Ginger (Zingiber officinale) may be among the best-studied of the four.
Research suggests ginger root
inhibits production of prostaglandins and leukotrienes, which are involved in pain and inflammation.
In an uncontrolled 1992 Danish study, 56 patients who had either RA, OA or muscular discomfort took powdered ginger.
All of those with musculoskeletal pain and three-fourths of those with OA or RA reported varying degrees of pain relief and no side effects, even among those who took the ginger for more than two years.http://www.ayurvedivccure.com/products.htm
And the good news is that you can have your ginger and enjoy it too. I have here 3 tins of ginger "mints":
St. Claire's brand Organic Ginger Snaps and Meltzer's Ginger Puremints are available at Whole Foods. There are also ginger Altoids, which I picked up at the checkout counter at Hobby Lobby.
Of course, all of these contain sugar. Posted by Aniek (Member # 5374) on :
I get high when I eat lots of fresh ginger. Posted by HaplyCarlessdave (Member # 413) on :
Ginger is wonderful stuff!
Posted by AliG (Member # 9734) on :
quote:Originally posted by Aniek: I get high when I eat lots of fresh ginger.
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I get baby ginger glace at the Asian Market. I also get the pickled ginger, like for sushi. Yummy! They have all kinds of great ginger stuff!
Posted by Carol in PA (Member # 5338) on :
TinyURL for Marnie's link above... click here-> http://tinyurl.com/mfq6a Posted by geniveve (Member # 8646) on :
in my threelac information they sent me, they said to take a large piece of ginger, cut it up, boil in 2-3 quarters and add to medium hot bath. soak for 15-20 minutes.
i've tried it a couple of times and it does seem to help with muscle pain.
i sweat like crazy tho...........
Posted by 777 (Member # 8925) on :
Beside of medical reasons another use of ginger might be the neutralisation of bitter tastes.
Added to bitter herbs like andrographis, coptis, quinine bark or cat's claw it makes the resulting decoction tasting better - means a bit less terrible.
Posted by MarsyNY (Member # 7766) on :
It seems that people with arthritis or other inflammatory conditions might get more benefit from the dried/powdered ginger. When the ginger is dried the gingerols convert to the more pungent shogaols.The shogaols having more anti-inflammatory and analgesic effects.
I see that the study was done with powdered ginger only.
It might be best to use both forms to get all the wonderful effects of ginger
Geniveve, thanks for the ginger bath idea.
Posted by radfaraf (Member # 11909) on :
When I herx really bad I drink ginger tea and it lessens the swelling and some of the pain. I take fresh ginger and grate it and add boiling water. Roughly a tablespoon or two per cup is sufficient. Powdered ginger is much more potent and only about a 1/2 a tablespoon seems to be enough. It also has a much stronger taste. You can add honey or sugar to it, but I stopped doing that after reading various things about how sugar is bad for Lymies.
Posted by lymebytes (Member # 11830) on :
Hi, Ginger root capsules are the best for nausea too, work within 20 minutes.
Posted by seibertneurolyme (Member # 6416) on :
I used to give hubby ginger tea for sleep. 1/2 or 1 teaspoon of powdered ginger per cup of hot water with a little stevia. Ginger has melatonin in it.
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