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Ginger root overview
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Köhler’s illustration of Ginger ~ Zingiber officinale
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Ginger
Zingiber officinale
family: Zingiberaceae
aka: jiang, gingembre, Ingwer, zenzero, shoga, saenggang, gengibre, jengibre, ingefära
Ginger
[1] or ginger root is the rhizome of the plant Zingiber officinale, consumed as a delicacy, medicine, or spice. It lends its name to its genus and family. Other notable members of this plant family are turmeric, cardamom, and galangal.
Ginger produces a hot, fragrant kitchen spice, young ginger rhizomes are juicy and fleshy with a very mild taste. They are often pickled in vinegar or sherry as a snack or just cooked as an ingredient in many dishes. They can be grated to make ginger tea by steeping in boiling water. Ginger can also be made into candy, or ginger wine which has been made commercially since 1740.
Mature ginger rhizomes are fibrous and nearly dry. The juice from old ginger roots is extremely potent.
Ginger also acts as a useful food preservative
[2] [3] due to its antioxidant properties which are also of much value to the human body.
Ginger root uses
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An age-old remedy for all forms of sickness (nausea) now being shown to have excellent results as a powerful anti-inflammatory herb used for joint problems such as arthritis, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, tendonitis.
Ginger is commonly used as a spice in Indian recipes, and is a quintessential ingredient of Chinese, Korean, Japanese and many South Asian cuisines for flavoring dishes such as seafood or goat meat and vegetarian cuisine.
Powdered dry ginger root is typically used as a flavoring for recipes such as gingerbread, cookies, crackers and cakes, ginger ale, and ginger beer.
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sliced fresh ginger
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Candied ginger, or crystallized ginger, is the root cooked in sugar until soft, and is a type of confectionery.
Fresh ginger may be peeled before eating. For longer-term storage, the ginger can be placed in a plastic bag and refrigerated or frozen.
Medicinal uses
Ginger contains nearly a dozen antiviral compounds
[4] . Ginger root (Zingiber officinale), warms chills, fights infection and alleviates stomach distress.
Scientists have isolated several chemicals (sesquiterpenes) in ginger that have specific effects against the most common cold virus; the rhinoviruses. Some of these chemicals are remarkably potent in their anti-rhinovirus effects.
Other constituents in ginger - gingerols and shogaols - help relieve cold symptoms because they reduce pain and fever, suppress coughing and have a mild sedative effect that encourages rest.
Major Medicinal uses of Ginger Root include:
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- Cold and Flu Prevention and Treatment
[5]
- Migraine Relief
[6]
- Powerful Antioxidant
[7]
- Antiemetic
[8] [9]
- Morning Sickness
[10]
- Motion Sickness
[11] [12]
- Relieves Chemotherapy related nausea
[13]
- Prevention of Nausea after gynaecological laparoscopy
[14] [15]
- Anti-inflammatory
[16]
- Rheumatism and Musculosketal disorders
[17]
- Menstrual Cramp Relief
[18]
- Manages the effects of Diabetic complications
[19]
- Improves Circulation
[20]
- Chemopreventative
[21] [22]
- Colon Cancer prevention
[22]
- Ovarian Cancer Treatment
[23]
- Management of Prostate Cancer
[21]
- Reduces Anxiety
[24]
- For more Research Backed Health Benefits of Ginger visit Juicing with G.
[25]
Contra-indications:
[26] Ginger does not typically come with toxic side effects. However, some people may be more sensitive to the strong tangy taste of it, while some may experience heartburn while consuming it. Excessive use may also cause digestive upsets.
There does not seem to have been contraindications noted with the use of ginger by pregnant women. They should, however, exercise caution by taking lower dosages of it. Long-term use while pregnant is generally also not advised.
Possible Interactions
Ginger may alter the effects of some prescription and nonprescription medications
[27] . If you are currently being treated with any of the following medications, please contact use our free Herbal Tincture enquiry service to see if there is likely to be a problematic interaction.
- Blood-thinning medications -- Ginger may increase the risk of bleeding. Talk to your doctor before taking ginger if you take blood-thinners such as warfarin (Coumadin) or aspirin.
- Diabetes medications -- Ginger may lower blood sugar, raising the risk of hypoglycemia or low blood sugar.
- High blood pressure medications -- Ginger may lower blood pressure, raising the risk of low blood pressure or irregular heartbeat.
