Ginger Plant

 When I make tea this spice is used to make it extra special! I also use ginger in rasam and other asian dishes.

Ginger is a flowering plant whose rhizome, ginger root or ginger, is widely used as a spice and a folk medicine. It is a herbaceous perennial which grows annual pseudostems about one meter tall bearing narrow leaf blades. 

Scientific name: Zingiber officinale

Higher classification: Ginger

Rank: Species

1. Contains gingerol, which has powerful medicinal properties

2. Can treat many forms of nausea, especially morning sickness

3. May help with weight loss

4. Can help with osteoarthritis

5. May drastically lower blood sugars and improve heart disease risk factors

6. Can help treat chronic indigestion

7. May significantly reduce menstrual pain

8. May help lower cholesterol levels

9. Contains a substance that may help prevent cancer

10. May improve brain function and protect against Alzheimer’s disease

11. Can help fight infections

ginger grows as a perineal plant that grows in tropical and subtropical regions.