Ginger: The Discover their Excellent Medicinal and Culinary Properties (English Edition) [Kindle-editie] beoordelingen het boek quotes

Besides being a very popular spice , ginger has been used for medicinal purposes for thousands of years. Some studies suggest that ginger is more effective than prescription drugs In Ayurvedic medicine of India and ginger Chinese medicine has an important place. It is a plant grown in warm countries, aromatic rhizome that is used in medicine and as a spice. Tuber articulated in the form of hand, to which is given the name of compounds rhizomes. An essential part of the plant, a strong aromatic odor, sours, spicy. The rhizomes are dusky yellow outside and white inside. The leaves are elongated like corn when just sprout from the ground and wrapped in its sheath the stem. The flowers are showy, are arranged and supported by tapered shanks slated scales. Ginger does not produce fruit and seeds and belongs to the same family as turmeric.