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Recipes with Ginger (Fresh): Almond Milk Chai / Smoothie
Introduction
A steaming hot mug of ginger tea on a damp day warms up your bones and burns away thick, heavy congestion. When the weather is soggy, you feel tired and groggy. You naturally crave sunlight and heat. Pungent and light, fresh ginger clears away the damp clouds of winter, invigorating your whole system as it lifts your mood and boosts enthusiasm. The perkiness of ginger bids you to say goodbye to dullness and depression.
Ginger, Sore Throats & Congestion
Ginger's heat & pungency is key to warming you up and liquefying mucus. On damp, rainy days you may feel heavy and sluggish. Even your skin feels clammy. The back of your throat may be swollen and irritated due to a thick coating of "reactive" mucus - mucus filled with dead bacteria. By stimulating your heart to beat faster and opening up blood vessels, ginger flushes damp, cold areas with warm, enlivening blood. It is particularly beneficial for clearing congestion in the upper respiratory tract, including the throat, nose and sinuses.
A simple cup of fresh ginger tea, made by boiling an inch of the root in two cups of water, does the trick. As it warms the head and your whole body, it brings a sense of lightness back to a heavy, congested head with a stuffed up feeling. The opening qualities of ginger dispels congestion and opens the nasal passages.
Inhaling grated ginger in a pot of boiling water is a common Ayurveda remedy to clear a stuffy nose.
Try this syrup for a sore throat: Mix together 1/2" grated fresh ginger root, 1/4 tsp dried turmeric, and 1/4 tsp black pepper with 1 tsp raw honey. Slowly lick over 15 minutes and repeat up to three times a day to clear throat congestion. Ginger is most effective in late winter. Its light, clear, and warm qualities combat a slushy and soggy time of year.
Recipes with Ginger (Fresh): Lemongrass Carrot Soup
Restore Warmth
The mobile, revitalizing quality of fresh ginger allows it to support peripheral circulation, dispelling feelings of cold from extremities. Although many spices share ginger's warmth, they also make you sweat which leaves you vulnerable to catching a chill as the effects wear off. Ginger operates internally only (in antara marga), kindling heat & agni without making you sweat.
This internal property of ginger is ideal in winter, when you don't want to bring heat to the skin, causing rapid heat loss. Ginger can warm the body in a way that helps retain the heat.
On cold days, a hot ginger and baking soda bath is one of the best ways to warm your entire body, stimulate circulation, and rev up metabolism. To enjoy these benefits, simply mix 1/2c of ginger and 1/2c of baking soda into a hot bath.
Ginger & Digestion
Fresh ginger is considered to be one of the best digestives, and for this reason is among the most revered roots in Ayurveda. It is suitable for all body types (tridoshic) to stimulate digestive strength (agni). A few pieces of tummy warming ginger, salt, & lime appetizer before a meal stimulates appetite, and gets digestive juices flowing, like getting a kickstart.
Purifying & Cleansing
Fresh ginger purifies the mouth, awakens the taste buds, and stimulates salivary secretions. Once the tingling sensation leaves, you might just notice fresher breath and a sharper palate after having some, like a mini mouthwash.
When food becomes stagnant in the gut, it starts to ferment and rot, leading to indigestion, gas, bloating, and the formation of digestive toxins (ama). Light, easy, and warming, fresh ginger stimulates digestion and metabolism, acting as a cleansing aid for detoxification. The volatile oils in ginger increase motility in the gastrointestinal tract, helping clear food stagnation and relieve constipation. This translates to fast digestion and elimination, and a clean, fresher feeling.
The spiciness and mild aromatic qualities can relieve nausea in the stomach or burping when due to stagnant food or excess mucus.
Recipes with Ginger (Fresh): Vata Balancing Tea with Ginger & Cardamom
Ginger & Inflammation
One of the amazing qualities of fresh ginger is that it stimulates digestion without aggravating acidity. Despite the heat of this root, fresh ginger is actually anti-inflammatory. Only fresh ginger, due to the volatile oils, has this special anti-inflammatory quality. Dry ginger does not, due to evaporation of essential oils.
