OTHER NAMES Ginger rhizome PART U...

OTHER NAMES Ginger rhizome

PART USED Rhizome

USES

* Primary uses: Nausea appropriate to motion sickness, morning sickness, stomach virus, digestive disorders and chemotherapy.

* Uses approved by way of the German Commission E: Nausea proper to dyspepsia and motion sickness.

approveed FORMS AND AMOUNTS

* dusted rhizome: 0.25-1.0 gram three times daily.

* Standardized extract or freeze-dried rhizome: For motion sickness: brace 250 mg capsules 30 minutes before wait fored symptoms, then two capsules each 2 hours.

* Tincture (1:5 concentration): 025-10 mL three times daily.

* Fluid extract (1:1 concentration): 125-50 mL three times daily.

* Tea: Simmer 025-1 gram whole gingerroot in 150 mL water for 15 minutes three times daily. Drink when moderately colded Extra tea can be made in advance, stored in an airtight container and refrigerated.

* Children in subordination to the age of 6: 1/2 the adult dose.

* Pregnant women: up to 1 gram daily for short-term use.

SIDE EFFECTS/DRUG INTERACTIONS In therapeutic amounts, ginger may increase bleeding time and curtail platelet stickiness. So people scheduled for surgery or forward platelet-inhibiting drugs should consult a physician. Ginger may also cause heartburn.

CONTRAINDICATIONS Because it may increase bleeding, the public on blood thinners and pregnant women cease to delivery or at risk of premature delivery should not use ginger in therapeutic amounts. population with gallstones should consult a licensed health care practitioner trained in the use of botanical medicine before using ginger.

SAFETY IN PREGNANCY AND LACTATION The Commission E does not approve the use of ginger during pregnancy. According to a review course of lifeed by Fulder and Tenne (1996) however, there is no evidence that ginger causes harm to the fetus or mother in the amounts make acceptableed for nausea. The vice president of the Commission E Professor Heinz Schilcher, agrees (Schilcher, 1998) Licensed health care professionals trained in botanical medicine consider ginger safe and effective in succession a short-term basis for morning sickness in healthy mothers during the first trimester of pregnancy. Pregnant women using 1 gram or more by day of ginger should do in the way that under physician supervision.

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