Ginger root actions
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Major medicinal actions of Ginger root [28]
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- analgesic
- anesthetic
- anthelmintic
- antiaging
- antibacterial
- anticancer
- antidepressant
- antidiabetic
- antihypertensive
- antiinflammatory
- antileukemic
- antimalarial
- antioxidant
- antipruritic
- antipyretic
- antirheumatic
- antiseptic
- antispasmodic
- antitumor
- antitussive
- antiulcerogenic
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- antiviral
- aphrodisiac
- ascorbic-acid
- astringent
- bacteriostatic
- beta-carotene
- cardiotonic
- cholagogue
- choleretic
- cosmetic
- demulcent
- detoxicant
- diaphoretic
- digestive
- diuretic
- dye
- emetic
- emmenagogue
- emollient
- expectorant
- febrifuge
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- fungicidal
- hemostatic
- hypnotic
- hypotensive
- kaempferol
- laxative
- linoleic-acid
- niacin
- poultice
- riboflavin
- rubefacient
- sedative
- spasmolytic
- stimulant
- stomachic
- thiamin
- vasoconstrictor
- vulnerary
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That is a lot of health-maintaining activity in just one plant. However there is more - here are other actions attributed to the constituents found in Ginger root. Of course not all of these are considered major actions of Ginger root, however the list does demonstrate just how comprehensive Ginger root’s health maintaining abilities are.
Other actions of Ginger root [28]
Ginger root constituents
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Active constituents found in Ginger root or Rhizome
[28]
- 1,8-cineole ( 33 - 5,000 ppm )
- 10-gingerol ( 200 - 1,862 ppm )
- 6-gingerol ( 130 - 7,138 ppm )
- 6-shogaol ( 40 - 330 ppm )
- 8-β-17-epoxy-labd-trans-12-ene-15,16-dial ( 40 ppm )
- 8-gingerol ( 200 - 1,069 ppm )
- alanine ( 310 - 1,793 ppm )
- alpha-linolenic-acid ( 340 - 3,190 ppm )
- alpha-phellandrene ( 3 - 200 ppm )
- alpha-pinene ( 10 - 1,950 ppm )
- alpha-terpinene ( 0.5 - 35 ppm )
- alpha-terpineol ( 8 - 500 ppm )
- alpha-zingiberene ( : YAK112:645 74 - 4,600 ppm )
- aluminum ( 663 ppm )
- ar-curcumene ( 20 - 9,520 ppm )
- arginine ( 430 - 2,486 ppm )
- ascorbic-acid ( 317 ppm )
- asparagine ( 500 ppm )
- aspartic-acid ( 2,080 - 11,990 ppm )
- beta-bisabolene ( 5 - 3,600 ppm )
- beta-carotene ( 4 ppm )
- beta-elemene ( 2 - 500 ppm )
- beta-eudesmol ( 7 - 465 ppm )
- beta-phellandrene ( 32 - 2,850 ppm )
- beta-pinene ( 4 - 265 ppm )
- beta-sesquiphellandrene ( 20 - 6,012 ppm )
- bornyl-acetate ( 2 - 105 ppm )
- boron ( 1 - 4 ppm )
- calcium ( 150 - 3,458 ppm )
- camphene ( 28 - 6,300 ppm )
- camphor ( 1 - 60 ppm )
- capric-acid ( 1,800 - 1,980 ppm )
- caprylic-acid ( 70 - 380 ppm )
- chromium ( 6 - 20 ppm )
- citral ( 13,500 ppm )
- citronellal ( 2 - 145 ppm )
- citronellol ( 2 - 6,500 ppm )
- cobalt ( 0.9 - 42 ppm )
- copper ( 3 - 16 ppm )
- cumene ( 1 ppm )
- cystine ( 80 - 462 ppm )
- d-borneol ( 14 - 1,102 ppm )
- delta-cadinene ( 1 - 65 ppm )
- elemol ( 3 - 190 ppm )
- farnesal ( 1 - 100 ppm )
- farnesene ( 245 - 4,910 ppm )
- fiber ( 9,000 - 171,000 ppm )
- gamma-terpinene ( 0.4 - 25 ppm )
- geranial ( 35 - 20,000 ppm )
- geraniol ( 2 - 345 ppm )
- gingerenone-a ( 118 ppm )
- gingerenone-b ( 4.7 ppm )
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- gingerenone-c ( 14.2 ppm )
- glutamic-acid ( 1,620 - 9,328 ppm )
- glycine ( 430 - 2,486 ppm )
- histidine ( 300 - 1,738 ppm )
- iron ( 4 - 162 ppm )
- isogingerenone-b ( 4.7 ppm )
- isoleucine ( 510 - 2,926 ppm )
- lauric-acid ( 390 - 3,630 ppm )
- leucine ( 740 - 4,257 ppm )
- limonene ( 17 - 1,050 ppm )
- linoleic-acid ( 1,200 - 11,220 ppm )
- lysine ( 570 - 3,110 ppm )
- magnesium ( 430 - 2,690 ppm )
- manganese ( 106 - 350 ppm )
- methionine ( 130 - 737 ppm )
- mufa ( 1,540 - 8,400 ppm )
- myristic-acid ( 180 - 1,650 ppm )
- myrtenal ( 0.5 - 30 ppm )
- neral ( 20 - 13,000 ppm )
- niacin ( 5 - 135 ppm )
- nickel ( 2 - 5.2 ppm )
- oleic-acid ( 1,190 - 11,000 ppm )
- oxalic-acid ( 5,000 ppm )
- p-coumaric-acid ( 19 ppm )
- p-cymene ( 2 - 1,300 ppm )
- palmitic-acid ( 1,200 - 11,220 ppm )
