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.