ZINGIBER OFFICINALE (Aduwa)

Description

General Information.
Ginger is a flowering plant whose rhizome,
ginger root or ginger, is widely used as a spice
and a folk medicine. It is an herbaceous perennial

which grows annual pseudo stems about one-
meter tall bearing narrow leaf blades.

Name: Ginger
Scientific Name: Zingiber officinale
Nepali Name: Aduwa
SPICE
DETAILS
From the ancient Chinese and the Romans, to mothers of poorly
children worldwide, for thousands of years now ginger has been used
as a spice and a medicine. Although it is commonly described as a root,
it is in fact a rhizome, a stem that grows out from the plant underground,
and from which small roots will sprout, as well as new green shoots.
Ginger’s most well-known medicinal use is as a digestive-aid, to relieve
tummy pain, nausea and diarrhoea, as well as morning sickness and
travel sickness. This is thought to be because of the spice’s high levels
of gingerol; a powerful component that gives it its natural zingy flavor,
and which acts as an anti-inflammatory in the body.

USES
Zingiber officinale (Ginger) is extensively used throughout the world
in foods as a spice. For centuries, it has been used as a natural medicine
for the management of diabetes, catarrh, asthma, rheumatism, stroke,
gingivitis, toothache, constipation, and nervous system diseases.