Zingiber Officinale

Ginger

A deciduous plant rich in volatile oil with borneol, camphene, cineol, citral, gingerols, shogaols, zingerones—e.g., phenylalkylketones and phelandrene
Alternative nutrition Ginger is used as a digestive aid, to prevent nausea in motion sickness, morning sickness, or chemotherapy, and for heart disease—ginger reduces cholesterol; it may have some carcinopreventive activity. See Healthy foods, gan jiang
Chinese medicine The rhizomes are antiemetic, cardiotonic, carminative, rubifacient, and stimulate secretion; it is used topically for burns, internally for abdominal pain, colds, hypercholesterolaemia, dysmenorrhoea, Raynaud phenomenon, seafood intoxication, vomiting. See Chinese herbal medicine
Herbal medicine The root is used for arthritic pain, colds, coughs, earache, GI complaints, gout, headache, pancreatitis, hypertension, kidney conditions, menstrual cramping, sinusitis, thrombosis, vertigo. See Herbal medicine
Psychiatry Ginger may have an anxiolytic effect. See Anxiety

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Zingiber officinale,

n See ginger.