Even though fresh ginger tastes initially pungent on your tongue, it has a sweet post digestive effect (vipaka). In Ayurveda, the post digestive effect means the effect a substance has throughout your body, after you have digested it. The sweet post digestive effect of ginger moistens and nourishes tissues, and is anti-inflammatory.
Dry ginger is much hotter than fresh ginger, and can be aggravating to the digestive tract. It does not have the same soothing or nutritive effect of fresh ginger, but increases heat and dryness in the body. A fiery spice, those who are overheated or feel agitated by heat should steer clear of dry ginger and favor fresh. Those who need the extra heat, however, can benefit from dry ginger. It depends on the individual.
Other Uses
Minced, chopped, grated or sliced, fresh ginger can be used in a variety of ways. It is well known for its pain relieving qualities, and its ability to settle an upset or nauseous stomach. It also acts as an antispasmodic, helping reduce tension, spasms, and cramping. A cup of the hot tea can relieve menstrual cramps due to its antispasmodic properties, and its sweet post digestive effect has a nourishing effect on the reproductive tissues. 1 tsp of fresh ginger mixed into 1 tbsp of castor oil is a home remedy for rheumatoid arthritis. 1 tsp of fresh ginger mixed with 1 tsp of ghee is reputed to help osteoarthritis.
Fresh ginger is also a powerful antibacterial agent, and has been proven to kill the harmful bacteria salmonella under certain conditions. Ginger, therefore, can also be beneficial as a food preservative. Its warming effects can help encourage a low grade fever - improving immunity.
Contraindications
For some Pitta individuals the heat of ginger is too much, and can leave a sour, churning feeling in the stomach. Or, a stinging sensation and / or tension in the eyes.
Fresh ginger is used widely in Asia to prevent nausea in pregnant women, although it is contraindicated for pregnancy in the USA.
Buying & Preparation
If you buy organic ginger, you won't have to peel the skin. For non-organic ginger, scrape the skin off with the edge of a knife or a spoon instead of using a peeler or a knife. This method is faster and creates less waste.
Cooking Ginger (Fresh)
Ginger appears in recipes from all over the world, in many unique and versatile ways. In the West, ginger is often made into candy, crystallized, or added to desserts like gingerbread. Ginger is considered to be one of the "sweet spices" along with cardamom, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, and anise. However, its use appears frequently in savory dishes as well. In Asian cuisine, ginger, garlic, and onion form tri-root, a common spice combination. Ginger is ground with garlic into a paste and then sauteed in Bengal. The Burmese shred ginger and preserve it in oil, mixing it with a variety of nuts and seeds. Ginger beer, a carbonated fermented soda, is popular in Jamaica. The people of the Ivory Coast mix ginger with orange, lemon, and pineapple to make a juice. In Japanese cuisine, ginger is pickled with red shisho leaves. Korean kimchi is studded with ginger, added before the fermentation process.
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AYURVEDA'S GUIDE TO VITALITY & WHOLESOME NOURISHMENT
Your Ayurvedic diet is tailored to your individual body and your specific imbalances.
With an Ayurvedic diet you feel joy and satisfaction because what you are eating truly nourishes and balances you.
Disease results from diets and lifestyles that are incompatible with your nature.
By eating a personalized diet matched to your body, you experience optimal health.
See How it Works.
Ayurveda assesses metabolic imbalances through 20 main biocharacteristics
(gunas).
Aggravating them weakens your body and causes imbalance.
By knowing which biocharacteristics are habitually imbalanced in your body, you will be able to identify and correct metabolic imbalances before you get sick.
Every biocharacteristic has an opposite which balances it (i.e. hot balances cold).
You restore balance by favoring diet and lifestyle choices that increase the opposite biocharacteristic.
Taste is used to sense the most basic properties and effects of food.
Each taste has a specific medicinal effect on your body.
Cravings for food with certain tastes indicate your body is craving specific medicinal results from food.
