Gingering up the digestive tract with an old spice

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Gingering up the digestive tract with an old spice

February 2022

Phil Rasmussen

Wednesday 2 February 2022, 12:16 AM

More than 400 scientific papers a year are published on ginger’s potential medicinal applications [Image: aaboikis on iStock.com]

Pharmacist and medical herbalist Phil Rasmussen reviews the literature on one of the world’s oldest known spices, ginger

The roots and rhizomes of ginger (Zingiber officinale Roscoe) have been used medicinally for thousands of years. Originating from southern China an

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