Some Uses Of Ginger

• To sharpen appetite and aid digestion: Chew a sliver of fresh ginger before meals.
• To relieve trapped gas or colicky pains: Make a tea with one quarter teaspoonful of ginger powder and sip. You can also use 1 teaspoonful of freshly grated ginger and boil for 5 mins, honey can be added before drinking ginger tea, but let it cool to drinking temperature.
• For a fever that starts in the morning or evening with goosebumps and shivering, body ache, backache, constipation, stiff joints and a rapid pulse: Take one half teaspoonful ginger powder plus equal amounts of cumin powder(geera) and myrrh powder, steep the herbs in a cup of hot water for 10 mins before drinking. It will help induce a healing sweat to reduce temperature.
• For Headache: Make a paste with 1 teaspoonful of ginger powder and water, apply to forehead and lie with it in place for half an hour. This can also help some types of migraines also.
• For cough, colds, congestion, runny nose, post-nasal drip, fever with chills and heaviness in the head: Take a tea of ginger, cinnamon and fennel. Make a mixture of equal parts of these and store it in a tightly sealed jar in a cool, dark cupboard. When needed make a tea with 1 teaspoonful of the mixture in hot water, drink 2-3 times daily.