Taste is experienced on the tongue and represents your body's reaction to foods.
Sweet taste causes physical satisfaction and attraction whereas bitter taste causes discomfort and aversion.
Kapha should use less sweet taste while Vata and Pitta would benefit from using more sweet taste.
One of the first signs of illness is that your taste and appetite for food changes.
The six tastes are sweet, sour, salty, pungent, bitter, and astringent.
Do you crave foods with any of the tastes below?
Ayurveda is a metabolic theory of medicine that explains individual health, tendencies, and disease patterns through the concept of doshas, which can be understood as your metabolic patterns and tendencies.
Each dosha reflects a distinct metabolic nature and describes strengths & weaknesses in bodily function, and how these affect energy levels, digestion, susceptibility to disease, and many other tendencies.
Your metabolic nature not only affects your physical characteristics, but also influences your mental thought patterns, confidence, and enthusiasm.
Ayurveda balances these metabolic strengths & weaknesses to support your body's vitality and prevent recurrent disease cycles. This support is a critical aid, especially in chronic or incurable disease conditions.
The 3 metabolic body types
(doshas),
are Catabolic (Vata), Metabolic (Pitta), and Anabolic (Kapha).
Through dosha, Ayurveda empowers people to identify metabolic imbalances early, break repetitive patterns of disease, and cultivate habits that support long-term vitality and well-being.
Ultimately, these metabolic patterns also provide a framework for understanding yourself, including body, mind, and spiritual tendencies.
Ayurveda & Greek Medicine were the dominant form of medicine along the Silk Road from England to China and South Asia.
They work by assessing your metabolic type, patterns, and nature.
Greek medicine recognizes 4 metabolic temperaments, Melancholic, Choleric, Sanguine, and Phlegmatic.
Cold and dry with a slow, variable or erratic metabolism. Colicky, tense. Withdrawn, pensive, anxious, and hesitant. Analytical, intelligent, detail oriented and creative. Prone to ojas depletion, dehydration, an overactive nervous system, and depression.
Has a hot and dry metabolic nature. Enthusiastic, vibrant and bright. In excess burns up fluids and ojas, irritable. Corresponds to high bilirubin in the blood that irritates and heats up the body and liver.
Herbs or spices with volatile essential oils that present strong aromas. Aromatic oils shock, refresh and numb tissue, with the end result of relaxing, opening and clearing stagnant fluids in tissues.
Geriatric conditions typically involve low agni / metabolism, poor circulation, weakness & debility, muscle weakening, poor digestion, a drop in sex hormones, and connective tissue degradation in bones & skin.
Medicinal Benefits, Uses & Herbal Actions of Ginger (Fresh)
Experiences are Personal
Experiences vary according to the person and constitution. Individual results may vary.
The list of herbal-actions below has not be approved by the FDA and should not be used to treat a medical condition.
Stimulates the release of gas. Helpful for bloating or cramping abdominal pain. Propels food downward. Carminatives typically expel gas by relaxing the muscles of the intestines.
A sialogogue increases saliva. Sour foods are often great sialogogues, and increase output of all exocrine glands. Salty taste is very moistening as well. Bitter, pungent and sweettastes also increase salivary output but to a
lesser degree. Astringents.
An herb that strengthens spleen function by improving strength of the blood. Spleen tonics Builds agni, brighten the person's appearances & firms up tissues.
An herb that increases appetite or settles a nauseas or nervous stomach. These generally increase the digestive fire, therefore relieving symptoms of sluggish or difficult digestion.
STRONG NERVINE
Balances the nervous system. They can help with stress, memory, early alzheimer's, and even chronic pain. Often they are aromatic in nature.
Fibrosis of an organ is often a progressive leading to organ failure (i.e lungs, liver, kidney). While vulneraries usually help restore collagen, antifibrotic herbs often clear collagen. Aka fibrinolytic.
Strengthens the lungs. Lung tonics include antifibrotic, vessel tonic, or nourishing herbs with an affinity for the lungs. They aid recovery in acute or chronic lung conditions.
