Rheumatism ginger

Ginger (Zingiber officinale) has been widely used as a dietary spice as well as in traditional oriental medicine. Ginger has a long history of medicinal use in China and India for conditions such as nausea, coldness, and rheumatism. Ginger is claimed to warm the body and treat cold extremities. Ginger is one of the hot spices which contain a number of pimgent constituents. 

Anti-rheumatic effect. Ginger oil, administered orally at a dose of 33 mg/kg to male Sprague-Dawley rats with arthritis induced in the knee and paw by injecting 0.05 mL of fine suspension of dead Mycobacterium tu-berculosis bacilli in liquid paraffin (5 mg/mL, produced a significant suppression of both paw and joint swelling . Hot water extract of the dried rhizome, administered intragastrically to female mice at a dose of 20 mg/mL, was active in influenza virus-infected animals . 

ZO036 Srivastava, K. C., and T. Mustafa. Ginger (Zingiber officinale) in rheumatism and musculoskeletal disorders. Med Hypotheses 1992 39(4) 342-348. 

The Chinese utilized ginger for stomachaches, diarrhea, nausea, cholera, bleeding, asthma, heart conditions, respiratory disorders, toothache, and rheumatic complaints. In China, the root and stem... 

Xobelia Poultice. Linseed meal, i ounce slippery elm, I ounce powdered lobelia, ounces ginger, 1 ounce whiskey sufficient to make it. Good for all inflamed parts, as the side in pleurisy, liver complaints, rheumatism, lumbago. 

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. ... 

Traditional Medicine. Ginger is usually used as a carminative and diaphoretic and to stimulate the appetite. Dried ginger has been used for thousands of years in China to treat numerous ailments, including stomachache, diarrhea, nausea, cholera, and bleeding. In addition to the above uses, fresh ginger is used to treat rheumatism, poisonous snakebite, baldness, toothache, and other conditions (jIANGSU). 

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