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Acid Reflux
Posted by Jan (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) on 05/08/2010
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I found ginger tea a more pleasant and gentler way of dealing with acid reflux than apple cider vinegar.
Ginger is well known for it's calming effect on the stomach. If the esophageal sphincter is doing it's job the reflux doesn't happen and I suspect that it is allowed to function better when the stomach is churning in a calmer manner.
I make the tea by putting a few slices of fresh ginger into a thermos and let it steep before taking the first cup. I usually have around 3 & 4 cups a day.
Acid Reflux
Posted by Darijan (Zagreb, Hr, Croatia) on 09/23/2009
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I would like to add Yes for GINGER.
I suffered from Acid reflux for nine months, tried almost everything, was on NEXIUM too, I did not have chest pain but throat pain, and ginger tea was the most spectacular discovery! Now I drink several glasses of ginger tea daily and the pain is now much much weaker. Nothing I tried before ever made so much difference.
Therefore, strongly recommend ginger.
I buy a fresh one, peel it off, cut it in small pieces and just spill hot water over it, just like I would do with any other tea.
Anyway, that worked out for me. Pain is not completely gone yet (I drink it for three days only) but life became much more bearable since I started.
Good luck to all of you!
Ginger Juice Side Effects
Posted by Edith (West Palm Beach, Fl) on 08/27/2009
I want to answer this side effect comment. I do juicing also with ginger. Large amount of fresh ginger juice can cause headache! I had the same experience. It depends how much ginger you put in the vegetable juice I use 1/2" pc to a cup of carrots juice that amount never cause any headache.
Coughs and Colds
Posted by Maris (Paris, Ile de France) on 05/21/2009
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fresh ginger-juice:
peel ginger and put it through the juicer, then add the juice of 1/2 lemon & 3 oranges, and honey. and be aware that this is a concentrated mixture that needs to be deluded with water! adding strawberry-juice along with the water (1:1:1) is delicious.
the amount of ginger depends on how strong you wish your ginger-juice to be.
Coughs and Colds
Posted by Ranjana (Arlington, TX USA) on 05/20/2009
How do you make ginger juice? Thanks.
Indigestion
Posted by Alex (Los Angeles, CA) on 04/20/2009
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Excelente cure for Indigestion are: 2Tbp of Lemon,a piece of ginger root, 2Tbp of raw honey and 8ounces of water.Boil everything together and drink as tea.
Ginger Juice Side Effects
Posted by Rosy (Orlando, Fl) on 01/24/2009
I have just started juicing with my fantastic new toy, and I am having a lot of fun with the mixes I can make. I am mostly sticking to fruit and carrot combos at the moment, as I was advised to juice things I normally eat at first. I have been juicing for two weeks and have had an odd reaction. Every time I add ginger to a fresh juice I get a headache soon after that lasts all day. It is in the frontal lobe are on the left side of my head. This happens every time. I also feel unwell, not nauseous, but not good either. I get warmer like I have a fever, but not one that registers. I have tried to look up detox and ginger and found nothing. Any one has any suggestions. Also I only drink one glass of juice a day and only have it in the morning, so I don't confuse my belly.
Coughs and Colds
Posted by Ntini (WV) on 12/23/2008
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The best use of ginger I have found is for common cold and cough. Take one spoon ginger juice mix it with one spoon honey. Take two times in a day.
For any ailment related to stomach take a mixture of ginger juice, lemon and black salt (total quantity one to two spoons two times in a day).
Coughs and Colds
Posted by Briana (Beaufort, South Carolina) on 12/17/2008
I have a question. My son just came down with a nasty cold and sore throat. I have no fresh ginger, but I have powdered ginger from the spice rack at the super market. Can I use that?
Nausea
Posted by Tobey (Bellingham, WA USA) on 11/06/2008
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Ginger cures nausea. Fresh ginger, peeled then chopped or grated, any amount; then boiled or boiled water poured over it in a cup. Also, most health food stores and some food stores sell bagged ginger tea to make a cup. You can add sweetener if you please. Also ginger ale, crystallized ginger and sometimes even ginger cookies.
I get nauseous a lot, and I swear by crystallized ginger after eating, especially if I feel bloated or ate too much. In Ayurvedic medicine, 500 year old East Indian medicine, they believe that ginger fires up the internal digestive fire.