STRONG ANTIPLATELET
An herb that inhibits clotting, dissolves clots, thins the blood, or destroys platelets, therefore reducing the tendency of blood to form clots. They are useful in cardiovascular disease, clots, and stroke. Aka anticoagulant.
A vasodilator is an herb that widens the blood vessels by the relaxation of smooth muscle cells within the vessel walls, thereby increasing circulation systemically or to a local area.
STRONG HEPATOPROTECTIVE
An herb that is capable of preventing liver damage. Many hepatoprotectives work via antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties.
Scrapes fats / cleanses blood vessels by 1) purging bile, 2) strengthening the liver's ability to metabolize fats, 3) by increasing uptake of cholesterol in the liver, and 4) by inhibiting fat cells.
In each study below, students from the
Joyful Belly College of Ayurveda ate the selected food for 3 days and reported the effects.
See other studies of food & herbs at Joyful Belly.
TEMPERATURE/CIRCULATION
How did Ginger Fresh affect your temperature?
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Total Responses: 28 Study ID:85 (2022-01-15 - 2022-01-24)
How did Ginger Fresh affect your ear temperature?
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Hotter
No Change
Cooler
Total Responses: 28 Study ID:85 (2022-01-15 - 2022-01-24)
How did Ginger Fresh affect your sweat quantity?
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Total Responses: 28 Study ID:85 (2022-01-15 - 2022-01-24)
How did Ginger Fresh affect the color of your skin?
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Paler
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Grayer
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Total Responses: 28 Study ID:85 (2022-01-15 - 2022-01-24)
How did Ginger Fresh affect the color of your tongue body?
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Redder
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Total Responses: 28 Study ID:85 (2022-01-15 - 2022-01-24)
How did Ginger Fresh affect the swelling of your tongue body?
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Total Responses: 28 Study ID:85 (2022-01-15 - 2022-01-24)
How did Ginger Fresh affect your appetite/hunger?
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Total Responses: 28 Study ID:85 (2022-01-15 - 2022-01-24)
How did Ginger Fresh affect your digestion speed?
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Total Responses: 28 Study ID:85 (2022-01-15 - 2022-01-24)
TOXINS
How did Ginger Fresh affect the amount of gas & bloating?
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Total Responses: 28 Study ID:85 (2022-01-15 - 2022-01-24)
How did Ginger Fresh affect your stool smell?
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Total Responses: 28 Study ID:85 (2022-01-15 - 2022-01-24)
How did Ginger Fresh affect the thickness & size of your tongue coating?
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Total Responses: 28 Study ID:85 (2022-01-15 - 2022-01-24)
How did Ginger Fresh affect the color of your tongue coating?
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Yellower
Browner
Grayer
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No Change
Total Responses: 28 Study ID:85 (2022-01-15 - 2022-01-24)
How did Ginger Fresh affect your throat soreness?
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No Change
Less sore
Total Responses: 28 Study ID:85 (2022-01-15 - 2022-01-24)
How did Ginger Fresh affect your urine smell?
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Total Responses: 28 Study ID:85 (2022-01-15 - 2022-01-24)
How did Ginger Fresh affect the amount of bubbles in your urine?
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Total Responses: 28 Study ID:85 (2022-01-15 - 2022-01-24)
How did Ginger Fresh affect your sweat smell?
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Total Responses: 28 Study ID:85 (2022-01-15 - 2022-01-24)
How did Ginger Fresh affect your acne?
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More acne
No Change
Less acne
Total Responses: 28 Study ID:85 (2022-01-15 - 2022-01-24)
How did Ginger Fresh affect your freckles/moles?
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Darker
No Change
Lighter
Total Responses: 28 Study ID:85 (2022-01-15 - 2022-01-24)
How did Ginger Fresh affect the color of your sclera (white part of eye)?
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Yellower
Grayer
Browner
Whiter
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Total Responses: 28 Study ID:85 (2022-01-15 - 2022-01-24)
How did Ginger Fresh affect the color of the lower eye lid?
