Ginger, also Ingber, Imber, Immerwurzel, ginger root mentioned, (botanische designation Zingiber officinale, medical/pharmaceutical name for the drug Rhizoma zingiberis) is belonged a ginger plant (Zingiberaceae) and to the (Liliopsida).

Spreading

This spice plant grows in the Tropics and Subtropen and in countries such as India, Indonesia, China, Japan, Australia, South America and also in Nigeria is cultivated. The homeland of this cultivated plant is not surely well-known. Possibly it has its origin on the Pacific islands.

Description

The ginger plant grows to over 1 m highly. The reed-like plant has long narrow sheets and a bud, from which yellow-red blooms grow.

Ginger is a Rhizom plant. This is to be recognized by the fact that the plant does not have a Hauptwurzel. The absence of a Hauptwurzel is usual for

The smell of the ginger is pleasantly aromatically, the taste burning sharp and spicy. Substantial components are thereby an ethereal oil, resinic acids and a neutral resin as well as a Gingerol, a sharply aromatic substance.

Use

Use as Nahrungspflanze

The Rhizome is used - particularly in south and Eastern Asia, and there already since long time, - as spice and cures (e.g. with coughs). Before the introduction of the Chilischoten from America at the beginning of the modern times ginger was in Eastern Asia usually the only available sharp spice. Ginger has an antibacterial effect, works antiemetisch (protecting against vomiting), promotes the blood circulation, increases the production of the and is considered as aphrodisiac. Depending upon production method, harvest time and kind of preparing ginger becomes a mild or sharp spice.

Ginger ranks among the more well-known kitchen herbs and spices. Thus one grinds for example a thumb nail large peeled piece ginger of the Rhizoms on kitchen-rubs and gives it (briefly after cooking or roasting) in soups or also on chicken meat. It fits outstanding poultry and lamb as well as fish and sea fruits. Also Lebkuchen, Printen, milk rice, fruit salad and fruchtige cold bowls are refined with gemahlenen ginger.

Ginger plums are in syrup inserted pieces of fresh ginger. As further sweet ginger preparing is there kandierten (also with chocolate covered) ginger and the ginger jam liked in Great Britain. Young ginger rungs serve in the Tropics occasionally as very spicy vegetable or as a peppering herb.

One can make beer or dte of ginger also. The so-called Ginger Ale is a alkoholhaltige lemonade with ginger taste, those particularly around the center 20. Century extremely likes was. Today the soft drink available under the name Ginger Ale does not contain alcohol.

Use as welfare plant

The ginger root stick contains viscous balsam (Oleoresin), which from ethereal oils and a sharp material portion, which Gingerolen and Shoagolen exist. Ginger dte and ginger baths are ordered in the asiatic alternative medicine with rheumatism, muscular pains, or colds. Preparing from the ginger root stick affect antiemetisch, energizing the gastric juice, saliva and Gallebildung and increasing on the intestine function. The antiemetische effect seems to be mediated by a direct effect on the gastro-intestinal tract. Also an antagonism of Serotonin type 3 receptors is discussed. Ginger is used therefore for the treatment by digesting complaints, blowing and for the Vorbeugung by nausea and vomiting particularly with the travel or seasickness. For evaluation to security with an application for the Vorbeugung of the pregnancy vomit not yet sufficiently material lies forwards (S. reference). Occasionally on a favorable effect with ulcers, headache and rheumatism tables joint complaints one reports. These data are however so far only insufficiently examined. Ginger becomes frequently in the beverage (Ginger Ale, ginger beer) and foodstuffs industry used. It serves purely or in mixtures (Curry, Chutneys, jams, sauces) as spice. As if green ginger designates one the young harvested, moderates tasting Rhizome. In hot countries ginger is also as additive in coffee or dte because of its energizing effect on the welding formation likes.

Other

The name of the plant is for linguists an example to occupy the relationship of the languages among themselves. In English linguistic area is ginger as Ginger well-known.

Reference work

• Ginger - the noble sharpness from the country of the smile - energizing, history and prescriptions, RK publishing house ISBN 3-03800-259-3
• Anne Iburg, Dumonts small spice encyclopedia, 2002 DuMont monte publishing house ISBN 3-8320-8780-X

Related links

• http://www.uni-graz.at/~katzer/germ/Zing_off.html - ginger as spice
• http://m-ww.de/pharmakologie/arzneimittel/magen_darm/ingwer.html - ginger as welfare plant
• http://www.pharmakobotanik.de/systematik/6droge-f/zingib-r.htm
• good left to the topic ginger on medinfo.de

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