“Ginger is not only a condiment in our daily life, but also a health care herb. Chinese medicine believes that ginger can be an effective appetizer, anti-aging, anti-aging, and can also be a good summer heat, is a very good food to use in Chinese medicine health care. Especially in summer, eating ginger has a variety of benefits. 1, promote Yang Qi summer morning eating ginger, health care and health effects are the best. The reason is that ginger is the best at promoting the yang energy of the Yang Ming meridian. Summer morning is when the qi and blood flow injection Yang Ming stomach meridian, eat ginger at this time, just to generate stomach gas, promote digestion. And ginger is pungent and warm, which can speed up the blood flow and has a refreshing effect. It is a nourishing diet, the efficacy is far better than the tonic soup. 2, aphrodisiac health Chinese medicine believes that ginger is a product to help Yang, since ancient times there have been “men can not be a hundred days without ginger” the words. Ginger has an aphrodisiac function may be related to its taste pungent through Yang, do not underestimate its aphrodisiac effect, do not believe in the habit, may wish to eat some fresh ginger slices from time to time to try. Song Dynasty poet Su Shi in the “Dongpo Miscellaneous Records” in the account of Hangzhou Qiantang Jingci Temple, more than 80-year-old monk, the face of a child phase, “said to serve ginger 40 years, so not old cloud. 3, the prevention of heatstroke summer, especially the hot days, sweating a lot, in the current situation, people tend to use air conditioning, iced drinks and other relief to heat. In fact, the effect and counterproductive. The consequences of excessive consumption of iced drinks, cold and excessive is not only hurt the spleen and stomach, stomach pain and diarrhea, but also cause sticky mouth, dry mouth, no sweat, the consequences of summer heat is not resolved. This is because the heat is even outside, the spleen and stomach are empty, the cold defeats the stomach, and the yang is not allowed to collect inside. This is if you drink pungent hot ginger herbal tea (room temperature) warm stomach to protect Yang, Yang within the guard, the heat will not float outside, the body will naturally feel refreshed and relaxed. 4, appetite and spleen Now scientific research found that ginger contains gingerol, gingerene, watercressene, citral and aromatic and other oily volatile oils; there are ginger spice, resin, starch and fiber ginger in the hot season has excitement, sweating and cooling, refreshing and other effects; can relieve fatigue, fatigue, anorexia, insomnia, bloating, abdominal pain and other symptoms; ginger and stomach appetite for the role of hot summer climate, saliva, gastric juice The hot summer climate, saliva, gastric juice secretion will be reduced, thus affecting the appetite, if you eat a few slices of ginger at mealtime, will enhance appetite; ginger also has a stomach pain relief or pain relief, gastritis and gastroduodenal ulcer pain, vomiting, acidity, hunger, etc. with ginger 50 grams of decoction to drink, can make the symptoms quickly eliminated. Although ginger is good, but there are also taboos ginger although there are many benefits, but since ginger has a pharmacological effect, it should pay attention to some of its use and taboos, the following issues should be noted: 1, certain diseases patients are not suitable for consumption of ginger: where the Yin deficiency fire, red eyes, or suffering from carbuncles, sores, pneumonia, lung abscess, tuberculosis, gastric ulcer, cholecystitis, pyelonephritis, diabetes, hemorrhoids, are not suitable for long-term consumption of ginger. 2, cautious consumption of ginger brown sugar water: from the point of view of treatment, ginger brown sugar water is only suitable for wind-cold colds or after the rain with stomach cold, fever patients, can not be used for summer-heat colds or wind-heat cold patients, and can not be used to treat heat stroke. Taking fresh ginger juice can cure vomiting caused by cold, but should not be used for other types of vomiting. 3, do not eat rotten ginger: rotten ginger can produce a very toxic substance, which can cause liver cell degeneration, necrosis, thus inducing liver cancer, esophageal cancer, etc. 4, eating ginger is not more good: summer heat, people are prone to dry mouth, thirst, sore throat, sweating, ginger is pungent and warm, a hot food, you can put a few slices of ginger when cooking or making soup. Special attention to eat ginger at night is like eating arsenic, Chinese medicine believes that the evening Yang into the Yin, people should be quiet and ready to rest, eat ginger at night will invigorate Yang, and Yang into the Yin quiet down contrary, it is recommended to eat ginger in the morning. Eat a little ginger in the morning, the health benefits, but the evening Yang convergence, while ginger is hair Yang, which belongs to the line against the time of day. The folk also left the “radish in bed and ginger in bed”.