What are the efficacy and taboos of ginger consumption?

Ginger has different names in different places, such as ginger peel, ginger root, hundred spicy clouds and so on. Can be eaten for external use, let's talk about the efficacy of ginger and what are the taboos?

1. Brief introduction of ginger

1. What kind of environment does ginger need to grow?

Ginger is native to the tropical region of Southeast Asia. It likes warm and humid climate, and its cold and drought resistance is weak. The plant can only grow in frost-free period. The most suitable temperature for growth is 25-28 ℃. If the temperature is lower than 20 ℃, the plant will sprout slowly, and the plant will wither when it is frosted. If it is frosted, the rhizome will lose its germination ability completely.

two。 What are the main producing areas of ginger?

The main producing areas of ginger include east-central, southeast to southwest of China, Laifeng, Tongshan, Yangxin, Echeng, Xianning and Tongling. It is widely cultivated in Changyi, Anqiu and other cities in Shandong Province, as well as in tropical Asia.

Second, the efficacy and taboos of ginger

Ginger contains spicy and aromatic ingredients. The spicy component is the "ginger oil ketone" in an aromatic volatile oil. It is mainly ginger oil terpene, eucalyptus oil essence, starch, mucus and so on. Among them, the edible part is 95%. The following is a list of nutritional components.

Table of nutritional components per 100 grams of ginger

Energy.

172kj

Moisture content

87g

Protein

1.3g

Fat

0.6g

Dietary fiber

2.7g

Carbohydrate

7.6g

Carotene

170 μ g

Retinol

28 μ g

Selenium

0.56 μ g

Phosphorus

25mg

Thiamine

0.02mg

Riboflavin

0.03mg

Nicotinic acid

0.8mg

vitamin C

4mg

Gingerol

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Potassium

295mg

Sodium

14.9mg

Calcium

27mg

Magnesium

44mg

Iron

1.4mg

Zinc

0.34mg

Molybdenum

0.14mg

Manganese

320mg

1. Ginger can inhibit tumors: ginger has an inhibitory effect on the central nervous system. Ginger oil can significantly inhibit the spontaneous activity of mice, prolong the sleep time of pentobarbital sodium, resist pentylenetetrazol convulsion, and reduce the body temperature of yeast-induced febrile rats. The action on the central nervous system is at the level above the spinal cord, and its mechanism may be related to the inhibition of the facilitation of excitatory synapses.

two。 Anti-pathogenic microorganism effect of ginger: ginger extract had obvious inhibitory effect on Staphylococcus aureus, Staphylococcus Albus, typhoid bacillus, Shigella sonnei and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Especially Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus Albus had the strongest inhibitory effect. The P / N ratio of HBsAg significantly decreased after ginger root extract was exposed to HBsAg for 3 hours, but the decline rate did not increase after more than 3 hours. The aqueous extract of ginger has a strong bactericidal effect on Salmonella typhimurium and Vibrio cholerae in vitro. it can inhibit Trichophyton in test tube. Gingerol and gingerol in ginger rhizome can kill molluscs and schistosomiasis and can be used to treat schistosomiasis.

3. Ginger has antioxidant effect: adding active oxygen scavengers or ginger extract can inhibit DNA damage caused by lipid peroxidation; ginger extract can also inhibit the production of reactive oxygen species and the oxidation of linoleic acid.

4. Ginger has the effect of deodorizing and deodorizing: in fried fish, fried mutton and other flavored meat food, adding ginger can remove the flavor and improve the freshness.

5. Ginger has the effect of appetizing and invigorating the spleen and promoting appetite: the irritation of ginger can speed up gastrointestinal peristalsis and improve appetite.

6. Ginger can prevent dizziness and nausea and vomiting: if you feel dizzy and want to throw up, you can eat some ginger to relieve the symptoms.

7. Ginger can ward off cold and relieve cold symptoms: in the early stage of a cold or when you catch a cold, boil with ginger or cola and drink it while it is hot to remove the cold in the body.

8. Don't peel the ginger when you use it, just wash it clean. If it's bad ginger, don't eat it any more.

9. As the Chinese saying goes: radish in bed and ginger out of bed means to eat ginger in the morning and radish in the evening, because ginger is an irritating food, don't eat it at night, it's bad for the stomach and intestines.

10. Patients with body heat, pneumonia, diabetes, hemorrhoids and so on should not eat ginger.

Third, the price of ginger

1. The following table shows the prices of ginger in some areas:

Product

Ginger price

Area

Washed ginger

2.80 yuan per jin

Laiwu

Mother Jiang

1.00 yuan per jin

Laiwu

Muddy ginger (fine)

2.30 yuan per jin

Anqiu

Muddy ginger (high quality)

1.90-2.10 yuan per jin

Anqiu

New ginger

1.35-1.50 yuan per jin

Anqiu

two。 The prices of some processed products of ginger, such as canned products (there are many brands on the market), ginger oil, ginger extract and so on are also different.