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Sunday, December 6, 2009

Healthier Alternatives Article 21

Ginger! And not the red head from Gilligan's Island.





The Ginger plant has long been known for it's medicinal properties. It's healing qualities include but are not limited to: Aiding with nausea, morning sickness, sore throats, relieves headaches, relieves constipation, reducing fatigue, flu and cold prevention and many other uses. The herb itself was first cultivated in Asia and since then has been grown all throughout the world and most notably in the regions of the Caribbean and West Africa.

Ginger also has a sedative effect within it's roots. It can help to calm you when your restless, help you to sleep. This root has so many different uses that trying to write one column on it would take nearly an entire year to detail each and every use. It really is one of nature's wonder "drugs" and can be consumed in so many ways, even processed into candies and tea!

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