How did ginger, a spice that has not been eliminated for more than 2,000 years, be found to be edibl

Ginger is essential in daily life and is also a traditional Asian medicinal and edible plant. Ginger can be used to catch a cold, prevent and treat rheumatoid arthritis, lower blood lipids, and can be found in many places. The most common is as a condiment and appears in every meal.

The first to discover that ginger is edible may have been discovered and recorded by Shennong when he tasted the herbs.

Ginger can be said to be very precious in ancient times, comparable to **, it was said in "The Biography of Mu Tianzi". Legend has it that Shennong tasted all kinds of herbs, once accidentally ate poisonous mushrooms and fell into a coma, and when he woke up, he found a bush of grass beside him, pulled it out and put it in his mouth to chew. After a while, I felt sick to my stomach, and after the diarrhea, I was cured, my head was no longer dizzy, and my eyes were no longer dazzling.

Shennong named this sharp-leaved grass "ginger", which has the meaning of resurrecting the dead.

It is said in the AnalectsConfucius ate ginger every time he ate, but he didn't eat much at every meal. Confucius was 73 years old, which was inseparable from his healthy eating habit of eating ginger. At the same time, the potential of ginger was discovered.

The best way to eat every meal, but not too much, is to use it as a condiment. After being served on the table, it is used as a seasoningI unexpectedly discovered that ginger can make meals more delicious. After that, it has been passed down and has become a must-have condiment at home.

Su Shi was too punctual in Hangzhou, went to Jingci Temple to play, and when he met the host, he found that the host had a childish face and a ruddy complexion. Su Shi begged for a way, and the host told him that he should slice the tender ginger with skin every day, take it with warm water, and stick to it for a long time. This is called the "anti-aging formula", which shows the anti-aging effect of ginger.

There are many records of ginger in history, which shows the importance of ginger to the ancient people, and as a medicinal material, it is even more common in the field of traditional Chinese medicine.

Legend has it that Shennong's stomach hurt, and as a result, he ate it, so it was named "ginger" and was later served on the table.

Ginger was used as a disease of traditional Chinese medicine in ancient times, and with the introduction of chili salt, ginger was eaten.

This was first discovered as a medicinal herb, and later it was gradually discovered that it was good for the body when used regularly, so it became a daily seasoning. The charm of Chinese medicine is endless.

Legend has it that Shennong tasted herbs, and the first discovery that ginger could be eaten may have been discovered and recorded by Shennong when he tasted herbs, and later people slowly discovered that adding to food can make food more delicious.

According to legend, ginger was discovered and named by Shennong, who had a stomachache and was fine after eating it, so it was named after "ginger".

The rumored Shennong tasted herbs and discovered these seasonings, which not only can change the taste of the dish when added in cooking, but also have the effect of medicinal properties, so that the diet can play a neutralizing role.

"Ginger in the morning is better than ginseng soup; Eating ginger at night is equivalent to eating arsenic", "Within a year, don't eat ginger in autumn; Don't eat ginger at night in a day." Is this true?

Many people are surprised by this: many of the dishes in the usual dinner are seasoned with ginger, haven't you heard of it being harmful to the body?

And the author often meets people who eat ginger all year round, and they almost always have ginger day and night. I have eaten it for more than ten years, and I have never heard of anyone who was poisoned by eating ginger.

Therefore, this matter should be analyzed comprehensively. In the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, the human body wakes up in the morning with introverted yin qi and outward yang qi, so people will wake up, and sleep at night, on the contrary, yang qi is introverted to fall asleep. Ginger itself is a positive food or traditional Chinese medicine, and other medicinal effects are not mentioned, just positive or pungent, and the effect is to help yang.

Eating it in the morning can refresh your mind, which is good for the body, and at night it will affect your sleep.

Eating ginger at night is obviously exaggerated and inappropriate to eat arsenic, ginger is both food and medicine, its food characteristics are to play the role of spices, in the roast meat, fish and other meat dishes add ginger, has the effect of removing the fishy smell; Generally, it is used about dozens of grams, and the dosage is relatively small, mainly used as a condiment.

That is to say, eating ginger depends on the individual's physique, if a person is a cold physique, in addition to eating ginger in the morning, it is best to eat it during the day or afternoon, which plays a role in strengthening the cold, if you must eat it at night, use it in moderation, if the Chinese medicine doctor prescribes it to you, there may also be dry ginger in it, take it once in the morning and evening, then don't you have to take it the same at night? Note that this is for people with a cold constitution;

People with a hot physique, it is not suitable to eat ginger, the physique itself is already very hot, and then eating ginger with a very hot physique is like adding fuel to the fire, if you must eat it should not be used alone, it must be compatible, and ginger should not be used at night.

In addition, ginger has a spicy taste, and if you eat too much, you can't bear it. For women with spleen and stomach deficiency, drinking a small amount of brown sugar ginger water at night is more beneficial to dispel cold and dampness, keep warm and improve qi. At the same time, ginger also has a certain antibacterial and digestive function.

Therefore, for the phrase "eating ginger at night is equal to arsenic", it still varies from person to person, so you don't have to pay too much attention to it, just pay a little attention to your own physique. Try to eat as little as possible in the evening.

Normally, it is beneficial to eat ginger during the day, but it is not advisable to eat ginger at night. Not allowed, not completely inedible.

Ginger has a spicy and warm taste, and eating a little ginger in the morning is good for health. At 7-9 o'clock in the morning, qi and blood flow through the stomach, and ginger has the effect of "strengthening the spleen, warming the stomach, and dispersing wind and cold"; In addition, it has the effect of diverging yang energy, the sun rises in the morning, and it is also the time when the yang energy in the body just rises.

From afternoon to evening, the yang energy gradually weakens, and the yin energy gradually increases, at this time, the yang energy must converge and can no longer be as excited as during the day. Therefore, the ancients had such a saying - "eating ginger at night is equal to eating arsenic".

People who are afraid of heat and heavy internal fire often feel all kinds of heat in the body, and such people should not eat ginger during the day and night.

People who are afraid of cold and heavy air, often feel that the whole body has a variety of cold or cold symptoms, if you drink ginger soup at night to drive away the cold, the stomach warms up, which is conducive to sleep. I used to be a person with a particularly heavy cold (cold as ice below the knees in winter), for more than two years, I drank ginger and jujube soup as boiling water from morning to night, and there was no case of any dryness and heat, let alone insomnia caused by eating ginger in the afternoon and evening, I had reached the yin and yang deficiency when the cold was at its heaviest, and there were night sweats at night and hot flashes (false heat) in the afternoon, and these two manifestations also disappeared after drinking ginger jujube soup all day for a period of time!

You can eat ginger at night, and you can eat ginger at any time of the day. Ginger is hot, some people will feel the noise and heat affect their sleep when they eat it at night, and it is good for people with colds to drink some ginger soup at night to sweat.

It is best not to eat ginger at night to increase appetite, promote digestion, invigorate blood and drive away cold, and detoxify. But it is suitable for eating in the morning and eating it in the evening is easy to catch fire.

People with yin deficiency and fire, red eyes and internal heat, or people with carbuncle swelling and boils, pneumonia, lung abscess, tuberculosis, gastric ulcer, cholecystitis, pyelonephritis, diabetes, and hemorrhoids should not eat ginger for a long time, especially those with yin deficiency physique.

Yin deficiency is a hot and dry physique, manifested as hot hands and feet, sweaty palms, love to drink water, often dry mouth, dry eyes, dry nose, **dry, irritable, poor sleep, and ginger is pungent and warm, people with yin deficiency eat ginger will aggravate the symptoms of yin deficiency.