Ginger tea: recipe and health benefits

Herbal tea is recognized in phytotherapy for bringing certain benefits to our body. Among medicinal plants, ginger, whose rhizome is used in infusions as well as in cooking, has many interesting properties.

Its active ingredients offer numerous virtues, particularly for digestion. Known for relieving nausea, ginger has unsuspected properties. It's time to take stock of the benefits of ginger tea.

Properties and benefits of ginger tea

Ginger has a reputation for having aphrodisiac effects. Besides this uncertain characteristic, this tropical plant has other unsuspected assets. Rich in vitamins and minerals, ginger tea takes care of more constraining ailments. Most often used in cooking among spices, ginger root dispenses its beneficial properties to our health in infusion. Simple and quick to prepare, this hot drink has more than one trick up its sleeve.

Relieve nausea

Nausea can be caused by various situations: digestive disorders, pregnancy, treatments, migraines. Ginger appears to be a natural remedy. It is even recommended to drink a ginger infusion to combat motion sickness.

Digestive system disorders

Ginger is known for its effective action on digestion. The root is antispasmodic, eliminates gas, relieves bouts of diarrhea, and offers soothing properties in case of indigestion.

Other unexpected benefits of ginger tea

• Anti-inflammatory: it relieves sore throats.
• Menstrual pain: by stimulating blood circulation.
• Weight control.
• Antiseptic and antiviral: helps fight colds
  
• Stimulates the immune system.
• Reduces stress
• Antioxidant

How to consume ginger?

Excessive consumption of ginger in infusion can reduce these positive properties and turn into an enemy against your body. It can, for example, prevent you from sleeping. Some precautions are therefore to be considered, especially in the case of pregnancy or stomach ulcers. The advice of a medical professional may be useful.

How to prepare ginger tea and enjoy its benefits?

There are two ways to prepare an infusion: either using powdered root, or opting for fresh ginger. In both cases, organic ginger is preferable.

Among the recipes using fresh ginger, the most famous remains the ginger, honey, and lemon decoction. The properties of the root, coupled with those of lemon, create a preparation with powerful effects. It acts on weight loss, detoxifies the body, and strengthens the immune system.

Homemade recipe for ginger lemon infusion

• Boil water in a pot
• Pour the water into a cup then add 1 teaspoon of powdered ginger or 1 teaspoon of grated ginger
• Add the juice of half a lemon
• Let it steep for about ten minutes and strain.

You can also consume this infusion as a cool drink in summer and enjoy its thirst-quenching benefits. You should, in summer as well as in winter, consume this preparation on an empty stomach.

To soften the strong and spicy taste of ginger, you can also add ingredients like honey or a bit of mint. As for spice lovers, ginger tea can also be enhanced with cinnamon or turmeric. While plants have many benefits for our health, spices also have a role to play in our body.