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) |