Ginger is botanically known as Zingiber officinale by the world renown eighteen century botanists Linnaeus from Switzerland. There are over 1,400 different species of Zingiberaceane family. Ginger is a thin long perennial that is 24 to 39 inches in height that has fragrant flowers which are greenish-yellow with streaks of purple. The leaves of the ginger plant are dark green with a prominent vein in the middle of the leaf with the fruit or the seeds found in the body. The most identified part of the plant is the root which is well known in Asian and India cooking.
Ginger has been used for centuries by holistic healers and priests to
help with a myriad of conditions including: pain, stomach cramps,
increasing longevity, digestive issues, ulcer-protection, male
reproductive system issues, and parasites. With 400 constituents, is a
power house in the world of herbs. Ginger is the most well-known of the
root herbs. Over a time of 5,000 years, ginger has migrated from the
rainforests of South East Asia, making it to Europe in the first century
AD, and then eventually to the America’s. Today, it not only cultivated
for crops, it is often used in ornamental landscaping. Sadly it no
longer grows in the wild.
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