Ginger is a strong ally for various types of pain, and seems to be equally as effective as NSAID’s. It relieves pain through its anti-inflammatory and blood moving actions, and can help with things like menstrual cramps and rhuematoid or osteoarthritis.

Ginger improves circulation and blood flow throughout the body. Sometimes, doctors will recommend patients to take asprin daily as a prevention for strokes and heart attacks because it makes the blood less prone to clotting. The problem is, regular or long term use of medications like this can lead to serious side effects, such as bleeding in the digestive tract. Ginger root has the SAME effect on the body as asprin and inhibits all the same enzymes, which makes the blood less prone to clotting, and does not come along with the harmful effects.

For illness, particularly cold + flu and respiratory infections, Ginger’s hot and drying energy helps to rid of the cold and damp energy that comes along with the sickness. This is why energetics are important in herbalism- every condition has a specific energy, every body has a different constitution, and every herb has it’s own energy that when used correctly, works with the systems of body in an incredible way.

It contains powerful antimicrobial, antibiotic, antiviral & antibacterial properties that make it wonderful in fighting infection. It can also relieve sore throat, loosen up stuck mucus, and treat fevers.

It’s no secret that Ginger is one of the best herbs for digestion. It helps with stagnant digestion, relieves digestive discomfort such as gas, bloating, nausea, and more. It has also been long used for food poisoning. Its digestive stimulants trigger the production of digestive fluids. This helps combat the effects of overeating, improper chewing, or excessive motion while eating. It makes the digestive process more efficient, increasing gastric motility and neutralizing toxins and acids in the digestive tract.

Ginger has also been shown to modulate cholesterol to healthy levels and reduce blood glucose.

It promotes healing after childbirth, and can also stimulate the production of breast milk for mothers in the first few days postpartum.

Stephen Buner, the author of a book called Herbal Antibiotics, says “Ginger increases the potency of herbs and pharmaceuticals if added to a protocol, inhibits bacterial resistance mechanisms in pathogens, stimulates circulation, and reduces the toxicity of endotoxins and pollutants. It dilates blood vessels and increases circulation, helping the blood, and the constituents in the blood from other herbs, to achieve faster and more effective distribution in the body”. This essentially means that when Ginger is included with other herbs, it helps to deliver them throughout the body more quickly.