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More purple
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Less green/purple
Total Responses: 28 Study ID:85 (2022-01-15 - 2022-01-24)
HYDRATION
How did Ginger Fresh affect your urine frequency/quantity?
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Total Responses: 28 Study ID:85 (2022-01-15 - 2022-01-24)
How did Ginger Fresh affect the dryness of your skin?
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Oilier
No Change
Total Responses: 28 Study ID:85 (2022-01-15 - 2022-01-24)
How did Ginger Fresh affect the puffiness of lower eye lid?
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Less Puffy
Total Responses: 28 Study ID:85 (2022-01-15 - 2022-01-24)
How did Ginger Fresh affect the cracks on your tongue?
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Total Responses: 28 Study ID:85 (2022-01-15 - 2022-01-24)
FLUID-THICKNESS
How did Ginger Fresh affect your ear pressure?
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Less pressure
Total Responses: 28 Study ID:85 (2022-01-15 - 2022-01-24)
How did Ginger Fresh affect your congestion?
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More congestion
No Change
Less congestion
Total Responses: 28 Study ID:85 (2022-01-15 - 2022-01-24)
How did Ginger Fresh affect the thickness of your mucous congestion?
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Less thick
Total Responses: 28 Study ID:85 (2022-01-15 - 2022-01-24)
NERVOUS-SYSTEM
How did Ginger Fresh affect your energy levels?
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Total Responses: 28 Study ID:85 (2022-01-15 - 2022-01-24)
How did Ginger Fresh affect your muscle tension?
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Total Responses: 28 Study ID:85 (2022-01-15 - 2022-01-24)
How did Ginger Fresh affect your anxiety?
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Total Responses: 28 Study ID:85 (2022-01-15 - 2022-01-24)
How did Ginger Fresh affect the stillness of your tongue?
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More Trembling / Jittery
Total Responses: 28 Study ID:85 (2022-01-15 - 2022-01-24)
DIGESTION
How did Ginger Fresh affect your appetite/hunger?
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Much hungrier
Total Responses: 28 Study ID:85 (2022-01-15 - 2022-01-24)
How did Ginger Fresh affect burning sensations in digestive tract (do not include acid reflux)?
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Total Responses: 28 Study ID:85 (2022-01-15 - 2022-01-24)
How did Ginger Fresh affect your digestion speed?
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Much slower
Total Responses: 28 Study ID:85 (2022-01-15 - 2022-01-24)
How did Ginger Fresh affect the amount of gas & bloating?
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Total Responses: 28 Study ID:85 (2022-01-15 - 2022-01-24)
TONGUE
How did Ginger Fresh affect the cracks on your tongue?
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Total Responses: 28 Study ID:85 (2022-01-15 - 2022-01-24)
How did Ginger Fresh affect the color of your tongue body?
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Redder
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Total Responses: 28 Study ID:85 (2022-01-15 - 2022-01-24)
How did Ginger Fresh affect the color of your tongue coating?
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1
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Yellower
Browner
Grayer
Whiter
No Change
Total Responses: 28 Study ID:85 (2022-01-15 - 2022-01-24)
How did Ginger Fresh affect the swelling of your tongue body?
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More Swelling
Less Swelling
No Change
Total Responses: 28 Study ID:85 (2022-01-15 - 2022-01-24)
How did Ginger Fresh affect the stillness of your tongue?
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More still
No Change
More Trembling / Jittery
Total Responses: 28 Study ID:85 (2022-01-15 - 2022-01-24)
How did Ginger Fresh affect the thickness & size of your tongue coating?
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Much smaller
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Slightly larger coating
Much larger
Total Responses: 28 Study ID:85 (2022-01-15 - 2022-01-24)
STOOL
How did Ginger Fresh affect your stool frequency/quantity?
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Total Responses: 28 Study ID:85 (2022-01-15 - 2022-01-24)
How did Ginger Fresh affect your stool color?
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Total Responses: 28 Study ID:85 (2022-01-15 - 2022-01-24)
How did Ginger Fresh affect your stool lightness?
