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Wild Ginger for Health Benefits


Many plants that exist in Nature has its benefits and health giving properties. Usually people call with herbs or herbal remedies traditionally processed and different drugs made from chemicals. Since before there was drug use chemicals, various types of plants were made into herbal medicine with a specific recipe that serves as a cure various diseases and also as a precaution against the disease which means that these herbs are beneficial to health at that time.

Types of plants including Wild Ginger is an ingredient that is most commonly found in herbal medicine, as it has many benefits like can increase appetite, overcoming liver disease, other than that according to Dr. Arijanto Jonosowojo SpPD, ginger not only to treat hepatitis but can lower LDL and also raise HDL levels in the body.

Benefits of Wild Ginger

Wild Ginger, This plant is one of the main medicinal plant originating from Indonesia, especially in Java, and spread  an other areas. Until now  Wild Ginger  been cultivated in many countries, mostly in Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, and the Philippines. In addition, this plant can also be found in many other countries such as China, India, Japan, Korea, America up in several countries in Europe.

The name used on ginger in areas in Indonesia are different, such as Sundanese called with big  parts, while in Madura ginger is also called the meeting labak. The scientific name of turmeric is Curcuma xanthorrhiza. Ginger plants can grow well in the state of loose soil, and grows in lowland areas up to 1500 meters above sea level which is the habitat of tropical forests. However, you certainly can easily find ginger in many places, even in traditional markets.

Wild Ginger contains   usually used for the treatment of liver and osteoarthritis patient care. In addition, in ginger contains volatile oil are also useful for rheumatic diseases. Of both substances contained in turmeric also has anti-oxidants that are beneficial to health. Besides, curcumin also has several other benefits such as an analgesic, antioxidant and anti-inflammatory.
  
According to Dr. Pangestu Adi, who is the senior staff of Faculty of Medicine, Airlangga University Hospital Dr Soetomo, Surabaya ( Indonesia)  said that Ginger can cope with liver disease who have high levels of SPGT and AST is more than normal for 6 months or more, as it also liver disease which still has something to do with virus B, C or B and C. In addition useful for the treatment of hepatitis ginger can also lower LDL and raise HDL.

Besides other benefits Ginger is usually made as hepatoprotektor to protect the liver due to the side effects of drug use Cholesterol is usually consumed in the long run.  Wild Ginger  for other health benefits may be many, but if you want to cultivate ginger and make it as herbal medicine, you could use a pot of clay, not recommended to use aluminum pot to boil it as a place for active substances

The aluminum can react with substances contained in ginger can cause poisoning.

According to the Head of Complementary Alternative Polyclinic Hospital Dr. Soetomo, Surabaya, Dr. Arjianto Jonowewojo, SpPD Suggest better to use the traditional way of using a pot of clay usually is specifically used to boil the herbs. Besides ginger can be boiled several times to take the boiled water but it is not advisable to do so many times because of course it contains oil and turmeric contained in ginger will be reduced so that the benefits gained less than optimal.


Hopefully this article on the benefits and efficacy of ginger for health can increase your knowledge of one of the main herbs that have various benefits of this. In addition, as reported from the site lifeshack.com, ginger can prevent and cure of various diseases such as, digestion, stomach, constipation, colds and even has the benefit of eliminating acne on the face. So there's nothing wrong if you consume herbs turmeric

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