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GINGER absorption of other nutrients from food and reduce waste. Parents often use this tonic for their children to ease stomach irritation, because it is a very soothing solution compared to other medicines. This tonic prevents stomach diseases. At home ginger juice is made with a teaspoon of freshly squeezed juice of ginger and lime and a teaspoon of honey in hot water. The studies have shown that the antioxidant properties of honey and ginger tonic help to moderate prostaglandin behaviour in the human organism. Prostaglandins are lipid compounds that are derived enzymatically from fatty acids, which are present in ginger. This helps to ease blood vessel tension, thereby reducing blood pressure and reducing the severe conditions like atherosclerosis, heart attacks, and strokes. The mixture of honey and ginger is useful as an anticancer medication too. Its antioxidant enzymes help to reduce the chances of cancer growth and metastasis. And also this helps to reduce the symptoms of chemotherapy. Because of above mentioned advantages of ginger and honey, many people all around the world always keep both ginger and honey in their house and prepare this beneficial mixture when someone falls ill with a cold or cough.