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Total Responses: 28 Study ID:85 (2022-01-15 - 2022-01-24)
How did Ginger Fresh affect your stool smell?
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Total Responses: 28 Study ID:85 (2022-01-15 - 2022-01-24)
How did Ginger Fresh affect your stool consistency?
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Total Responses: 28 Study ID:85 (2022-01-15 - 2022-01-24)
URINE
How did Ginger Fresh affect your urine frequency/quantity?
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Total Responses: 28 Study ID:85 (2022-01-15 - 2022-01-24)
How did Ginger Fresh affect the amount of bubbles in your urine?
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Total Responses: 28 Study ID:85 (2022-01-15 - 2022-01-24)
How did Ginger Fresh affect your urine clarity?
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More clear
Total Responses: 28 Study ID:85 (2022-01-15 - 2022-01-24)
How did Ginger Fresh affect your urine smell?
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Total Responses: 28 Study ID:85 (2022-01-15 - 2022-01-24)
How did Ginger Fresh affect your urine lightness?
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Much lighter
Slightly lighter
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Slightly Darker
Much Darker
Total Responses: 28 Study ID:85 (2022-01-15 - 2022-01-24)
SWEAT
How did Ginger Fresh affect your sweat quantity?
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0
1
0
16
10
1
Much less
Slightly less
Same
Slightly more
Much more
Total Responses: 28 Study ID:85 (2022-01-15 - 2022-01-24)
How did Ginger Fresh affect your sweat smell?
25
20
15
10
5
0
0
2
22
4
0
Much less
Slightly less
Same
Slightly more
Much more
Total Responses: 28 Study ID:85 (2022-01-15 - 2022-01-24)
SKIN
How did Ginger Fresh affect the color of your skin?
30
24
18
12
6
0
0
0
5
0
23
Yellower/Greener
Paler
Redder
Grayer
No Change
Total Responses: 28 Study ID:85 (2022-01-15 - 2022-01-24)
How did Ginger Fresh affect your freckles/moles?
35
28
21
14
7
0
0
28
0
Darker
No Change
Lighter
Total Responses: 28 Study ID:85 (2022-01-15 - 2022-01-24)
How did Ginger Fresh affect your acne?
30
24
18
12
6
0
0
26
2
More acne
No Change
Less acne
Total Responses: 28 Study ID:85 (2022-01-15 - 2022-01-24)
How did Ginger Fresh affect the dryness of your skin?
30
24
18
12
6
0
2
0
26
Drier
Oilier
No Change
Total Responses: 28 Study ID:85 (2022-01-15 - 2022-01-24)
EYE
How did Ginger Fresh affect the color of your sclera (white part of eye)?
30
24
18
12
6
0
1
0
0
0
2
Redder/Bloodshot
Yellower
Grayer
Browner
Whiter
25
No Change
Total Responses: 28 Study ID:85 (2022-01-15 - 2022-01-24)
How did Ginger Fresh affect the color of the lower eye lid?
30
24
18
12
6
0
0
0
27
1
More green/dark green
More purple
No Change
Less green/purple
Total Responses: 28 Study ID:85 (2022-01-15 - 2022-01-24)
How did Ginger Fresh affect the puffiness of lower eye lid?
30
24
18
12
6
0
0
24
4
Puffier
No Change
Less Puffy
Total Responses: 28 Study ID:85 (2022-01-15 - 2022-01-24)
ENT
How did Ginger Fresh affect your throat soreness?
22
18
14
10
6
2
3
17
8
More sore
No Change
Less sore
Total Responses: 28 Study ID:85 (2022-01-15 - 2022-01-24)
How did Ginger Fresh affect the thickness of your mucous congestion?
25
20
15
10
5
0
1
5
22
More thick
No Change
Less thick
Total Responses: 28 Study ID:85 (2022-01-15 - 2022-01-24)
How did Ginger Fresh affect your ear temperature?
20
16
12
8
4
0
13
14
1
Hotter
No Change
Cooler
Total Responses: 28 Study ID:85 (2022-01-15 - 2022-01-24)
How did Ginger Fresh affect your congestion?
