This document summarizes research on the medicinal properties of ginger. It discusses ginger's importance in various cuisines around the world and its major producing countries. Nutritionally, ginger contains various vitamins, minerals, and bioactive compounds like gingerols and shogaols. Medical research has found that ginger exhibits cardiotonic, anti-inflammatory, gastroprotective, and antiemetic effects. Studies show ginger can help reduce cholesterol levels, platelet aggregation, edema, and relieve pain, inflammation, nausea, and migraine symptoms. The document concludes that ginger has potential applications for treating cancer patients, as a neuroprotectant, and for mitigating radiation effects.
3. GINGER
World’s healthiest food
Family: Zingiberaceae
Fresh ginger yellow, white or red in colour
depending on variety covered with brownish
thick or thin skin
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5. GINGER
1 tbs ginger slices = 6.00 gm wt.
Native to South eastern Asia. Nowadays
cultivated all over the globe
Pungent spicy used in dishes, fruits and
vegetarian dishes
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6. GINGER
Ginger is knotted, thick beige underground
upto 12” above ground with long narrow
green leaves and white / yellowish green
flowers
Used as delicacy, medicine / spice
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8. Country-wise importance
Quite essential ingredient of Chinese,
Korean and Japanese and many South Asian
cuisines for flavouring dishes such as fish,
meat and vegetarian cuisine
Western countries use in sweet foods
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9. Country-wise importance
Western countries’ cuisines: ginger ale,
ginger bread, garlic snaps, Parkin ginger,
biscuits and Speculaas
Ginger flavoured liquor produced in Jamac,
France, ginger wine in UK
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10. Country-wise importance
Served in green bottle and hot tea, coffee
In India used in almost all dishes. Ginger tea
in winter. Veg, non-veg preparations ‘Kotlu’
esp. for pregnant women mixture of gums,
resin, ghee, ginger, nuts and sugar
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11. Country-wise importance
Bangladesh: Paste in fish, meat dishes along
with onion and garlic
Burma: ginger called Gyin, is used for
cooking, traditional medicine, salad Gyin-
thot
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12. Country-wise importance
Indonesia: ginger root recipes
Malaysia: soup prep
Philippines: local dishes & brewed in Sarbat
Vietnam: chopped ginger to shrimp & Yam
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13. Country-wise importance
China: sliced whole ginger with fresh meat,
herbal tea and soup
Japan: ginger pickled to make beni shoga,
gari, tofu and noodles, candy – shoga no sato
zuke
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16. World production June 2008
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India 380,100
China 331,100
Indonesia 192,500
Nepal 174,268
Thailand 170,125
Nigeria 152,106
Bangladesh 72,608
Japan 52,000
Philippines 27,415
Cameron 12,000
Data in tonnes
19. Nutritional value of Ginger
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Energy 333 KJ / 80 Kcal
Carbohydrate 17.17 g
Sugars 1.7 g
Dietary fibre 2 g
Fat 0.75 g
Proteins 1.32 g
Thiamine B1 0.025 mg
Riboflavin B2 0.034 mg
Data for 100 gm
20. Nutritional value of Ginger
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Niacin (Vit. B3) 0.75 mg
Pantothenic acid (Vit. B5) 0.203 mg
Vit. B6 0.15 mg
Folic acid (Vit. B9) 11 microgm
Vit. C 5 mg
Vit. E 0.26 mg
Calcium 16 mg
Data for 100 gm
21. Nutritional value of Ginger
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Iron 0.6 mg
Magnesium 43 mg
Manganese 0.229 mg
Phosphorus 34 mg
Potassium 415 mg
Sodium 13 mg
Zinc 0.34 mg
Data for 100 gm
22. Healing power of Ginger
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High blood pressure Heart diseases
Stomach upset Painful M.C.
Dysmenorrhoea Motion sickness
Migraines Osteoarthritis
Vomiting Gastrointestinal problems
Nausea Intestinal spasmolytic
23. Healing power of Ginger
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Colorectal cancer Inflammation of colon
Ovarian cancer Liver damages
Cough Digestive nausea
Bronchi Bowel movements
Muscle pain Asthma & respiration
Skin burns Kidney problems
24. Forms of Ginger
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Fresh ginger Ginger powder
Preserved ginger Ginger oil
Dry ginger Ginger oleoresin
71. Medical research: GINGER
After experimentation, bioactive chemicals
of ginger possess following properties
1. Cardiotonic
2. Antilipennic
3. Gastroprotective
4. Antiemetic
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72. Medical research: GINGER
Gingerol possess inotropic and chronotropic
effects and enhance contraction of guinea pigs
atrial muscle (Borrelli et. al. 2004)
Ginger extract have antilipemic effects by
reducing high Lipid levels & artherogenesis fed
with high cholesterol dicts (Bhandari et. al. 1998)
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74. Medical research: GINGER
Ginger at a dose 100 mg / kg reduced
carrageenan induced edema in rats (Jana et. al.
1999)
Mascolo and coworkers (1989) reported anti-
inflammatory and analgesic activities of ginger
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75. Medical research: GINGER
Chinese study with 113 patients having
rheumatic & chronic lower back pain when
injected 5-10% ginger extract to painful parts
decreased swelling & recovery in Joint
function (Suekawa 1984)
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76. Medical research: GINGER
Oral administration of powdered ginger to
patients with rheumatism & musculoskeletal
disorders shown relief with varying degree
from pain & swelling (Shrivastava 1992)
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78. Medical research: GINGER
Mustafa et. al. 1990 – in one study 42 yrs old
woman with a 16 yr history of migraine
experienced enormous relief after
supplementing her diet with 1.5 - 2 gm of
dried ginger daily
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79. Medical research: GINGER
Neuro protective in various behavioural
tasks: Hasenohrl 1996
Ejechi et. al. 1998 showed ginger extract
showed anti-fungal potential
Micklefield et. al. 1999: Antiemetic property
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80. Medical research: GINGER
Ginger as a behavioural radio-protector
Anti-oxidant property of ginger helps in
treating cancer patients
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81. Medical research: GINGER
Kaul et. al. 2001 - Better anti-emetics in treating
headache, constipation, trouble sleeping,
restlessness, involuntary movements
Sharma et. al. 2005 - Ginger possesses good
potential for mitigating radiation
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