When Is Young Ginger Available? A Full Breakdown of Its Season

Young ginger is generally harvested and brought to market gradually in August. Young ginger is actually ginger harvested when the rhizome has just swollen and taken shape but has not yet matured. Because young ginger is tender and not as pungent as mature ginger, it can be eaten in more varied ways - it can be served cold dressed or made into candied fruit, crisp and sweet with a unique flavor.

Nutritional value of young ginger:

When the human body carries out normal metabolic physiological functions, it produces a harmful substance called oxygen free radicals, which promotes the occurrence of cancer and aging in the body.

After the gingerol in ginger enters the body, it can produce an antioxidant enzyme, which has a strong ability to deal with oxygen free radicals, far stronger than vitamin E. Therefore, eating ginger can resist aging, and elderly people who often eat ginger can get rid of “age spots.”

Ginger extract can stimulate the gastric mucosa, cause reflex excitation of the vasomotor center and sympathetic nerves, promote blood circulation, invigorate gastric function, and achieve the effects of strengthening the stomach, relieving pain, inducing sweating, and reducing fever. The volatile oil of ginger can enhance the secretion of gastric juice and the peristalsis of the intestinal wall, thereby helping digestion; the mixture of zingiberene and gingerone isolated from ginger has a clear anti-vomiting effect.

Ginger extract has the effect of significantly inhibiting skin fungi and killing Trichomonas vaginalis, and can treat various carbuncles, swellings, sores, and toxins. Ginger has the effect of inhibiting cancer cell activity and reducing the toxic effects of cancer.