Ginger: Health Benefits and How To

Custom Title:  Ginger (HealthCastle.com) Pungent and spicy, ginger is a spice commonly used in Asian cuisines. Aside from adding zest to dishes, many Asian cultures have actually used ginger as a herbal medicine for thousands of years. In Greek, ginger is called ziggiberis, and in Latin, zinziberi. It is recorded that by medieval times, ginger was imported to Europe to be used in sweets. The underground rhizome of a ginger plant is what what we know as the fresh ginger we find in stores today. Most fresh ginger available for purchase has light brown skin with pale yellow flesh. read more
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