting, osteoarthritis, and motion sickness.

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Ginger [NCCAM Herbs at a Glance]

Dec 23, 2010 ... Basic information on ginger, including common names, uses, potential side effects, and resources to learn more. From the U.S. National ...

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Ginger Tea Recipe - How to Make Ginger Tea

Ginger tea has a spicy, invigorating taste and is used as a home remedy for indigestion, nausea, and to ward off colds, flu, and sore throats.

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Ginger Research Lab | UW Chemistry | Solar Cells, Plasmonics ...

The Ginger Research Group at the University of Washington pioneers techniques such as time-resolved electrostatic force microscopy (trEFM) and ...

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Ginger May Root Out Nausea

May 14, 2009 ... Ginger may help relieve the nausea of chemotherapy in people with cancer.

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Ginger
Ginger is a perennial plant, the aromatic, knotty rootstock is thick, fibrous, and whitish or buff-colored. It produces a simple, leafy stem covered with the leaf sheaths of the lanceolate-oblong to linear leaves. The plant reaches a height of 3-4 feet, the leaves growing 6-12 inches long. The sterile flowers are white with purple streaks and grow in spikes.

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Sunthi
Ginger is a perennial plant, the aromatic, knotty rootstock is thick, fibrous, and whitish or buff-colored. It produces a simple, leafy stem covered with the leaf sheaths of the lanceolate-oblong to linear leaves. The plant reaches a height of 3-4 feet, the leaves growing 6-12 inches long. The sterile flowers are white with purple streaks and grow in spikes.

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Chiang
Ginger is a perennial plant, the aromatic, knotty rootstock is thick, fibrous, and whitish or buff-colored. It produces a simple, leafy stem covered with the leaf sheaths of the lanceolate-oblong to linear leaves. The plant reaches a height of 3-4 feet, the leaves growing 6-12 inches long. The sterile flowers are white with purple streaks and grow in spikes.

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Wild ginger
Asarum Europaeum Asarum is a perennial, evergreen plant, a low plant with a horizontal, creeping rootstock and prostrate stem. Two long-petioled, upright, shiny, leathery, dark green leaves grow from each bud on the stem, rising from 2-4 inches above the ground. The large, solitary flowers appear from March to May and are characterized by a green-brown color on the outside, reddish-black on the inside. Asarum canadense L. Asarum canadense is a perennial plant, the knobby, root of the plant is round and fleshy, with dividing stem supporting a heart-shaped, deep green above and a light green below, soft, woolly and handsomely veined leaf, there being two to a plant. A single flower is small and brownish-purple, growing only a few inches high and covered by the dead leaves that carpet the woods. The taste is pungent and bitter.

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Race ginger
Ginger is a perennial plant, the aromatic, knotty rootstock is thick, fibrous, and whitish or buff-colored. It produces a simple, leafy stem covered with the leaf sheaths of the lanceolate-oblong to linear leaves. The plant reaches a height of 3-4 feet, the leaves growing 6-12 inches long. The sterile flowers are white with purple streaks and grow in spikes.

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Black ginger
Ginger is a perennial plant, the aromatic, knotty rootstock is thick, fibrous, and whitish or buff-colored. It produces a simple, leafy stem covered with the leaf sheaths of the lanceolate-oblong to linear leaves. The plant reaches a height of 3-4 feet, the leaves growing 6-12 inches long. The sterile flowers are white with purple streaks and grow in spikes.

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African ginger
Ginger is a perennial plant, the aromatic, knotty rootstock is thick, fibrous, and whitish or buff-colored. It produces a simple, leafy stem covered with the leaf sheaths of the lanceolate-oblong to linear leaves. The plant reaches a height of 3-4 feet, the leaves growing 6-12 inches long. The sterile flowers are white with purple streaks and grow in spikes.

Read more on www.emedicinal.com
Wild Canada ginger
Asarum Europaeum Asarum is a perennial, evergreen plant, a low plant with a horizontal, creeping rootstock and prostrate stem. Two long-petioled, upright, shiny, leathery, dark green leaves grow from each bud on the stem, rising from 2-4 inches above the ground. The large, solitary flowers appear from March to May and are characterized by a green-brown color on the outside, reddish-black on the inside. Asarum canadense L. Asarum canadense is a perennial plant, the knobby, root of the plant is round and fleshy, with dividing stem supporting a heart-shaped, deep green above and a light green below, soft, woolly and handsomely veined leaf, there being two to a plant. A single flower is small and brownish-purple, growing only a few inches high and covered by the dead leaves that carpet the woods. The taste is pungent and bitter.

Read more on www.emedicinal.com
Indian ginger
Asarum Europaeum Asarum is a perennial, evergreen plant, a low plant with a horizontal, creeping rootstock and prostrate stem. Two long-petioled, upright, shiny, leathery, dark green leaves grow from each bud on the stem, rising from 2-4 inches above the ground. The large, solitary flowers appear from March to May and are characterized by a green-brown color on the outside, reddish-black on the inside. Asarum canadense L. Asarum canadense is a perennial plant, the knobby, root of the plant is round and fleshy, with dividing stem supporting a heart-shaped, deep green above and a light green below, soft, woolly and handsomely veined leaf, there being two to a plant. A single flower is small and brownish-purple, growing only a few inches high and covered by the dead leaves that carpet the woods. The taste is pungent and bitter.

Read more on www.emedicinal.com
Ginger - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ginger is the rhizome of the plant Zingiber officinale, consumed whole as a delicacy, medicine, or spice. It lends its name to its genus and family ...

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Ginger: MedlinePlus Supplements
Jan 4, 2011 ... Ginger is an herb. The rhizome (underground stem) is used as a spice and also as a medicine. It can be used fresh, dried and powdered, ...

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