Zingiber officinale,
Zingiberaceae
Medicinal Uses
- Loss of appetite: Eating slices of
ginger sprinkling with salt before
meals. It Stimulates digestion,
add relish and purifies tongue
and throat.
- Diarrhea: A basin is formed
around the umbilicus by the
paste of black gram and amalaki
( Indian gooseberry) . The naval is
filled with fresh ginger juice and
retained for 15 to 20min once
daily till the diarrhea subsides. - Earache: Prepare the oil with
equal quantity of rocksalt, ginger
juice, honey and mustard oil. Put
2 drops in the ear is very effective
to cure earache. - Vomiting: Mix 1 teaspoonful each
of ginger juice and lemon juice
and consume it several times a
day as per the condition. - Cholera: Mix 2 teaspoonful
of grated fresh ginger with
1teaspoonful of honey and
consume this mixture 4 times
a day to improve digestion in
cholera. - Urticaria: Take 10ml fresh ginger
juice with old jaggery twice daily
before food till the reduction of
swelling and itching.
Vernacular names
Hindi name : Adarakh (fresh)
English : Fresh Ginger
Kannada : Hasi Shunti, Alla
Telugu : Allamu
Bengali : Ada
Marathi : Aale
Gujarati : Adu
Tamil : Inji
Punjabi : Adi, Adrak
Malayalam : Inchi
Urdu : Adrak
