Antiespasmódico, tonificante: Rizomas

Distribución
Originaria del área indomalaya. Cultivada en toda la Amazonía.

Usos
Papas
Reumatismo: hervir en agua tres kg de rizomas, pelados y machacados. Añadir tres kg de azúcar que espese y dejar reposar durante un par de semanas. Tomar tres veces al día.
Tos seca: masticar el rizoma crudo alivia la tos y escozor de la garganta. También se puede preparar el rizoma machacado y hervir con azúcar y aguardiente. Otro preparado utilizado en la zona consiste en rallar un rizoma y una cebolla medianos, diluirlos en una taza de agua y agregar una cucharada de azúcar. Estos preparados se toman de tres a cuatro veces al día durante tres días.
Antidiarreico: machacar el rizoma y cocinarlo. Dejar reposar y dar de beber.

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Origin

Native to Southeast Asia; now cultivated mainly in Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Maharashtra.

Action:

Rhizome—antiemetic, antiflatulent, hypocholesterolaemic, anti-inflammatory, antispasmodic, expectorant, circulatory stimulant, diaphoretic, increases bioavailability of prescription drugs. Used for irritable bowel and diarrhoea, colds and influenza. Showed encouraging results in migraine and cluster headache The Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia of India recommends dried rhizomes in dyspepsia, loss of appetite, tympanitis, anaemia, rheumatism, cough and dyspnoea; fresh rhizomes in constipation, colic, oedema and throat infections.

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Clima:
cálido, templado y frío. Crece entre los 0 y los 2.600 metros sobre el nivel del mar.
Partes utilizadas:
rizoma o parte carnosa subterránea
USOS MEDICINALES
Internos:
- Ayuda a aliviar los trastornos respiratorios producidos por el frío y la humeda
- Su consumo regular previene algunas enfermedades degenerativas del cerebro que aparecen durante la vejez.
- Es un gran estimulante y energético.
- Previene la formación de coágulos en la sangre.
- Ayuda a tratar el vómito, la indigestión y los gases intestinales.
Externos:
- Ayuda a mejorar los dolores articulares que aparecen con el frío y la humedad.
PRECAUCIONES
Las mujeres gestantes deben consumirlo con moderación. Las que estén en época de lactancia, los niños menores de dos años y las personas con gastritis o que sufran de  úlceras digestivas deben abstenerse de usarlo

Rhizome: aire, belly pain, cough, fever, gas, sore throat

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Whole plant: Guyana Waiwai use the boiled plant as a fever wash. Boiled with Aframomum melegueta seeds and used to treat colds and fever. Boiled with leaves of Cymbopogon citratus and Bambusa vulgaris and the liquid consumed to treat fever and ague. Boiled in a decoction with the fruit of Justicia secunda and Piper nigrum for a remedy to menstrual pains. A preparation containing ginger, known as "fiery-jack ointment", is made in Guyana. Whole plant: tixicity, mixed with another herb is abortive.

Root: Used to treat hemorrhage and malaria in NW Guyana.

Rhizome: French Guiana Palikur use it in a plaster to relieve headaches; digestive; rubbed on rheumatic areas; sudorific. In Surinam, the rhizome is mixed with other spices for asthma, cramps and stomachache. Rhizome is boiled and the water used as an anti pyretic, by the Guyana Patamona. Rhizome is used for making beverages or for flavoring food, by the Guyana Patamona. Rhizome is grated, mixed with water, and dropped in the nostrils for treating colds or dropped into the eyes for curing migraine headaches, by the Guyana Patamona.

Rhizome and Leaf: In a decoction with parched seeds and leaves of Jatropha curcas for use in treating menstrual pains.

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Toothache: Rhizome chewed

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Origin: Originate from tropical Asia, widely cultivated in the tropics.

Pharmacological Activities: Analgesic, Anthelmintic, Antiarthritic, Anticancer, Antidiabetic, Antidiarrhoeal, Antiemetic, Antihyperlipidaemic, Antihypertensive, Anti-inflammatory, Antimicrobial, Antioxidant, Antiplatelet, Antispasmodic, Antiulcer, Antiviral, Anxiolytic, Hepatoprotective, Hypocholesterolaemic, Hypoglycaemic, Hypolipidaemic, Hypotensive, Immunomodulatory, Neuroprotective, Insect repellent and Radioprotective
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Range. Tropical southeastern Asia. Also, cultivated in the tropics and in Myanmar.

Uses
Stem (Rhizome): Both sweet and bitter, the rhizome’s cooling properties stimulate appetite and regulate bowels, phlegm, and gall bladder function. Used as a diuretic and a poison antidote, the rhizome is also considered a remedy for laryngitis, chest and respiratory ailments, infected sores, and inflammation caused by injury. Rhi­zome juice- mixed with honey, used to treat colds, runny noses, coughs, asthma, and bronchitis; mixed with onion juice, taken for nausea and for hiccups; mixed in equal parts with juice from pin-sein (Ocimum americanum, lemon basil or O. basilicum) leaves and sweetened with honey, used to treat cholera. Warmed, pure rhizome juice is used as ear drops for earaches; also can be cooked together with sesame oil and used as a rub applied to inflamed joints to ease inflammation and pain. Chewed and kept in place at the affected areas, the rhizome alleviates toothaches. Boiled together with jaggery and betel (Piper betle) leaves, the rhizome liquid is taken as a cure for influenza, digestive aid, and blood purifier for new mothers.
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Origin

Abeokuta, Nigeria

Action:

Root

For typhoid

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Origin

Jamaica

Folk medicinal uses

Ginger is used in Jamaica, alone or with Momordica charantia, as a carminative and digestive stimulant. It was formerly recommended for gout and. mixed with coconut oil, applied to wounds. It bas also been used in baths and fomentations for fevers and pleurisy. In West Africa in addition to its use as a stomachic it is also employed for rheumatic pains, toothache, neuralgia and catarrh.

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Origin:
Northern sector of Kibale National Park, Uganda
Disease treated:
Cough: FTu

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