Colds ginger

Essentia.1 Oils. Essential oils (qv) are extracted from the flower, leaf, bark, fmit peel, or root of a plant to produce flavors such as mint, lemon, orange, clove, cinnamon, and ginger. These volatile oils are removed from plants either via steam distillation, or using the cold press method, which avoids heat degradation. Additional processing is sometimes employed to remove the unwanted elements from the oils, such as the terpenes in citms oils which are vulnerable to oxidation (49,50). 

The Ginger Snap, on ice in a soda glass, runs hot and cold on the palate. It s a fusion Southside—a limeade with a curry-like kick. 

For many herbalists, a favorite method of treating a cold, flu or fever is to give a strong tea of elder blossoms, peppermint (Menthapiperita) leaves and either yarrow (Achillea millefolium) or ginger root (zingiber officinale). The tea is often consumed while sitting in a hot bath to further open the pores. The... 

In autumn, try simmering elderberry wine with warming spices such as cinnamon, cloves and ginger. Not only does it taste delicious and warm you when taken hot before bedtime, it benefits coughs, colds, flu, asthma and sore throats. A dash of lemon juice is also delicious in elderberry wine. 

Gan Jiang, the dry ginger, is very pungent and primarily enters the Spleen meridian. It disperses cold, dries dampness and treats abdominal pain with a cold sensation and a cramping nature. It can also treat diarrhea and poor appetite due to Yang deficiency of the Spleen. Combined with herbs that tonify the Spleen-Qi, it can improve the function of the Spleen-Yang. 

Colds Anise, boneset, coltsfoot, comfrey, echinacea, elderberry, ginger, goldenseal (yellow-root), licorice, nettle, pleurisy root, slippery elm, spotted cranesbill, valerian, and willow bark or dogwood... 

Eventually it became clear that the syndrome was associated with the use of an extract of Jamaica ginger, normally sold for medicinal purposes. Remedies like this were popular at the time and some of them were well known, for example the Vegetable Compound of Lydia Pinkham ( Lily the Pink). The ginger was dissolved in up to 90 per cent alcohol to produce a syrup or tincture (for example, Tinctura Zingiberis was 90 per cent alcohol). A few drops in water would usually be taken, and the extract was sold in pharmacies in 2 oz bottles. Popularly known as Jake , the remedy had been in use since the nineteenth century for the treatment of minor ailments such as colds, period pains, headaches, and flatulence and to aid digestion. ... 

Within this formula, acrid, hot, dry Ginger is the sovereign. It warms the middle burner spleen and stomach and dispels interior cold. Ginseng greatly supplements the source qi. It assists transportation and transformation and... 

With accompanying cold signs and symptoms, add Cortex Cinnamomi (Rou Gui) and blast-fried Rhizoma Zingiberis (Pao Jiang). This results in Jiang Gui Si Wu Tang (Ginger Cinnamon Four Materials Decoction). 

It has traditionally been a primary herb of choice for treating colds and flu. It is especially useful for children in that it is safe in large quantities and yet tastes quite good. A relatively unknown fact is that ginger s antitussive (anticough) action rivals that of codeine, and its strong expectorant and antihistamine actions help thin bronchial mucus and move it up and out of the system. This makes it a perfect herb for upper... 

Ginger is used to stimulate digestion and to help ease nausea and motion sickness. It does nothing for hypertension or the flu or colds. 

Modes of Application.—Internally —As a cathartic and emetic, dissolved in tepid water. Sometimes half doses of chloride of sodium and sulphate of magnesia are mixed with ginger, pimento, or some other aromatic and treacle such a mixture will often be voluntarily drunk by cattle and sheep. Croton oil, oil of turpentine, and calomel, may be added to common salt, to increase its cathartic and anthelmintic action and mustard, sulphate of zinc, sulphate of copper, or tartarated antimony, may be combined with it to ensure its prompt action as an emetic. As a tonic and stomachic, it should be sprinkled over the animal s food, either in the state of powder or in solution. Externally —A lotion consisting of one pound of common salt dissolved in a gallon of cold water. This lotion should be applied during, or immediately after, the solution of the salt. 

Evaporate the juice to two and a half pints, add the ginger and pimento, digest at a gentle heat for four hours, and strain. When cold, add the spirit, let the mixture stand for two days, then decant off the clear liquor, and in this dissolve the sugar with a gentle heat, so as to make the sp. gr. 1 32. 

The rhizome of ginger Zingiber officinale Roscoe, Zingiberaceae) has been used not only as a food seasoning and a spice, but also as a useful eomponent of oriental herbal medicine in which it is recommended for colds, fever, ehills, rheumatism, motion sickness, and leprosy. Ginger has antiemetic, diuretic, anti-inflammatory, analgesic, carminative, stimulant, antioxidative, and antipyretie effeets. ... 

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