It's Time To Eat Ginger! Experts Teach How To Drink Ginger Tea To Improve Cold Hands And Feet

Ginger is a very common ingredient in daily life, and it is also an indispensable ingredient in the kitchen. After autumn and winter, many people will eat ginger to prevent the cold. For example, when the weather turns cold recently, some people eat hot ginger ducks to make up for it. body. At present, it is the prolific season of ginger. Traditional Chinese medicine practitioners and nutritionists teach two tricks to drink ginger tea to prevent cold and improve cold feet and physical pain.

In Taiwan, the ginger planting season is February-April in the north and December-April in the central and southern regions. Young ginger: Ginger planted for 4 months, old ginger: planted for 10 months. The commercially available ginger mother is an old ginger that has been planted for 1-2 years. Winter is the rich season of old ginger. Nantou area is the main producing area of ​​ginger.

Yan Sumei, director of the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Nantou Hospital, said that ginger can promote blood circulation, improve cold hands and feet, and prevent colds. Drinking ginger tea during women's menstrual period can also improve the distress of lower abdomen.

If you don't like drinking ginger tea alone, Yan Sumei suggested adding brown sugar and jujube to enhance the flavor. Ginger tea is a good choice for cold resistance, but

Yan Sumei suggested that people can also drink Astragalus and Angelica in hot water, which can nourish blood and qi, and also add some wolfberry to protect the eyes.

Cai Xiuwen, director of the hospital's nutrition department, said that eating a small amount of ginger slices or ginger tea can reduce nausea and vomiting. Ginger contains a small amount of vitamin B group, vitamin C, vitamin A and dietary fiber. With the growth of ginger, the water content is lower, and the amount of nutrients contained in it will be relatively rich, but what is more special is that the vitamin C contained in young ginger is one more than that of old ginger.some.

In many studies, it was found that among the antioxidant effects of various plant foods, ginger has the highest antioxidant effect, higher than most vegetables and fruits.

Cai Xiuwen suggested that the public might as well buy fresh ginger in season, wash it, slice it, dry it in the sun, and use a thermos cup or smoldering can to fill it with hot water when needed, put in an appropriate amount of ginger slices, and use a thermos cup. The heat preservation has the function of simmering, which can avoid the time-consuming cooking, and can drink hot ginger tea at any time, which is healthy and delicious.

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