YOU may be familiar with ginger, spice-scented kitchen typical proved to have efficacy against various diseases. The content of natural herbs with the Latin name Zingiber officinale sp. could provide benefits for health. Modern research has scientifically prove these benefits:
1. Lowering blood pressure. This is because ginger stimulates the release of the hormone adrenaline and widen blood vessels, so blood flows more quickly and smoothly, and alleviate the heart pump blood.
2. Helps digestion. Ginger contains digestive enzymes are proteases and lipases that digest proteins and fats.
3. Gingerol contained in ginger contains an anticoagulant that prevents blood clotting. So to prevent blockage of blood vessels, the main cause of strokes and heart attacks. Gingerol also helps lower cholesterol levels.
4. Prevent nausea, because ginger is able to block serotonin, a chemical that can cause the stomach to contract that creates a feeling of nausea.
5. Make the stomach to be comfortable, relieve stomach cramps and helps remove gas.
6. Ginger also contains antioxidants that help neutralize the damaging effects caused by free radicals. The content of chemical compounds in ginger essential oil is composed of compounds seskuiterpen, zingiberen, bisabolena, sineol, sitral, zingiberal, and felandren.
In addition, there are also sagaol, gingerol, starch, resins, organic acids such as malic acid and oxalic acid, vitamin A, B and C, as well as flavonoids and polyphenols as antioxidants.
Essential oils are found in ginger contained 1-3 per cent. Ginger oleoresin to be able to treat coughs, fever and analgesics.
In one study in China, reported that 113 patients with rheumatoid arthritis and chronic back pain who were injected 50-10 percent ginger can reduce pain and reduce swelling of joints. Oral administration such as ginger powder in patients with rheumatic and musculoskeletal (muscle skeletal complaints) reported decreased pain.
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