& ldquo; Eat radish in winter and ginger in summer to keep healthy all year round& rdquo; This proverb shows the benefits of eating ginger in summer. Ginger is spicy, slightly warm, light and non-toxic. It is not lacking in four seasons. It can be fried with raw salt to make soup. It is also an indispensable ingredient in the meal. Jiang Yipi appetizers, stops vomiting, warms meridians and dispels cold, relieves headache and fever, regulates chronic cold and cold, cholera abdominal pain, vomiting and diarrhea, etc.
modern pharmacological studies also believe that ginger contains volatile oil, gingerol and other components, which can promote human blood circulation, excite the nervous system, help dispel wind and disperse cold, stimulate the secretion of gastrointestinal digestive juice and strengthen the digestive function of gastrointestinal tract. According to the pharmacology of ginger and people’s physical characteristics in summer, eating ginger in summer has the following benefits:
1. Improve appetite. Due to the hot summer, the human body is invaded by the heat, sweating too much, and the secretion of digestive juice is reduced. People are used to being greedy for the cold and like to eat cold food. They feel the cold at night, which is easy to produce heat dampness and affect the spleen and stomach. Therefore, in summer, people have a bad appetite and eat less and get tired of it.
gingerol in ginger can stimulate the taste nerve on the tongue, stimulate the receptors on the gastric mucosa, promote gastrointestinal congestion through nerve reflex, enhance gastrointestinal peristalsis, promote the secretion of digestive juice and enhance digestive function. It can also stimulate the small intestine and enhance the absorption function of intestinal mucosa, so as to appetize and strengthen the spleen, promote digestion and enhance appetite. Therefore, eating ginger in summer can significantly improve people’s appetite.
2. Detoxification and sterilization. In summer, people like to eat cold drinks, cold dishes, popsicles, ice cream and other cold foods. These foods are very easy to be polluted by external bacteria. If they are not eaten carefully, they will cause nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain and diarrhea. The volatile oil contained in ginger has the effect of sterilization and detoxification. In addition, due to the high temperature in summer, fish and meat should not be preserved, and the freshness is low. If you put some ginger, it can not only flavor but also detoxify.
3. Dispel wind and disperse cold. In summer, people like to eat cold products. If they eat too much, it is easy to cause deficiency cold in the spleen and stomach, abdominal pain, diarrhea and other symptoms. Ginger has the functions of warming, dispersing cold and relieving pain, which can avoid the above phenomena. The volatile oil of ginger can promote blood circulation and stimulate the respiratory center and vascular motor center of cerebral cortex, heart and medulla oblongata. Adding some ginger to the diet can refresh the mind, expel wind and disperse cold, and prevent abdominal colds and colds.
, however, since ginger has pharmacological effects, there are certain taboos. So eating ginger in summer should pay attention to the following questions:
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II. From the perspective of treatment, ginger brown sugar water is only suitable for patients with wind cold or stomach cold and fever after being exposed to the rain. It can not be used for patients with summer heat cold or wind heat cold, let alone for the treatment of heatstroke. Taking fresh ginger juice can cure vomiting caused by cold, but it is not suitable for other types of vomiting.
III. don’t eat rotten ginger. Rotten ginger will produce a highly toxic substance, which can denature and necrosis hepatocytes, thus inducing liver cancer, esophageal cancer and so on. That kind of & ldquo; Rotten ginger does not taste rotten & rdquo; Your statement is wrong.
IV. eating ginger is not the more the better. In hot summer, people are prone to dry mouth, thirst, sore throat and sweating. Ginger is pungent and warm. It is a hot food according to & ldquo; Hot is cold & rdquo; Principle, should not eat more. You can put a few slices of ginger in cooking or soup.