We, the Indian are using ginger as one of the main ingredients while making any curry, either with chicken, fish or simply with vegetables. Ginger is also treated as a herb which has many medicinal benefits and I am trying to tell you something here.
If we soaked in rain for a longer period of time, we take tea with ginger, bayleaves and small cardamoms. It is very beneficial for our health as it prevents us from being caught by cold.
Method: Just boil tea leaves with small amount of ginger (1/2 inch piece and crushed), 1 bayleaf and 1-2 cardamom (also crushed). Add required amount of sugar and take the liquor without milk. It is also a very refreshing drink for those who've already caught with cold and cough.
Take 1-2 teaspoon full of ginger juice and honey mixture 1-2 times daily to prevent and cure the cough and cold condition.
Just chew 1/2 inch ginger with salt (for your taste) to control continuous coughing.
Boil plain water with a small piece of ginger, bayleaves, jaggery (a little), 3-4 black pepper together for some time. Put off the flame, take away all those elements from the liquid and take it while still hot. It will also control continuous coughing and also bring some soothing effects to your throat.
Thank you for this excellent post, I will be off to the shops to get some ginger as I have a continual cough.
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