The Healing Benefits of Ginger

A simple way to start your healing journey to a healthier you is to start adding basic natural healing items to your diet and every day life. This can be achieved in an affordable fashion with minimal effort. Ginger, a root plant which can be grown inside during colder climates, outside during the warm seasons, or you can buy it in stores for an extremely cheap price; is with rich with healing properties and is an all time favorite alternative to western medicine when fighting cold or flu. Gingers fresh and aromatic spice makes for a delicious and enjoyable time when it's added to food or drink and is 100% better than taking over the counter pills for sickness.

One of the many healing properties of Ginger Root  includes the ability to promote digestive system regulation and fire up those digestive juices to ensure that food is broken down properly in the body digested correctly. As well as a healthier digestive system ginger root improves the absorption and assimilation of essential nutrients in the body. When your sinuses are blocked up and you just can't seem to breathe right turn to ginger for help  as it clears the 'micro-circulatory channels' of the body. Air-sickness or nausea can be easily cured by chewing on a piece of ginger as well as reducing flatulence. Got cramps? Ginger will cure that one. The anti-inflammatory properties of ginger are perfect for easing joint and muscle pain or aches by just adding a little ground up ginger to a hot bath your muscles will relax and loosen up when soaked in the hot ginger water. Throat and nose congestion are also easily taken care of when sipping on a cup of ginger tea with a little honey it.

My personal favorite method of using ginger root for it's healing properties is to slice a small handful of the root and let it sit in about 2 to 3 cups of boiling water on the stove. Depending on how strong you want your tea, you will want to experiment with the amount of ginger slices you add to your water. After the water has come to a slow boil check the brew to see if it has started to turn a light yellowish color (the color of the ginger root itself) when the ginger has started to color the water I always add a few little sticks of rosemary for its healing properties and top it off with a few tablespoons of honey and a splash of lemon juice. Drink as much as desired throughout the day to receive full healing benefits of the plant.

~Namaste Healthy People~

"The natural healing force within each one of us is the greatest force in getting well. Our food should be our medicine. Our medicine should be our food."

-Hippocrates