Ginger

Flowers: Ginger grass has powerful flowers, like any tropical plant. You can see life in these flowers.

Scientific/popular names: In the catalogues of the science men you will find it called by the name: Zingbier officinale or Zingbier orientale. Still, I expect not hearing anyone of you saying to the supermarket something like: I want to buy... Yeah, anyway, you will tell the seller you want some ginger. This is the popular name of the aphrodisiac we present you in these pages.

Medical uses: Ancient Hindoo had been using this plant for thousands of years for various treatments, in case of difficult pregnancies, skin diseases, food poisoning, heart problems, cough, infections and more. It is also used against nausea. You can use ginger also in fighting flying sickness, sea sickness, car sickness and more.

Usual dishes: In the kitchen, ginger's most important and usual usage is as a condiment. Both filled with aromas and very stimulating, it is used in preparing a lot of drinks like sodas, liqueurs or hot drinks. When mixed with alcohol, ginger may calm some intestinal and stomach aches that are bound to appear. This is one reason why ginger can be used in preparing some products, not necessarily alcoholic, but also dishes, that can help some types of sicknesses: car, fly, height, sea and more.

Contraindications: Ginger is not a toxic plant. Though, it should not be used by pregnant women or by those that suffer from thrombosis and are on any type of medication regarding these. Too much ginger can lead to temporal heart disfunctionalities, general bad state of minds.

Who can use it: Some expert say that "it is very good for women when used by men", exactly like red wine. This doesn’t mean that it should be avoided by women, by no means. It gives a general good sensation, especially to the central nervous system, circulatory system and digestive track.

Active Principles: As a lot of other natural aphrodisiacs, ginger still keeps itself very secret. We know that you can extract an aromatic oil of its roots, some acids, fat and a mix of substances.

Aphrodisiac impulses: it is believed that the vitality boost is the effect of ginger compounds on the big systems in your organism. First of them is the central nervous one and the periferical one, either. Another system that seems to be affected is the digestive track. And, as said before, the circulatory system. Of course, ginger makes your liver and kidneys work better, but do not exaggerate.

Ginger Recipes