Eating ginger in the morning is better than ginseng soup! It is important to note that ginger is slightly warm in nature, so excessive consumption will hurt Yin and help Yang, so people with Yin deficiency and fire should not eat more. Special reminder, do not eat rotten ginger, which contains toxic substances safrole, which can induce liver cancer, esophageal cancer and so on. Ancient people have the saying “eating ginger in the morning is better than ginseng soup; eating ginger at night is better than arsenic”, and Professor Li Peiwen, a Chinese medicine expert at the China-Japan Friendship Hospital, also stressed that eating ginger in the morning is beneficial, while eating it at night is harmful. But this statement is more suitable for northerners. According to Chinese medicine, ginger can warm the suspension of vomiting and dispel the cold. And ginger also contains phytocide, its bactericidal effect is as good as onion and garlic. The ginger spice in ginger can stimulate the secretion of gastric juices and has the effect of promoting digestion; it also contains more volatile oil, which can inhibit the absorption of cholesterol in the body and prevent the accumulation of liver and serum cholesterol. In the morning, people’s stomach qi to rise, eat some ginger can strengthen the spleen and warm the stomach. And the volatile oil in ginger can accelerate blood circulation, excite nerves and make the whole body warm. In the morning of winter, eating ginger can also dispel the cold and prevent colds. At night, the human body should be Yang Qi convergence, Yin Qi outside, so you should eat more heat-clearing, lowering Qi and eliminating food, which is more conducive to night rest, such as radish is a good choice. The pungent and warm effect of ginger will affect people’s normal rest at night, and eating pungent and warm ginger at night is also very easy to generate internal heat, the day after the symptoms of “fire”. It is important to note that ginger is slightly warm, excessive consumption will hurt Yin and help Yang, so people with Yin deficiency and fire should not eat more. In particular, do not eat rotten ginger, which contains the toxic substance safrole, which can induce liver cancer, esophageal cancer, etc.