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Thai Herbs

Ginger, derived from the plant Zingiberofficinale Roscoe, offers numerous health benefits due to its rich composition of essential oils and active compounds. It can be utilized both externally and internally, with its extracted oil serving as an ingredient in external medications and its fresh or dried forms enhancing food, beverages, and medicinal products.

Thai Herbs

Ginger

Health Benefits

Help Prevent Cancer
Ginger Powder May Significantly Reduce Menstrual Pain
Reduce Muscle Pain and Soreness
Treat flatulence

Caution

Do not consume ginger excessively, as it may cause peptic ulcer, and affect blood circulation.
Be careful for usage in conjunction with Anticoagulants
Be careful for usage in patient with gallstones.

Usage

External use: extracted oil can be used as ingredient for external medicine.
Internal use: fresh and dried ginger can be used as ingredient for food and beverage; dried powder can be used as ingredient for medicine.

Important substances

It contains aromatic substances such as Aromatic Ketone; as well as pigment, starch and resin.
It contains substances which give hot sensation such as Shogoal and Zingerone.
It contains various essential oils such as Camphene, Bisabalene, Zingiberol, Zingberene, Borneol and Linalool.

General characteristics

It is an annual crop, it has rootstock which is comprised of several segments that has white or light yellow pulp. with unique odor.

Name

Scientific name : Zingiberofficinale Roscoe
Common name : Ginger