- palmitoleic-acid ( 210 - 1,145 ppm )
- pantothenic-acid ( 2 - 11 ppm )
- phenylalanine ( 450 - 2,455 ppm )
- phosphorus ( 320 - 5,323 ppm )
- phytosterols ( 150 - 913 ppm )
- pipecolic-acid ( 320 ppm )
- potassium ( 2,640 - 25,079 ppm )
- pufa ( 1,540 - 8,400 ppm )
- riboflavin ( 5 ppm )
- sabinene ( 0.5 - 35 ppm )
- serine ( 450 - 2,596 ppm )
- silicon ( 285 ppm )
- sodium ( 60 - 709 ppm )
- starch ( 123,000 - 500,000 ppm )
- stearic-acid ( 170 - 1,540 ppm )
- terpinolene ( 1 - 90 ppm )
- thiamin ( 3 ppm )
- threonine ( 360 - 2,057 ppm )
- tin ( 13 ppm )
- trans-beta-farnesene ( 1 - 60 ppm )
- tryptophan ( 120 - 693 ppm )
- tyrosine ( 200 - 1,122 ppm )
- valine ( 730 - 4,202 ppm )
- zinc ( 57 ppm )
- zingiberene ( 0.5 - 30 ppm )
- zingiberone ( 0.3 - 20 ppm )
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Ginger root - making Ginger Tea
The best way we have found to make Ginger tea is use grated fresh Ginger
[29] just as you would a dried herb.
  Steep about 1 teaspoon in one cup of boiling water for 20 minutes (less is OK if the rhizome is finely grated).
You can store grated Ginger in the fridge for several days so it is quite alright to grate several days supply at once.
Some folk appreciate the addition of lemon juice or other citrus fruit juice.
Ginger root tincture
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Is it Safe for me to take Ginger root Tincture? If you have any concerns or apprehensions please use our free Herbal Tincture enquiry service so that we can make sure that what you want is completely safe for your situation or condition.
We especially encourage you to get in touch if you have any of the following health problems or conditions:
- An enlarged prostate gland
- Are preganant or breast-feeding
- Blood clotting problems
- Cancer
- Diabetes
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- Epilepsy
- Glaucoma
- Heart disease
- High blood pressure
- Immune system problems
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- Liver problems
- Psychiatric problems
- Parkinson's disease
- Stroke
- Thyroid problems
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You have two options when you purchase Ginger root tincture:
- For external use which you can apply externally to the soles of your feet or topically on an external condition - you can purchase these without a consultation.
- For internal use. If you wish to take it internally because of the potency of these tinctures you need to be sure they will not cause complications with an existing health condition or prescribed drugs you may be taking.
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If you are in any doubt about the possibility Ginger root tincture causing complications with prescription drugs or a medical condition you may have please get in touch so that we can advise you on the suitability of a particular tincture.
Especially if you are pregnant or breast-feeding.
You can have an online consultation or visit our clinic for a thorough consultation if you wish to purchase our potent tinctures for internal use.
There are fewer concerns when using Ginger root tincture externally and our many years of experience has shown that the tincture is just as effective being applied into the soles of the feet or applied
topically
on external conditions where they will be absorbed into your system.
Our clients who have come for a consultation use the same tincture internally and we recommend they take half an eyedropper (about 1.5ml) of herbal tincture in a small glass of water three times per day for adults and a quarter of an eyedropper in a small glass of water for children.
Ginger root tincture is a potent liquid extract made from organic Ginger root. It is a concentrated way of getting herbal medicine into your body easily especially applying them to the soles of your feet. Once a tincture is prepared, it has an extremely long shelf life. Tinctures should be kept in a cool, dark cupboard to maintain their potency.
If you are on any prescribed medication we strongly advise you to use our free Herbal Tincture enquiry service to make sure that the medication and potent Ginger root tincture are compatible.
