Healing with Herbs - Ginger

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For this installment of Healing with Herbs, I thought I'd feature Ginger Root, a simple and affordable herb that I've know about for some time but only recently started using for healing.


For whatever reason, I'd never really been taken in by it's flavor.  I'd had ginger juice in the first health food store I'd worked in but it was pulpy and too strong for me to truly enjoy. Then, as I was reading once again about all of it's amazing benefits (which I'll be sharing below), I happened upon a basket full of actual ginger root at my local corner store and figured I would try brewing tea from it...and since that day, I've been having 1-2 cups of fresh ginger tea each and every day!


Ginger is an herb closely related to Tumeric and indeed it does have many similar properties: both anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, antiseptic and antibacterial.  Ginger specifically is better know for treating digestion issues, nausea, morning sickness, headaches/migraines, arthritis and joint pain.

Ginger is also know for improving circulation, increasing blood flow, alleviating coughs and colds...in fact, the basic nutrients found in Ginger have shown to help support lung function. Ginger has also proven to be liver tonic because of it's ability to regenerate, protect and cleanse the liver.  Similarly, Ginger has the ability to support and cleanse the kidneys.  Finally ginger is also an adaptogenic herb which means it helps the body adapt to stress by supporting your adrenal glands.