Description:
Ginger is a warmimg anti inflammatory herb
Dosage:
*low dose 0.5-2 mls per day, 5-15 mls per week
Parts Used:
Rhizome
Main Actions:
- Antiemetic
- Carminative
- Peripheral circulatory stimulant
- Anti-inflammatory
- Antiplatelet
- Diaphoretic
- Pungent
- Aromatic digestive
Key Indications:
- Nausea, morning sickness, travel sickness
- Digestive weakness, dyspepsia, intestinal colic, abdominal bloating, flatulent colic
- Acute infections, fever, common cold
- Acute bronchitis, bronchiectasis, chronic bronchitis, asthma, bronchial asthma
- Osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, rheumatism
- Spasmodic dysmenorrhoea, endometriosis
- Impaired peripheral circulation, Raynaud’s syndrome
Major Safety Issues:
Caution in peptic ulceration, gallstones, pregnancy and with warfarin