Sweet Ginger Soup

Ingredients:
15g ginger （you may add more if you prefer stronger ginger taste)
Some brown sugar
300 to 400ml water

Method:
1. Cut ginger into slices and place them in a pot. Add water. Bring to boil.
2. Add some brown sugar for seasoning.
3. Consume while it's still warm.

Results:
Treats flu, heatiness and headaches, body ache and non-perspiration, cold and discomfort of the stomach.

Prevents vomiting; relieves rheumatism and profuse perspiration; relieves colds and pains.


Information from the book:

Functions:The active ingredient in ginger is terpenes and an oleoresin, which is called ginger oil. These active agents are responsible for its antiseptic qualities, lymph-cleansing, circulation-stimulating and mild constipation relief. Research has shown that ginger lowers blood cholesterol by reducing cholesterol absorption in the blood and liver. Reference and more Ginger goodness HERE.

Some other HOME REMEDIES article here.

Ginger also a main ingredients during Chinese confinement (after child birth), Chinese believed that ginger can warms up the body and expels wind from the body. Many of them would cook their dishes with ginger & sesame oil for the whole period of confinement (usually 30 days). There is so many types of ginger selling in the market. The Chinese will usually buy those "Bentong Ginger" a special type of ginger from Bentong, Pahang. The ginger is bigger, fleshy and have strong fragrant. Not sure if others from all over the world do have their own believes and way of cooking ginger. Hope that you too can share with us the goodness of ginger in your country. After knowing so much of goodness of ginger, we should start adding ginger in our daily cooking now and absorb the benefits of it.


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