Ginger

Scientific Name: Zingiber officinale

Ginger (family: Zingiberaceae) is widely used as a spice and a folk medicine

In traditional Chinese medicine, ginger is classified as a warming remedy releasing exterior conditions. Fresh ginger is used for abdominal distension, coughing, vomiting, and for promoting sweating and reducing the poisonous effect of other herbs. The steamed and dried rhizome is used to treat abdominal pain, lumbago and diarrhea, and also for the treatment of cholera, haemorrhage, rheumatism and toothache.

A.R.Yasmin, S.L.Chia, Q.H.Looi, A.R.Omar, M.M.Noordin, A.Ideris, Chapter 7 – Herbal extracts as antiviral agents, Feed Additives, p. 115 – 132, 2020.