Ginger


Common Name Ginger
Latin Name Zingiber Officinale
Folk Name African Ginger
Medical Uses therapy: flatulent colic; atonic conditions of the stomach and intestines; dysmenorrhea; ovarian neuralgia; uterine pain (Ellingwood, p. 280); cardiac tonic (increases the force of contraction), decreases serum cholesterol; poor circulation; fevers; colds; influenza; gastrointestinal disturbance: flatulence, colic, morning sickness (Anderson Geller)