Treat ginger like this after buying it home, and a small piece can grow into a whole pot, more than you can eat
As the saying goes, eat radish in winter and ginger in summer, and you won't need a doctor's prescription. As temperatures get higher and higher nowadays, every household needs to have ginger on hand! What exactly are the benefits of ginger, and how should you grow it yourself? Hurry up and follow Huahua to take a look!
What are the benefits of eating ginger in summer?
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1. Ginger brown sugar water: prevents heatstroke and air-conditioning sickness
If you frequently use air conditioning in summer, over time it can cause air-conditioning sickness, such as fever, colds, diarrhea, etc. At this point, you can have some ginger brown sugar water, which promotes sweating and blood circulation.
Cut the ginger into shreds or small pieces, put them in a pot with water and bring to a boil, then add brown sugar and boil for about 10 minutes. Drink it while it's hot right away. Do not wait until it cools down to drink it, or the effect won't be as good.
2. Vinegar-soaked ginger: boosts appetite, strengthens the spleen and stomach
In summer, it's easy to lose your appetite and not want to eat. The gingerol contained in ginger can stimulate the taste nerves, thereby increasing appetite and strengthening the spleen and opening up the stomach.
Cut the ginger into slices, put them into a clean plastic bottle, then pour in aged vinegar, seal it up, and after about 1 week it's ready to eat!
Taboos for eating ginger in summer
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1. Do not peel it before eating
Many gardening friends are used to peeling ginger before eating it, but this actually affects how well ginger's benefits can be brought into play. Before eating, you just need to wash it clean and cut it into shreds. No need to peel it.
2. Do not eat rotten ginger
Rotten ginger produces a toxic substance, and this substance can cause body cells to deform and die, so those rotten pieces of ginger, gardening friends, absolutely do not eat them again!
3. People who should not eat ginger
For gardening friends with pneumonia, diabetes, pulmonary tuberculosis, etc., ginger should not be eaten long-term, and can only be eaten once in a while.
How do you grow ginger in summer?
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Since ginger has so many benefits, gardening friends might as well grow a pot of it at home themselves!
1. Sprouting
Go to the vegetable market and buy fresh ginger. Pick out the more robust pieces of ginger, take them home and put them in moist sand, and in about 3-5 days they will sprout.
2. Prepare the soil
Wash eggshells clean and sun-dry them, crush them into powder, then mix them with coal cinder and peat soil at a ratio of 1:1:2 to make a loose, breathable nutrient soil.
3. Potting the sprouted ginger
It's best to choose a wider flower pot. Bury the sprouted ginger in the soil about 3-5 cm deep, and note that the sprouting eye of the ginger must face upward.
4. A place with good scattered light
Put the flower pot in a place indoors with good scattered light and keep the soil moist. After about 2-3 weeks, you'll see the ginger sprouts emerge from the pot surface, and at this point you can give it some direct sunlight.
5. Daily care
Once the ginger sprouts have grown a bit bigger, you can move the flower pot to a south-facing balcony. When you see the surface of the potting soil turn white, water it. Be careful to spray water more often to ensure enough air humidity, and the ginger will quickly grow taller!
6. Harvesting the ginger
After another 2-3 months, when you see the ginger leaves gradually turn yellow and the leaves begin to drop, don't worry, this proves the ginger has matured. At this point, dig the ginger out of the flower pot, and you can harvest a big pot of it!
That's all for the introduction to ginger,
Huahua will stop here!
Gardening friends, be sure to remember to eat more ginger,
And definitely pay attention to your health!
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