Why Should You Eat Ginger in Summer?

According to Traditional Chinese Medicine, the Yang energy is rising in summer, this is the best time to release old health issues and energetic blockages in your body. Ginger helps boost Yang energy in your body and supports the body to release old health issues and promotes healing. If you follow the biological clock in the body throughout the day, the Yang energy is rising in the morning, peaks at noon, and starts to fall in the evening, then the Yan energy starts to rise in the evening and peaks at night. This is how Yin and Yang energy dance with each other and balance each other, so the best time to eat ginger is in the morning when the Yang energy is rising.

There is an old Chinese saying, “If you eat lobok in winter and ginger in summer, you will stay away from the prescriptions of your doctor.” From this, you can see the amazing healing power of ginger. According to Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), ginger is called small ginseng. Have you ever noticed that your body starts to feel warm after eating ginger? Why is that? It is not just because ginger is spicy. This is because it speeds up the blood circulation in your body. There are many amazing healing benefits of ginger that you may not aware of, let’s explore some of them today.

1.     Treats mouth ulcers or canker sores

Rinse your mouth with hot ginger water two to three times a day. In general, the ulcer starts to heal in 2-3 days. Ginger can also treat periodontitis; you can gargle with warm ginger water in the morning and evening. If your throat is sore and itchy, you can add a pinch of sea salt in your warm ginger water and drink it two to three times a day.

2.     Relieves headaches/migraines

When a migraine attack occurs, you can soak your hands in hot ginger water for about fifteen minutes, and you can feel that your migraine is relieved or even disappeared after this.

3.     Reduces lower back pain and shoulder pain

Add a small amount of salt and vinegar to the hot ginger water, then soak a towel in the hot ginger water and wring it out. Apply the warm towel to the affected area until it is getting cold, apply this several times a day and it can greatly relieve shoulder/neck pain and lower back pain.

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