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7 Healing Benefits of Ginger

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Written by emilyc

The fact that ginger is your go-to when you have an upset stomach is pretty much common knowledge, but there are way more health benefits where that one came from. Scroll down to see how this magical root can can heal you, and you’ll probably end up eating that weird pink pickled ginger next to the wasabi with your sushi.

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1. Add some ginger to your tea to get rid of throat and nose congestion.

2. Overcome nausea by chewing on ginger root.

3. Float a bit of ginger in your bath to relive aching joints and reap the root’s anti-inflammatory properties.

4. Eating ginger helps relieve stomach cramps.

5. Ginger clears the microcirculatory channels of the body, or in normal words, the sinuses.

6. It improves the absorption of essential nutrients in the body.

7. Fresh ginger fires up the metabolism and brings back a lost appetite.

 

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emilyc

Emily is a New Yorker trapped in a Floridian's body and loves every minute of her big city life. With a major in international business and years of being surrounded by ill-fitting suits and all the wrong shoes, she learned that the importance of fashion needs to be communicated to the world. To her, fashion is on the same level as charity work and feeding hungry children. Emily can be found frolicking the streets of her gayborhood enjoying the off-color humor of the gays.