Ginger is very good for cancer patients and AIDs patients, cause they get nausea a lot. I've suggested it to many friend and they say it worked for them
Other cures I've used for nausea (they do not have to be used together) are:
a warm hot water bottle, wrapped on my abdomen.
peppermint tea
Good luck
Postpartum Hemorrhage
Posted by Sonny (Citrus Heights, Ca) on 10/14/2008
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yellow ginger root
Hi there, I read these coment about ginger roots but did not hear anything about yellow ginger or "turmeric" ? I would like to share a short story with you, in 1982 my mother gave birth to my half sister, we were in the farm and very, very poor, we couldn't affort doctor for my mother internal bleeding after birth. An elder in the village told me to get yellow ginger root juice for my mother to drink. Every day I would gave my mom about two table spoons juice there time a day. sure enough, her bleeding have slow down and after thre or four dau or so she felt much better. this was 26 some years ago but i still remeber. I like to share this story with you guys. please feel free to write me back
thank you
Sonny Loehr ( CA )
Coughs and Colds
Posted by Purvi (Jersey City, NJ, USA) on 10/09/2008
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I make ginger tea whenever I feel a cold or cough coming on and it works every time. I boil ginger root in water and once boiled, I steep tea in it. I had honey and lemon to the ginger tea. Drinking four cups a day for two days will cure any cough or cold you have. It always works. A table spoon of shreaded ginger root in two cups of water (you can make it stronger/spicer by adding more ginger), two tea bags, 1/2 lime or lemon and a couple of table spoons of honey (I like my tea a little sweet). Drink two cups in the morning and two right before bed.
Ask me about turmeric next!
Coughs and Colds
Posted by Abah (Lubbock, Texas, USA) on 06/05/2008
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Ginger root -- remedy for cough caused by cold. Clean and wash the root, chew a couple and swallow the juice. Although it burns, but works very effectively.
Coughs and Colds
Posted by Lawrence (Kingston, Jamaica) on 04/29/2008
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Sucking on a .5 sq. inch piece of dried ginger cures my sore throat and other cold/flulike symptoms at their onset.You have to however bear the hotness as much as you can, until the sensation is gone. I have not suffered from a cold or flu for the last 10 years or so. For more aggressive forms, a total water & juice fast for 2 or 3 days straight does the trick for me. My roomate had a bad flu recently, it never touched me. When ending the fast, eat only raw fruits and vege for a day or so. Notice how the gradual resumption of cooked food lowers your mood and vibration.
Stomach Upset
Posted by Kim (USA)
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I thoroughly chew and swallow a 1-2 inch piece of fresh ginger root anytime my stomach is upset. It relieves any pain or discomfort within an hour. I've started eating it every day, just because I feel better when I do!! Ginger is a gift from God!
Circulation
Posted by Ted (Bangkok, Thailand) 392 posts
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While ginger seems to restore energy in most cases, however I find capsicum powder (cayenne peppers) mixed with fresh ginger works the best as it helps with circulation. Especially works well if you are drowsy and raises oxygen level to those tiny capillaries which receives little or no blood flow.
If you can find them, fresh ginger and fresh cayenne peppers (finely chopped) work the best due to higher bioflavonoids, vitamin P content, as well as vitamin C, etc.
You would not believe that the amount of vitamins in FRESH vegetables are MUCH MORE THAN THOSE THEY GIVE YOU IN VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTS!!! Cooking destroys nearly everything the vegetables have to offer and end up paying more buying vitamin supplements, and much much more going to see doctors.
Expectorant, Upset Stomach
Posted by Lisa (Deltona FL) on 10/20/2005
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I have been using ginger for years it is the best expectorant, releasing mucus which holds the germs in our bodies. Ginger brings it up.. do not swallow or you will just be swallowing the germs ginger is trying to expel.let it go or your bronchial will not clear well.Its also great for upset or nervous stomachs.
Sciatica, Low Back Pain
Posted by Hugo (E Freetown, MA) on 02/27/2006
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I was on a diet so I made lite candied ginger slices to supress appetite. I was also suffering from severe sciatica and back spasam. After a week both disappeared. It was by accident that i discovered the total relief of lower back problems. I am 64 yrs old. I have discontinued ginger and my back has been pain free.
Arthritis
Posted by Suzanne (London) on 11/15/2006
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I have suffered from very bad arthritis for some years and also osteoporosis of the spine. I used to dread winters even though I was prescribed antiinflamatory pills and painkillers by my doctor. I recently discovered ginger root (I found a newspaper article about ginger that I had put away some years ago) and have been taking it for about 3 weeks now in capsule form from the health food shop. The stiffness has gone from my joints and spine and most of the pain which is gradually disappearing. In fact, the other day I realized that I didn't have any pain or stiffness at all. It is such a great remedy that I am recommending it to everybody I know who has arthritis.
