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Medicinal Uses and Indications. Today, health care professionals may recommend ginger to help prevent or treat nausea and vomiting from motion sickness, pregnancy, and cancer chemotherapy. It is also used to treat mild stomach upset, to reduce pain of osteoarthritis, and may even be used in heart disease.t has a long history of use in Asian, Indian, and Arabic herbal traditions. In China, for example, ginger has been used to help digestion and treat stomach upset, diarrhea, and nausea for more than 2,000 years.
Ginger, the chunky root of a flowering plant, figures prominently in Asian and Middle Eastern cuisine. For more than two millenia, the root has also been used for medicinal purposes. When made into tea, ginger can be an effective temporary remedy for nausea and indigestion. You can buy standard ground ginger for tea in the spice aisle at any supermarket. Or, you can shop for fresher, more finely-ground imported varieties that give the tea a picante quality at health food and gourmet supermarkets.