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making medicine for internal use
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How to Use Ginger root Tincture internally
How do I prepare my Ginger root Tincture?
Just add the recommended dosage - which is usually 1.5ml or one eyedropperfull - to a glass of drinking water or any other cold drink.
Then drink it.
When should I drink my Ginger root Tincture?
For best absorption, consume herbal tinctures 30 minutes or more before meals or drinking other liquids to avoid diluting it while it is in your digestive tract.
How to Use our Tinctures externally
how to apply a tincture to the soles of your feet
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If you are treating an external condition - such as a skin infection - then simply apply the tincture directly to the site using the eyedropper or a suitable swab.
If you are treating an internal condition then the best way to get the tincture into your body is through the soles of your feet. The skin is a highly absorptive organ and the feet have the reflexology facility which helps get the healing properties of the herbs right to the place inside you where they will do the most good.
If you don't have someone to do it for you, the easiest way we've found is to apply it sitting down. Rest one foot on your other leg's thigh (use a towel to make sure the tincture doesn't drip on your furniture or clothes), squirt a small amount of tincture onto the palm of one hand (about 1.5ml or half an eyedropper), rub it gently into the sole of your foot. In most cases you will find it has been absorbed within 30 seconds or so - you'll know when your foot feels dry. Then do the same to your other foot and the treatment is complete.
Ginger root history
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Ancient Ginger gathering
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From its origin to the present, ginger is the world’s most widely cultivated herb
[30] . Testimonials of both the medicinal and economic importance of ginger have been recorded as far back as five thousand-year-old Greek literature to 200 B.C. Chinese records chronicle the immense wealth associated with growing acres of ginger.
In the Middle Ages, as little as just one pound was worth 1 shilling and 7 pence, approximately equivalent to the price of a sheep.
Since the 16th century
[31] , practitioners of both Indian (Ayurvedic) and traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) have used ginger (Zingiber officinale Roscoe) to treat gastro-intestinal upsets such as nausea and excessive flatulence. North American folklore also recognizes the ability of ginger to relieve gastrointestinal upsets including nausea.
Ginger, an ancient spice mentioned in both the Bible and the Koran, is most known for its role as a flavoring agent for food in Asian and Indian recipes as well as for medicinal conditions such as headaches, nausea, rheumatism and colds for more than two millennia.
A spice worth its weight in gold, ginger prior to the 14th century was a rare commodity and very expensive to acquire. The Arabs are believed to have transported ginger from China to Rome and Greece for trade.
Ginger is also documented in Chinese medical texts from the 4th century for gastrointestinal conditions, respiratory distress including coughing and alleviating onset symptoms of the common cold.
Greeks reputedly ate pieces of ginger wrapped into bread to facilitate digestion.
In 1898, Harvey Wickes Felter, M.D. wrote the King’s American Dispensatory where ginger is indicated for loss of appetite, flatulence, rumbling or gurgling sound of gas in the intestines, spasmodic gastric and intestinal contractions and cool extremities.
Zingiber officinale RoscoeZINGIBERACEAE
Ginger
Before Roscoe reclassifed this well-known plant, it had been called Amomum zingiber L, a name reflecting the old Arabic name Amomum Zerumbeth. The term amomum had been used to describe certain aromatic spices ~ the Round Cardamom, for example, is still called Amomum compaotum Soland. ex Maton.
Ginger was long known as Zingiberis however, and the Greeks had imported the rhizome from the east for centuries before Dioscorides described its medicinal uses. In the Far East it had alsoilong been employed; in China it was, and still is, an important drug, and Green Ginger in syrup was a delicacy from the Fifteenth century.
Ginger is now grown commercially throughout the tropics - from Australia to Jamaica - and many types and grades are available. The Spanish were importing Ginger from Jamaica before the mid-sixteenth century, and Jamaican Ginger is still considered the best for culinary use.
Description Perennial, creeping plant, on thick tuberous rhizome, producing an erect annual stem 60-120 cm tall. Leaves I-2 cm wide, 15-30 cm long, lanccolate to linear-lanceolate. Flowers greenish marked with purple, in radical spikes (to 7 cm long) on 30 cm-long peduncles.
Distribution Native to south-east Asia; intro- duced and widespread in several tropical countries. To 1500 m altitude.
Cultivation Cultivated plant. Propagated from rhizome cuttings, planted on rich, well-drained loam.
Constituents Volatile oil (to 3%), comprising camphene, phellandrene, zingiberine, and many other substances ; resin; starch; gingerol; shogaol - the latter two substances being pungent.
