"Ginger" is a familiar and commonly used condiment and seasoning. In addition to its culinary uses, it also has many medicinal properties. As a common saying goes, "If you have ginger at home, you won't panic over minor ailments."
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In fact, in daily life, a cup of "hot ginger water" can prevent and treat many common illnesses.
Preparation Method
① It is best to choose fresh ginger with its skin on. Wash it and cut 2-3 slices.
② Finely mince the ginger slices, trying to chop them as finely as possible.
③ Place the minced ginger in a cup, pour in boiling water, and wait for five minutes for the flavor to fully infuse the water before drinking. Alternatively, you can bring water to a boil in a pot, add the ginger slices, then simmer over low heat for 5-10 minutes before use.
What illnesses can hot ginger water treat?
1. Periodontitis, Cavities
Gargle with hot ginger water like tea, once in the morning and once at night, is quite effective for protecting teeth and preventing and treating cavities. You can also drink hot ginger water with a little salt added, 2-3 times a day.
2. Wind-cold cold, Headache
Ginger is pungent in taste and warm in nature, with the effects of inducing sweat to release the exterior, warming the lungs to stop cough, and detoxifying. It is primarily indicated for external wind-cold invasion, stomach-cold vomiting, and wind-cold cough.
Method: Soak feet in hot ginger water. Immerse both feet in the hot ginger water, ensuring the water level reaches the ankle bones. During the soak, you can add a little salt and vinegar to the water, and continuously add more hot water. Soak until the tops of your feet turn red.
3. Waist and Shoulder Pain
Ginger water can warm the middle jiao to expel cold and dredge the meridians, providing excellent relief for the common waist, leg, and knee pain caused by cold weather.
Method: Add a little salt and vinegar to the hot ginger water. Soak a towel in the water, wring it out, and apply it to the affected area. Repeat several times. This can relax the muscles, promote blood circulation, and significantly alleviate pain.
4. Facial Acne
Wash your face with hot ginger water, once in the morning and once at night, for about 2 months, and the acne will lessen or disappear. This method also has a certain therapeutic effect on freckles and dry skin.
5. Erectile Dysfunction, Kidney Deficiency
Since ancient times, Traditional Chinese Medicine has said, "A man should not go a hundred days without ginger." Ginger can help with yang and treat kidney deficiency and erectile dysfunction. Drinking ginger and goji berry tea can treat erectile dysfunction, aversion to cold, cold limbs, lower back pain, soreness in the lower back and knees, and fatigue caused by kidney yang deficiency.
Method: Place an appropriate amount of ginger and goji berries in a pot, add two bowls of water, bring to a boil over high heat, then turn to medium-low heat. When the liquid is reduced to one bowl, add brown sugar and cook for another 5 minutes before drinking.
6. Pharyngitis, Cough
Drink white radish, honey, and ginger water. Ginger is a common herb for dispelling wind-cold, stopping vomiting, and promoting the descent of qi. White radish is pungent and sweet, with effects of clearing heat to promote fluid production, transforming phlegm, and stopping cough. Honey moistens dryness and stops cough. Therefore, the combination of the three can expel cold, ventilate the lungs, and dispel wind to stop cough.
Method: Take 5 slices of white radish, 3 slices of ginger, 3 red dates, and 30 grams of honey. Add the white radish, ginger slices, and red dates to a pot with an appropriate amount of water and bring to a boil. Remove the dregs, add honey and mix well. Drink while warm.
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