I believe that everyone has heard of such a sentence, "eat radish in winter and eat ginger in summer, do not work for the doctor to prescribe", from this proverb, it can be seen that ginger plays a significant role in health care.
In traditional Chinese medicine, ginger is a typical antidote, which can make the cold evil invading the body dissolve with the volatilization of sweat, and is suitable for the treatment of fever, headache, cold deficiency, cold intolerance and other symptoms.
In addition to oral administration, ginger has other wonderful ways to help treat some common ailments. Let's take a look at how to use ginger to cure these 5 small diseases.
1. Ginger soaking feet to alleviate the lack of yang qi
Cut the ginger into small pieces, put it in clean water and bring it to a boil over high heat, and then mix it with a certain proportion of hot water so that the amount of water can flood the three yin intercourse acupuncture points in the calf area, that is, the position of the four fingers above the inner ankle, and soak the feet for about 30 minutes.
This method can effectively remove moisture and cold in the body, especially suitable for people with insufficient yang qi, insist on using ginger to soak their feet for about a month, you can feel the cold hands and feet, cold and cold, easy to diarrhea, lack of energy and other symptoms to be well alleviated.
2. Ginger hot compress to relieve joint pain
Many friends will have joint pain on rainy days or when the cold cools down, which is commonly known as rheumatism. Friends with such symptoms may wish to try to apply ginger tablets externally.
Specifically, the ginger is cut into ginger slices about half a centimeter thick, then heated in thick brine until boiling, and then the hot ginger slices are fished out and applied to the painful joints.
Because joint pain is usually related to kidney sperm loss and insufficient metaplasia, ginger can replenish the yang qi of the kidneys, so it is very effective against joint pain caused by cold and wet stasis.
3. Ginger and shallots are applied externally to relieve frozen shoulder
The ginger and green onion are mashed into puree, sautéed over low heat, then add an appropriate amount of white wine, wrap it in gauze, steam it on the pot, and apply it to the painful joints.
It is recommended to apply a warm compress before going to bed, wrap it tightly in a towel on the outside, and then remove it after getting up the next day, usually a dose of medicine can be used 3 to 4 times.
4. Ginger tangerine peel soup relieves abdominal pain and vomiting
In the summer, many people like to drink cold drinks, which is easy to cause cold to invade the stomach, causing abdominal pain and vomiting, and Chinese medicine believes that ginger is a "vomiting holy medicine", which is suitable for the treatment of abdominal pain and vomiting caused by external wind chills.
To do this, choose ginger and tangerine peel, add water and cook, and take it hot. Note that when abdominal pain and vomiting symptoms occur, you should cook ginger tangerine peel soup in time to take it, so that the treatment effect will be better.
5, ginger and green onion white soup to relieve cold and cold
Some friends have a cold, but it is not suitable for taking too many drugs, at this time you may wish to try the ginger and onion white soup. Cut the ginger and green onion white into small pieces, add a little sugar, usually friends with a cold constitution can choose brown sugar, and friends with a hot constitution are best to choose rock sugar.
Add the right amount of water to boil, put it to the right temperature and drink it hot, then rest in bed. Repeat several times, the symptoms of wind chills and colds will be effectively alleviated.
In addition to making condiments, ginger also has many wonderful ways to help treat some common diseases, such as boiling ginger water for foot soaking, which can treat insufficient yang qi;
Heat compresses of ginger slices can relieve joint pain, while ginger plus green onion white mash together, heating external compresses can effectively relieve frozen shoulder;
Boiling ginger and tangerine peel into a soup can treat abdominal pain and vomiting, while ginger and green onion white soup is more effective for colds and colds.
Mastering these small methods of using ginger, it is no longer difficult to prevent and cure diseases.