25
20
15
10
5
0
0
7
21
More congestion
No Change
Less congestion
Total Responses: 28 Study ID:85 (2022-01-15 - 2022-01-24)
How did Ginger Fresh affect your ear pressure?
25
20
15
10
5
0
1
22
5
More pressure
No Change
Less pressure
Total Responses: 28 Study ID:85 (2022-01-15 - 2022-01-24)
SYSTEMIC
How did Ginger Fresh affect your energy levels?
25
20
15
10
5
0
0
0
7
21
0
Much less energy
Slightly less
Same
Slightly more energy
Much more
Total Responses: 28 Study ID:85 (2022-01-15 - 2022-01-24)
How did Ginger Fresh affect your muscle tension?
20
16
12
8
4
0
0
8
16
4
0
Much less tension
Slightly less
Same
Slightly more tension
Much more
Total Responses: 28 Study ID:85 (2022-01-15 - 2022-01-24)
How did Ginger Fresh affect your anxiety?
20
16
12
8
4
0
0
4
18
6
0
Much less anxiety
Slightly less
Same
Slightly more anxiety
Much more
Total Responses: 28 Study ID:85 (2022-01-15 - 2022-01-24)
How did Ginger Fresh affect your temperature?
20
16
12
8
4
0
0
0
5
15
8
Much colder
Slightly colder
Same
Slightly warmer
Much warmer
Total Responses: 28 Study ID:85 (2022-01-15 - 2022-01-24)
HEART
How did Ginger Fresh affect your heart rhythm?
30
24
18
12
6
0
4
24
0
More palpitations
Same
Less palpitations
Total Responses: 28 Study ID:85 (2022-01-15 - 2022-01-24)
How did Ginger Fresh affect your heart pain/pressure/cramping?
30
24
18
12
6
0
0
1
25
2
0
Much less
Slightly less
Same
Slightly more
Much more
Total Responses: 28 Study ID:85 (2022-01-15 - 2022-01-24)
How did Ginger Fresh affect your heart rate?
20
16
12
8
4
0
0
0
17
10
1
Much slower
Slightly slower
Same
Slightly faster
Much faster
Total Responses: 28 Study ID:85 (2022-01-15 - 2022-01-24)
Ginger (Fresh) may be beneficial for these symptoms.
The suitability of any food for a condition is highly dependent on the individual.
Please see your doctor before using this food to treat a medical condition.
We will use this information to better predict food that helps you.
CONTRAINDICATED FOR THESE SYMPTOMS
Ginger (Fresh) may be harmful or contraindicated for these symptoms.
Note this is not a complete list of all possible contraindications.
Please see your doctor before using this food to treat a medical condition.
High pitta with heartburn, uclers, or sweating.
Herb Drug Interaction Risk
Here are some potential herb drug interactions with Ginger (Fresh). Please see your health care provider for more information.
Analgesic: If the mechanism of pain relief is narcotic, do not combine with antihistamines.
Antiplatelet: Avoid if taking blood thinners.
Blood-thinner: Patients on warfarin (coumadin) and other anticoagulants, or who have clotting difficulties, should take special caution to only use blood thinners under the supervision of a medical doctor.
Decongestant: For decongestants whose mechanism is vasoconstriction, could potentially increase blood pressure.
Hepatoprotective: Anything that strengthens or cleanses the liver can clear drugs more quickly, requiring a higher dose.
Hypolipidemic: May magnify the effect of cholesterol lowering drugs.
Hypotensive: Herbs that lower blood pressure can magnify the effect of blood pressure reducing pharmaceuticals.
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“Ginger and castor oil is the traditional recipe. Castor oil is a purgative and very cleansing. Ghee is soothing and building. There is a large difference between the two. Castor oil has a quite strong effect and ghee is mild."
“You may use fresh or dried ginger. Take 1-3 tsp of the castor oil, depending on your constitution. Castor oil has several contraindications. Please research before taking."
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