What is ground ginger, do you know what its efficacy and function are?

A herbaceous plant, edible, and has the effect of reducing heat, can also be cooked, for cold prevention, in short, it is a very good plant, but it should be used reasonably.

It is something that can be used to make heat, it can be used to make wine or tea, it can keep our minds clear, and it can detoxify and nourish the skin.

In fact, this is something similar to ginseng, which can help us detoxify and nourish our skin, brighten our eyes and relieve cough, improve water, and even help us prevent cancer.

Ground ginger generally refers to Jerusalem artichoke, also known as artichoke and devil ginger, which is a perennial root slippery herbaceous plant. It is 1-3 meters tall and has tubular underground stems and fibrous roots. The stems are erect, branched, and covered with short white rough hairs or bristles.

The leaves are usually opposite, with petioles, but the upper leaves are alternate; The lower lobes are ovate or ovate-elliptic. The inflorescences are large, few or many, solitary at the end of the branches, with 1-2 linear-lanceolate bracts, erect, tongue-like flowers usually 12-20, tongue yellow, spreading, oblong-elliptic, tubular flowers corolla yellow, 6 mm long. The achenes are small and wedge-shaped, with 2-4 hairy cones at the upper end.

Flowering period is from August to September.

Native to North America, it was introduced to Europe in the 17th century and later to China. Its underground tubers are rich in starch, inulin and other fructose polymers, which can be eaten, cooked or boiled in porridge, pickled vegetables, dried Jerusalem artichoke, or used as raw materials for starch and alcohol. Planting near the house also has a beautifying effect.

Jerusalem artichoke has been called the "21st Century Livestock Crop" by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations**.

Ground ginger is commonly known as devil ginger, artichoke and ginger is not spicy, and it is a kind of cash crop of the genus Sunflower in the Asteraceae family.

Since ancient times, Chinese medicine scholars and folk have said that "ginger cures all diseases". Because ginger contains oily volatile oils such as gingerol, gingerene, phellandne, citral, and aroma; There are also gingerol, resin, starch, and fiber, among others. Therefore, ginger has the effects of excitement, sweating, cooling, and refreshment in hot seasons; It can relieve fatigue, fatigue, anorexia, and loss.

symptoms such as sleepiness, bloating, and abdominal pain; Ginger also has the effect of strengthening the stomach and increasing appetite, the summer climate is hot, the secretion of saliva and gastric juice will be reduced, thus affecting people's appetite, if you eat a few pieces of ginger during meals, it will increase appetite;

Ginger also has a relieving or analgesic effect on stomach pain, gastritis and gastroduodenal ulcer caused by pain, vomiting, pantothenic acid, hunger, etc.

Ginger is spicy, no one denies it, and ground ginger is spicy

Devil ginger is called Jerusalem artichoke, commonly known as devil ginger, artichoke, ginger is not spicy, is a kind of Asteraceae sunflower cash crop.

Ground ginger is known as Jerusalem artichoke, commonly known as devil ginger, artichoke, ginger is not spicy, is a kind of Asteraceae sunflower cash crop.

Ground ginger, also known as artichoke, bears fruit like ginger, peeling off the yellow skin, and the inside is white flesh, and when you bite into it, it is crisp and sweet.

What are the benefits of eating ground ginger.