Ginger tea is the best form of tea when it comes to having a good cure from sore throat and nausea. In fact ginger teat made at home is much better than what you will get as the ginger tea bags.
Ginger tea along with a dash of lemon juice and honey provides a wonderful concotion which can be used as alternative healthy drink instead of your regular drink. Online or otherwise you can always get the organic ginger tea.
If you want to have your homemade ginger tea then here are the steps
For 2 cups of tea you can have a ginger root piece which is about 2 – 21/2 inches long.
Now peel that slice of ginger and then grate the piece. Alternatively you can even cut thin slices of ginger and not grate the ginger.
Put the water for boiling and add the grated ginger or the slices of ginger into the water.
Once boiled pour the water into your tea cup. You can filter the pieces of ginger or you can have them in your tea cup. You will have to allow them to settle for a while.
Ginger tea
Add honey and lime juice to the cup and of course the normal tea bag. If you want that else you can only have that with ginger and honey.
Tip – To get decent amount of extract from ginger boil the water with ginger root for good 10 -20 minutes.
You have these ginger tea cups for three – four times a day. Since ginger is very healthy and is an expectorant as well as thermogenic it is good as for curing all stomach disorders and common cold as well as cough.
There are other recipes that involved crystallized ginger which I will be detailing in the later posts. You can also use the candied ginger for just chewing and get some relief from sore throat as it acts as a very good expectorant.
Ginger is a root that has been there for centuries now. It is found primarily in South Asia and it works wonders for curing nausea and migraines. It also helps in digestion. In fact Ginger tea as a health drink has been there for many centuries in the old civilization of India and other Asian countries.
Ginger is also used as a spice for because it has some really pungent smell and it is known for removing some bad odors from food.
Ginger root
Now onto the health benefits of ginger. Well the most commonly known health benefits of ginger are the in the cases of pregnancy. Nausea caused during pregnancy can be cured by ginger root. This is also known as morning sickness and ginger works really well for morning sickness.
Stomach indigestion can be easily cured by ginger root. Any heartburn caused due to indigestion or otherwise can be cured by having ginger tea.
Arthritis patients use ginger oil for massage as it has the basic anti inflammatory traits.
Now if you buy ginger then you can buy fresh ginger from any grocery store. However it is a major issue when you will to have to use as you have to peel the thin brown skin and then grate it for effective use. If you need to store it then it is better to peel it and then go for your cling wrap and put it in your freezer.
Generally the grated form of ginger is the best as then you can very easily get the juice from the grated ginger and use it. Ginger juice and honey mixed in work very well for a sore throat.
If you need more eating style ginger for effective nausea relief then go for the crystallized ginger or the ginger chews.
Ginger extracts are available in the form of capsules or health supplements.
Update : Mar 2010: For all those who need to understand better how to make good food then read this cooking guide and I am sure it will help you a lot.
