What is useful for ginger in diabetes mellitus?

Ginger is a healing perennial plant and in translation means "horned root", but in people it was called "white root".Ginger grows mainly in the regions of South Africa and Asia, and recently it has been grown in the developed countries of North and Latin America, China, Indonesia and India. Of all the components of the plant, the ginger root is widely used.

Plants from the ginger family have more than 140 species. One of the most famous and widely used in medicine are the white and black ginger roots. In fact, both these varieties of ginger differ among themselves in the way of primary processing. White ginger is called the root, previously cleaned from the top layer and dried. Black ginger is called ginger, which was not subjected to any treatment.

In case of fracture, the rhizomes of both black and white ginger have a characteristic whitish-yellow color, which is very light( if the roots are young) and yellow( older roots).Ginger has a specifically sharp and spicy taste and smell, and contains in its composition compounds of the class of terpenes, as well as vitamins C, B1, B2, essential oils, minerals( potassium, iron, calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, sodium, zinc), all indispensableamino acids.

Ginger treatment for diabetes mellitus

People have long wondered - what kind of healing properties does the root of ginger have, and under what diseases should it be used? It turned out that the root of ginger has the following properties:

• Anti-inflammatory and wound-healing effect.
• Improves appetite and eliminates nausea.
• Dissolves cholesterol plaques on the walls of blood vessels.
• Relieves joint and other types of pain.
• Strengthens the walls of blood vessels.
• Has a calming effect.
• Reduces the amount of sugar in the blood.
• Has an expectorant and tonic effect.
• Improves blood flow in blood vessels.

All these properties of ginger can be useful when treating ginger with diabetes mellitus. It is known that patients with diabetes mellitus suffer from violations of carbohydrate and fat metabolism, so it is not only possible to use the ginger root, but it is also necessary. But in using ginger, you must follow certain precautions. Here about them we will talk in more detail.

Features of using ginger root

Many people do not advise the root of ginger in diabetes mellitus to use or use with caution. What is the reason for this? With diabetes, the basis of treatment is diet therapy, which is all the more severe the higher the blood sugar level. There are cases when the level of sugar in the blood could be regulated only with the help of a diet in which there are practically no carbohydrates and animal fats.

One of the most common causes of diabetes is overweight( obesity), and ginger in diabetes can affect fat and carbohydrate metabolism. The root of ginger is widely used in folk medicine for weight loss, so it can also be used for obese diabetic patients.

Patients with diabetes constantly take individually selected sugar-reducing drugs, with the help of which it is possible to control blood sugar.

Ginger in type 2 diabetes and simultaneous intake of these drugs can dramatically reduce the amount of sugar, which negatively affects the condition of patients. Such patients may experience hypoglycemia, when the amount of sugar in the blood drops below 5.5 mmol / l. Therefore, before taking ginger root, you need to consult an endocrinologist and take ginger only under the supervision of a doctor!

There are also cases of ginger root overdose, when symptoms such as vomiting, nausea, upset of the stool and, in some cases, allergies, appear in patients. Therefore, the dose of ginger root, which can be taken by a patient with diabetes, must be calculated individually, as well as refusing admission if patients have an allergy.

Ginger against diabetes should be used with caution in those patients who, in addition to diabetes, have high blood pressure and rhythm disturbance, as ginger, improving blood flow, can reduce blood pressure and cause heart palpitations.

Since ginger has warming properties, it is undesirable to use it at a high temperature, which can occur due to a variety of reasons.

Anti-inflammatory and wound healing properties of ginger can be used for dermatoses that can occur with diabetes and are complicated by pustular skin diseases. It is known that with diabetes there is a microangiopathy, in which even the smallest wounds( from insect bites, cuts) heal badly. Therefore, the use of ginger powder can be useful in the treatment of wounds on the skin.

Finally, the use of ginger can brighten a fresh diet with diet therapy. Powdered ginger can spice up all the dishes( meat, fish), not including salads and bread. The presence of a large number of vitamins, minerals and especially essential fatty acids in the root of ginger helps to strengthen the walls of vessels that are destroyed in diabetes mellitus.

Recipe

You can buy ginger in the form of roots or powder. Ready powder is harder to recognize and appreciate for taste and smell, so it is better to buy a root that can be dried and get ginger powder at home( in a coffee grinder).

There are many recipes for root use in folk medicine, but one of the most popular forms is considered to be the powder that is obtained by grinding the root. The market often sells a non-crushed root, which can also be used.

Recipes for ginger:

• Clean a small piece of the root, then soak it on 1 for an hour in cold water. After soaking, cut the root with straws or grate and boil in a thermos with boiling water. Infuse for 2 hours and take 100 grams of tea 3 times a day for 30 minutes before each meal.
• Ginger in diabetes mellitus can be used in the form of juice, which is obtained by squeezing ginger through a grater. Take the juice a few drops 2 times a day with water.
• A pinch of powder is diluted in cold water and drunk 1-2 times daily before meals.