People often say, eat radishes in winter and ginger in summer. That’s what they say, but it’s often a mess, not only does it not have a health effect, but it may also harm the body. As for ginger, this is how you should eat it in summer…
How to eat ginger in summer?
Steep it for tea
Steep sliced ginger for tea, add a little honey or red dates, delicious and nourishing, a good choice for quenching thirst in summer.
Cook porridge
Cook shredded or minced ginger with rice to help warm the stomach and remove dampness, suitable for people with deficiency-cold constitution.
Cold dressing ingredients
When making cold dishes, use ginger paste or ginger shreds as seasoning, it can remove fishy smell and balance the coldness in summer diet with the warm nature of ginger.
What foods should not be eaten with ginger?
Leeks
Both leeks and ginger are warm-hot foods. Eating them together can easily cause excessive internal heat, especially for people with a hot constitution, they should avoid it.
Celery
Celery is cool in nature, while ginger is warm. Eating them together may cause diarrhea.
Alcohol
Excessive consumption of ginger is not advisable when drinking alcohol because alcohol and ginger can both irritate the stomach mucosa. Consuming them together can increase the burden on the stomach, leading to stomach pain or gastritis.
Cold fruits
Such as watermelon, pear, etc., because these fruits are cold in nature, eating them with ginger can cause discomfort in the spleen and stomach.
