Scientific name: Zingiber officinale Roscoe; English: Ginger; Tagalog: Luya
History proves that Ginger or luya is a very effective medicinal plant. it is used in treating:
1. Cold and flu
2. It enhances the heart helping to regulate its function to beat more strongly and slowly and that blood pressure lowers by 10 to 15 points after its ingestion. A component of ginger has a balancing effect, lowering high blood pressure and raising low blood pressure.
3. It proves to remove cholesterol from both the blood and liver.It also helps prevent rise in blood choilesterol levels that accompanies cholesterol-rich meals.
4. It also soth the stomach, helping digestion, it facilitates the breakdown of fod in the stomach and the absorption of food in the small intestine.
5. It helps prevent nausea both due to postoperative and chemotheraphy as well as motion sickness. it also reduced nausea caused by pregnancy. Daily intake of ginger will not stimulate uterine contraction.
6. It is found to be useful in treatment of migraine.
7. It also act as natural aphrodisiac
8. It also help boost weight loss by increasing the calorie you can burn.
9. It also releives sore throat.
For sore throat medications: wash and peel a small piece of ginger. Chew slowly for a few minutes. swallow the juice. or, keep a small piece in the mouthm chewing it little by little.
