Not only is ginger excellent for upset stomachs and for nausea, it turns out that it is also helpful in pain relief and for arthritis sufferers.
According to a study in the Journal of Pain, as reported by the Wall Street Journal, ginger has proven to be of some relief.
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“Researchers randomly assigned 74 adults to consume two grams of either ginger (raw in one experiment and heat-treated in another) or a placebo for 11 consecutive days. On the eighth day, the participants performed series of bicep exercises tailored to mildly damage the muscle in their non-dominant arm.
“One day later, participants who had been given ginger reported feeling about 25% less pain, on a scale from “no pain” to the “most intense pain imaginable,” than subjects in the placebo group.
“Though the precise pain-fighting mechanism is unknown, animal studies have shown that several chemicals in ginger reduce inflammation and the transmission of pain signals. The results also jibe with previous trials of smaller doses of ginger extract over a longer treatment period, which reportedly reduced joint pain in arthritis patients. Caveat: By the second day after the exercise, the differences in pain between the test groups were statistically insignificant.”
Ginger without Fred Astaire?!? George, some of us have known this for years. How great of you to post for the general public. Candied ginger helps nausea when on a boat [or when looking at a photo of an ex lover who thought he was Fred Astaire!] I use ginger in almost ALL of my recipes. The bestest potion for colds, fluish symptoms and gastro disturbances [aside from changing lifestyles] is some diced ginger, diced garlic, 1 or 2 tsps of honey boiled in hot water. Sometimes I add a green tea, sometimes I add a packet of lo salt chicken broth. The ANTIBIOTIC and ANTI-ALLERGY effects from both the ginger AND the honey {CT, of course}, do exist! Next, on to using LAVENDER on one’s porch or patio to discourage mosquitoes.