Uses (fresh or dried rhizome) Stimulant; carminative; aromatic; sialogogue; anti-emet- ic. Very valuable in flatulent colic, dyspepsia and atonic dyspepsia. Often used as an adjunct to other remedies for general tonic or stimulant purposes, or to purgatives to prevent griping. Rubefacient when applied externally in the fresh state. Very wide culinary uses in many domestic and commercial preparations.
Contra- indications Large doses should be avoided by patients suffering from any skin complaint.
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Ginger root cultivation
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The easiest way [32] to get started growing ginger root is to get a few fresh rhizomes of someone who does grow ginger, at the time when the plant re-shoots anyway (early spring).
Otherwise just buy some at the shops at that time.
If you are keen you can sprout the ginger rhizomes first by suspending them so that th lower portion of the rhizome is in contact with water [33].
Its not necessary but it is a heart-warming way to appreciate and share the plant's beginnings.
Once they have healthy shoots - about 2-5cm long, just plant the rhizome in well-drained load, make sure the green shoot is above the soil level.
You can see more information by clicking on the tabs below
middlepath.com.au> Middle Path> Plants> Ginger root - Zingiber officinale[4428iuvj]References| [#] | Source | Title and link to resource if available | | [1] | Wikipedia | Ginger |
| [2] | University of Food Technology | Antioxidant activity of a ginger extract |
| [3] | Gayot | Health Benefits of Ginger |
| [4] | Buderim Ginger | Medicinal properties of Ginger |
| [5] | Conventional vs Botanical & Nutritional therapy | Colds and Influenza: A Review of Diagnosis and Conventional, Botanical, and Nutritional Considerations |
| [6] | migraine.com | Ginger for the treatment of migraine headaches |
| [7] | International Journal of Pharma and Bio Sciences | Zingiber officinale: A Natural Gold (ISSN 0975-6299) |
| [8] | European Journal Pharmacology | Mode of action of gingerols and shogaols on 5-HT3 receptors....... |
| [9] | British Journal of Anaesthesia | Efficacy of ginger for nausea and vomiting: a “systematic review” of randomized clinical trials |
| [10] | Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology | Effect of a ginger extract on pregnancy-induced nausea |
| [11] | The Lancet | Motion sickness, ginger, and psychophysics |
| [12] | Acta Otolaryngol | Ginger root against seasickness. A controlled trial on the open sea. |
| [13] | Mayo Clinic | Ginger for chemotherapy-related nausea in cancer patients |
| [14] | Journal of the Association of Anesthetists of Great Brittan and Ireland | The efficacy of ginger root in the prevention of postoperative nausea and vomiting after outpatient gynaecological laparoscopy |
| [15] | Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand | Effectiveness of Ginger for Prevention of Nausea and Vomiting after Gynecological Laparoscopy |
| [16] | Journal of Medicinal Food | Ginger - An Herbal Medicinal Product with Broad Anti-Inflammatory Actions |
| [17] | Medical Hypotheses | Ginger (Zingiber officinale) in rheumatism and musculoskeletal disorders |
| [18] | The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine | Comparison of Effect of Ginger, Mefenamic Acid, and Ibuprofen on Pain in Women with Primary Dysmenorrhea |
| [19] | British Journal of Nutrition | Anti-diabetic and hypolipidaemic properties of ginger (Zingiber officinale)..... |
| [20] | R.N.T. Medical College, Udaipur, India | Effect of ginger (Zingiber officinale Rosc.) and fenugreek (Triginella foenumgraecum L.) on blood lipids, blood sugar and platelet aggregation in patients with coronary artery disease |
| [21] | The British Journal of Nutrition | Benefits of whole ginger extract in prostate cancer. |
| [22] | Cancer Research | Gingerol Suppresses Colon Cancer Growth |
| [23] | Complementary and Alternative Medicine | Ginger inhibits cell growth and modulates angiogenic factors in ovarian cancer cells. |
| [24] | Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry. | Identification of serotonin 5-HT1A receptor partial agonists in ginger. |
| [25] | Juicing with G. | Research Backed Health Benefits of Ginger. |
| [26] | all4naturalhealth.com | Possible Ginger Side Effects, Contraindications and Caution |
| [27] | UMMC | Ginger |
| [28] | Jim Duke’s Farmacy - USDA | Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases |
| [29] | The Weekend Cook | Sharing my Ginger Tea Recipe |
| [30] | Dr Christophers Herbal Legacy | History of Ginger |
| [31] | supercoolhealth.com | Historical Use of Ginger |
| [32] | Tropical pemaculture | Growing Ginger Root |
| [33] | FlungingPictures' photos | Growing Ginger |
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