Ginger By Somalata Ayurveda India Pvt. Ltd.

We are engaged in supplying and trading of Ginger in Prasantinilayam, Andhra Pradesh, India. Ginger (ardraka = fresh, sunthi = dry) is a spice plant that grows in India and Asia. It has been used for thousands of years in Ayurvedic medicine. It is also called vishwabhesaj (Vishwa = universe, bhesaj = medication, medicine). The name speaks for itself. Although it has bitter taste it has soothing, sattvic, effect. It is ideal spice for digestive disorders and metabolic problems. It helps with colds, mucus problems and arthritis. Ayurveda attributes to it the following qualities: destroys toxins (amanasaka), stimulates metabolism and digestive fire (pachana and dipana), prevents nausea (chardinigrahana), stops hiccups (hikkanigrahana), heals hemorrhoids (arsoghna) and reduces the feeling of cold (sitaprasamana).

Energetic effect:

Taste (rasa): hot (katu), sweet (madhur)
Potency (virya): warming (ushna)
Post-digestive taste (vipak): sweet (madhura)
Quality (guna): light (laghu), sharp (ruksha)
Constitutional energies (doshas): kapha and vata shamana.
Tissue elements (dhatus): all seven (saptadhatu)
Channels (srota): digestive (kostha), food (annavaha), respiratory (pranavaha), circulatory (raktavaha)
Specific effects (prabhava): fresh ginger - adraka heart (hrudya) and dry ginger - sunthi toxins and rheumatism (amavata hara)
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