Ginger is known as “Vishvabhesaj” or universal medicine. Ayurvedic scriptures consider this herb as a Sattvic herb. A Sattvic herb is lighter, healing, compassionate and packed with divine energy!
Ginger enhances the digestive fire or Agni in the body. Therefore, it is a very useful herb if someone has an upset stomach causing nausea or have a vomit like feeling. A strong digestive fire expel the toxins or Ama out of the body. Ama normally accumulate in the joints and can cause stiffness, pain, inflammation and arthritis. Ginger expels the Ama and indirectly help to heal the inflammation in the joint. This also explains why Ginger has been one of the important ingredient of the traditional Ayurvedic formula, ‘Yogaraj Guggula’ which is used to cure joint pain and inflammation.
Another benefit of ginger is that if consumed with the food then it helps in better assimilation of nutrients out of the food so that you won’t have a heavy, sluggish feeling after a heavy meal. This is the reason ginger is one go the important ingredient in a Kapha pacifying formula, that is Trikatu powder.
Ginger goes to the lungs and clear the excess kapha and vata accumulate over there. It helps kickstarting the immune system. This is the main reason why this herb is included in an important Ayurvedic formula to strengthen the immune system, Talisadi.
Ginger is warm or ushana in nature and its Ayurvedic tastes are pungent and sweet. It is one of the best herb for vata and kapha constitution. It helps in removing the excess vata and kapha from the body. Its vipaka or after-taste is sweet so it may be warm initially but in the long run it actually nourish and tonify the body. But people with pitta constitution should be careful in consuming dry ginger which is much hotter than fresh ginger.
This can be one of your favourite drink during the period of menstruation cycle as it will help in countering the menstrual cramp that can occur due to the excess vata stagnation in the lower abdominal area during the menstruation time.
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