The Benefits of Men Eating Ginger
1. Increase appetite and slow aging
Middle aged and elderly men often experience physical weakness due to stomach cold and loss of appetite. They can often take fresh ginger slices to stimulate gastric juice secretion and promote digestion. Fresh ginger is not as dry as dry ginger, which has a strong dryness and moisturizes without damaging the yin. Cut four or five thin slices of fresh ginger every day, drink a cup of warm water in the morning, and then slowly chew the ginger slices in your mouth, allowing the odor of ginger to spread to the intestines and outside of your nostrils.
2. Treatment of kidney deficiency and impotence
Dry ginger warms the body and dissipates cold, invigorates the stomach and blood circulation, and wolfberry fruit nourishes the liver and kidney, improves essence and improves eyesight. This Tonic Diet can treat impotence, cold phobia, cold limbs, lumbago, waist and knee weakness, fatigue, etc. caused by kidney yang deficiency. However, ginger is a spicy and warm food that can only be used in cold conditions, but it should not be used too much to avoid breaking blood and damaging yin. If there are symptoms such as sore throat, dry throat, and dry stool, it is recommended not to use ginger to avoid worsening the symptoms.
3. Sterilization and detoxification
Scientific research has found that ginger can play the role of certain antibiotic, especially for salmonella. In the hot summer, food is easily contaminated by bacteria, and it grows and reproduces quickly, which can easily cause acute gastroenteritis. Eating some ginger in moderation can have a preventive effect. And ginger extract has significant effects on inhibiting skin fungi and killing trichomonas vaginalis, which can treat various types of carbuncle and sore toxins. In addition, ginger water can be gargled to treat bad breath and periodontitis.
4. Prevent cold injury to the spleen and stomach
Ginger has a warm nature and can be used to treat diseases. It is also a good ingredient. Adding ginger slices during cooking can also regulate the cold nature of food. Adding ginger slices during cooking can not only serve as a seasoning, but also neutralize the cold nature, prevent cold damage to the spleen and stomach, and avoid indigestion.
5. Dispel windchill and prevent colds
Many people choose to drink ginger soup to dispel cold after suffering from wind and cold. This is because ginger can dissipate cold and sweat. However, it is worth noting that ginger is only suitable for treating wind and cold type colds. If people with wind and hot colds take ginger based warm medicine, it will actually worsen cold symptoms.
6. Relieve fatigue
If men work outside for a long time and experience fatigue and fatigue, they may as well eat some ginger. Ginger has a sweating, cooling, and refreshing effect, which can effectively alleviate symptoms such as fatigue and fatigue, insomnia, abdominal distension and pain.
Taboos for Men Eating Ginger
1、 Taboos for pairing ginger
1. Chives: Chives have a warm nature, can warm the kidneys, assist yang, benefit the spleen and stomach, and promote qi and blood circulation. Eating more leeks can nourish the liver and enhance the qi of the spleen and stomach. Eating leeks has many benefits, but it is best not to add ginger when cooking leeks, as ginger turns sour.
2. Celery: Celery is a common ingredient in our diet. It not only has rich nutrition, but also has certain medicinal value. It can nourish essence and qi, tonify blood and spleen, relieve cough and diuresis, reduce blood pressure and calm down, etc. It is very beneficial for physical health and is highly praised by people. But when cooking celery, do not add ginger because adding ginger to celery has a salty and bitter taste, which affects the taste.
3. Raw fish: Mix ginger and fish together early. When cooking fish, adding some ginger can remove the fishy smell and increase the freshness. However, if ginger is added too early, the protein in the fish extract will affect the ginger and prevent it from exerting its fishy effect. When the leaching solution of the fish body is slightly acidic (with a pH value of around 5.5), adding ginger has the best effect on removing fishy smell. Therefore, when cooking fish, ginger should be added after the fish protein has solidified to exert its effectiveness in removing fishy smell and enhancing fragrance.
2、 Jiang's taboo group
People with yin deficiency constitution
Yin deficiency refers to a hot and dry constitution, characterized by fever in the palms and feet, sweaty palms, a love for drinking water, frequent dry mouth, dry eyes, dry nose, dry skin, irritability, and poor sleep. Ginger has a hot and warm nature, and people with Yin deficiency who consume ginger will exacerbate the symptoms of Yin deficiency.
2. Those with severe internal heat
People with lung heat, dry cough, stomach heat, vomiting, bad breath, hemorrhoid bleeding, pain ulcers, and other diseases should not consume ginger. If it is a heat induced disease, it is important to mix cold and cool drugs when consuming ginger to neutralize its heat.
3. Hepatitis patients
Because frequent consumption of ginger can cause liver fire. To curb the liver fire caused by eating ginger, you can also choose some foods that can soothe the liver and regulate qi, such as brewing tea with hawthorn and chrysanthemum, which can eliminate the dryness and heat caused by ginger without harming the body.
It is best not to peel ginger when eating it, as this does not fully utilize its overall effectiveness. After washing fresh ginger, it can be shredded and sliced. Also, do not eat rotten ginger. Rotten ginger can produce a highly toxic substance that can cause liver cell degeneration and necrosis, leading to liver cancer, esophageal cancer, etc.