Healing Power and Curative Properties
Impotency
Ginger juice is aphrodisiac. For better results, half a teaspoon of ginger juice honey with a half-boiled egg and is taken at night for a month. It tones up the sex organs and cures impotency, premature ejaculation and spermatorrhoea, or involuntary seminal discharge.
Menstrual Disorders
For menstrual disorders, a piece of fresh ginger is pounded and boiled in a cup of water for a few minutes. The infusion, sweetened with sugar, is taken thrice daily after meals for painful or irregular
menstruation caused by exposure to
cold winds or by
cold bath.
Aches and Pains
Ginger is an excellent
pain killer. It can cure all types of
pain. In
headache, ginger ointment made by rubbing dry ginger with a little water on a grinding stone and applied to the forehead affords relief. It allays toothache when applied to the gum. In case of earache, a few drops of ginger juice gives relief.
Other Uses
Ginger is available in two forms, fresh and dried. Both the forms are effective. As the taste of ginger is not very palatable, it is carefully adapted to the palate by putting it in vegetables. In western countries, it is widely used for culinary purposes in gingerbread, biscuits, cakes, puddings, soups and pickles. It is a common constituent of curry powder. Ginger is the most widely-used spice in Chinese cookery.
The essential oil from the rhizomes is used in the manufacture of flavouring essence and in perfumery. An oleoresin is also extracted, in which the full pungency of the spice is preserved; it is used for flavouring and
medicinal purposes.