The mother tincture of ginger is a valid anti-inflammatory and an ally for the stomach, useful also in case of flu. Let's find out better.
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Properties of the mother ginger tincture
Ginger is widely used in cooking, it has some anti-inflammatory and digestive properties that make it useful for stomach and heart.
This root contains an essential oil consisting of compounds such as zingiberene and bisabolene, from alcohols generally called gingerols, including zingiberolo; it also contains an oleoresin called gingerin, starch and mucilage. All active ingredients whose effectiveness has been proven for centuries and is found in traditional medicines of many countries, especially in the Far East.
It is commercially available in the form of fresh or dried root, reduced to powder or in the form of an extract, generally sold in tablets, and mother tincture. The latter is used as a natural anti-inflammatory, digestive, antinausea and antivertigo .
With ginger you can treat disorders such as car sickness, seasickness, morning sickness. Its anti-emetic properties seem to reside in local effects on the walls of the stomach and intestines.
Description of the plant
Ginger ( Zingiber officinale ) is a perennial herbaceous plant belonging to the Zingiberaceae family . Originally from the Far East, it has long been widely cultivated in the tropical and subtropical zone. It has a fleshy and branched rhizome in which the active ingredients are concentrated.
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How to prepare the mother tincture of ginger
The mother tincture of ginger is a hydroalcoholic preparation obtained by cold maceration in a hydroalcoholic solvent, obtained from the root .
use
The mother tincture is used in the treatment of the flu, of osteoarthritis, as a heart stimulant, as a protection of the gastric mucosa . It lends itself to being a valid ally of the stomach, intestine, heart and circulatory system .
Known natural remedy against digestive problems, the mother tincture of ginger is also taken in cases of dyspepsias, colic and cases of gastric hyperacidity.
Ginger also shows anti-inflammatory and antioxidant activities, but also anticoagulant and hypocholesterolemic properties.
As a mother tincture we generally recommend a dozen drops 3 times a day but they should be modulated according to individual needs and after consulting a doctor or specialist.
Among the reported contraindications, ginger extract may be responsible for gastroduodenal irritation phenomena, may increase the activity of oral anticoagulants, anti-inflammatory drugs and platelet anti-aggregation agents. In allergic or sensitive individuals ginger can cause stomach pain, bloating, gas production. Intake of mother tincture of ginger is indicated during pregnancy and lactation .
