Summer is the time to eat ginger

China's traditional Chinese medicine reported

        " Winter eat eat Luobu Xia Jiang, no doctor prescription." Ginger has a long history, in "the Analects of Confucius", Confucius put forward "not cancel ginger food, do not eat" the thought of keeping in good health. " Dongpo miscellany" chronicles Qian Tang Hangzhou Jingci Temple80 years old monk was child," says take ginger40 years, therefore not old". Su Shi also wrote a" fitness song" at the beginning of a mention:" a pound of ginger ginger half a catty jujube ... ... Confidante is never old." Folk also has a large number of ginger proverbs such as " good morning three slices of ginger, more than drink ginseng"," eat late Early radish to eat ginger, doctor, urgent confused"," home and prepare ginger, small do not panic; summer eat ginger, longevity and health .".

        Japan in recent years has become popular" Ginger group", they are using ginger as health food hero. Ginger is called" revive grass", also called "revive and ginger soup", this shows its health care function. Ginger sexual Xin, a cold sweat, Huatanzhike, appetizers, spleen, refreshing, help digestion and other functions, summer morning, drink ginger tea or cooking, put some ginger, all are good for me. So at all times and in all countries have a lot of people like to eat ginger.

        But the ginger is also taboo, such as" within a year, autumn is not fresh ginger; within a day, the night did not eat ginger"," at night to eat ginger, equivalent to eating arsenic"; those belonging to Yin Huo-wang, red eyes and heat, not long-term consumption of ginger. In addition, pneumonia, tuberculosis, pulmonary abscess, cholecystitis, acute pyelonephritis, furuncle, carbuncle of gastric ulcer, diabetes and hemorrhoids patients can not eat long ginger. Cankered ginger can not eat. ( Zhang Hongtao )