Ginger is native to southeastern Asia and is used as a spice, flavoring, food, and medicine. The rhizome is widely used in folk medicine as a strong antioxidant.

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Attracts: Pocket gophers and slugs
Repels: Mosquitoes, ants, and cockroaches

Note: Proper care keeps plants resilient and healthy, preventing diseases and pests. This list details the potential threats, specific diseases and pests vary depending on environmental climate.
Diseases:
◦ Bacterial wilt
◦ Fusarium wilt: A common disease caused by a seedborne fungus that stunted growth, wilting, or brown vascular tissues. Infected plants and seeds should be destroyed, and that family of plants shouldn’t be planted in the same area for 2 years to 3 years to prevent reinfection.
◦ Leaf Spot: Fungal infection that appears as small brown specks that can grow into larger lesions. These lesions are sometimes surrounded by yellow rings.
◦ Root Rot: Disease that causes root system to deteriorate. Occurs when plant roots have constantly excessive or too much standing water around them.
◦ Sclerotium rot
Pests:
◦ Ants
◦ Aphids: Small, soft-bodied sucking insects which pierce plant tissues and draw out the juices.

◦ Scale: Parasite that infest a plant’s leaves and stems and suck sap from plants through their mouth parts. Heavy infestations cause yellowing or wilting of leaves, stunting or unthrifty appearance of the plants, and eventually death of all or part of the plant. 

◦ Mealybugs: Mealybugs feed on the juices from leaves and stems of plants, damaging a wide variety of host plants.
◦ Spider Mites: They feed by bruising plant cells with their small, whiplike mouthparts and ingesting the sap. Spider mites produce a fine silk webbing, often found at leaf nodes or the undersides of leaves, which may kill plants or cause serious stress.

◦ Thrips: May spread plant viruses called tospoviruses, which cause diseases such as tomato spotted wilt, impatiens necrotic spot, and iris yellow spot virus. Thrips suck the sap from leaves, flowers, and buds, resulting in discolored, distorted, or stunted growth.

Animal Toxicity: Tolerable in a small amount for dogs and cats. Toxic to horses and birds.
Medicine Interactions:
Individuals may have a sensitivity or allergies to ginger, consult a healthcare professional first and proceed at own risk.
◦ Diabetes medication: Ginger might lower blood sugar levels. Taking ginger along with diabetes medications might cause blood sugar to drop too low. Monitor blood sugar closely.
◦ Anticoagulant and antiplatelet medicine (Blood thinners): Ginger may slow blood clotting. Taking ginger with medications intended to slow blood clotting may increase the risk of bruising and bleeding.
◦ Medications for high blood pressure (Calcium channel blockers): Ginger might lower blood pressure. Taking ginger along with medications that lower blood pressure might cause blood pressure to go too low. Monitor blood pressure closely.

◦ Phenprocoumon (Marcoumar): Phenprocoumon is used to slow blood clotting. Ginger can also slow blood clotting. Taking ginger along with phenprocoumon might increase the chances of bruising and bleeding. Monitor blood levels regularly. The dose of phenprocoumon might need to be changed.

◦ Warfarin (Coumadin): Warfarin is a blood thinner used to slow blood clotting that blocks the body’s ability to use vitamin K, which is a vitamin that helps clot blood.. Ginger may also slow blood clotting. Taking ginger along with warfarin might increase the chances of bruising and bleeding. Monitor blood levels regularly. The dose of warfarin might need to be changed.

◦ Nifedipine (Procardia): Taking ginger along with nifedipine might slow blood clotting and increase the chances of bruising and bleeding.

◦ Losartan (Cozaar): Ginger may increase how much losartan the body absorbs. Taking ginger along with losartan might increase the effects and side effects of losartan.

◦ Cyclosporine (Neoral, Sandimmune): Taking ginger two hours before taking cyclosporine might increase how much cyclosporine the body absorbs. This might increase the side effects of cyclosporine.

◦ Metronidazole (Flagyl): Ginger may increase how much metronidazole the body absorbs. Taking ginger along with metronidazole might increase the effects and side effects of metronidazole.
◦ Medications changed by liver (Cytochrome P450 1A2 [CYP1A2] substrates), (Cytochrome P450 2B6 [CYP2B6] substrates), (Cytochrome P450 2C9 [CYP2C9] substrates), (Cytochrome P450 3A4 [CYP3A4] substrates). Ginger might change how quickly the liver breaks down medications prone to being changed or broken down by the liver. This could change the effects and side effects of these medications.
◦ Medications moved by pumps in cells (P-glycoprotein substrates): Some medications are moved in and out of cells by pumps. Ginger may change how these pumps work and change how much medication stasys in the body. In some cases, this might change the effects and side effects of a medication.
WebMD Website – Ginger “Interactions”

❗Never ingest essential oils, instead use organic fresh or dried herbs.
Use: Ginger is a spice and herbal medicine that has been used for thousands of years to treat many ailments.
◦ Roots: May be juiced, sliced, minced, and pickled. Roots may be externally applied in the form of herbal oil, poultice, salve, cream, or therapeutic tea soak.
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Benefits: Blood thinner (anticoagulant, reduces blood clots), antioxidant (protects cells), antimicrobial, antibacterial, antifungal, anti-inflammatory (reduces internal and external swelling), antispasmodic, soothing, warming, improves cognitive function, memory, and circulation, prevents infection, supports immunity and healthy digestion, eczema, dermatitis, healthy liver function, stroke, relieves pain, nausea, vomiting, indigestion, asthma, colds (flu and influenza), bronchitis, fever, menstrual cramps, hypertension (reduces high blood pressure), ear infection (don’t use inside ear canal, apply outer ear canal), ear ache, flatulence, constipation, reduces risk of cardiovascular (heart) disease, risk of cancer, risk of Alzheimer’s disease, cholesterol, helps regulate blood sugar levels, induces sweating, and stimulates appetite. Occasional limited use may improve existing heart conditions (cardiovascular health).
Dosing: 1 to 2 cups of tea each day for adults. Steep 1 teabag for 5 to 10 minutes or 1 to 2 teaspoons of minced ginger root) steeped for 10 to 20 minutes. ⅕ teaspoon to 1 teaspoon maximum each day culinary application for adults. For medicinal application, take ½ teaspoon to 1 teaspoon each day for adults for 1 month. Add grated or pickled ginger to meals. May cause heartburn, indigestion, or diarrhea.
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Harvest: Never harvest more than 20% of a plant’s leaves or roots!
◦ Roots: Harvest roots 8 months to 10 months after planting or after the foliage has died back. Dig the roots and scrub away dirt. Roots keep fresh if uncut at room temperature for 3 weeks, 4 weeks if refrigerated. Cut or peels roots last for 2 to 3 weeks if refrigerated. To dry, dehydrate and store in an airtight container.

Aroma: Flower is fragrantly sweet; Root is warm, spicy, and subtly sweet
Flavor: Spicy, peppery, warm, and slightly sweet
Culinary Combinations: Ginger compliments herbs and spices (thyme, rosemary, mint, oregano, cilantro, parsley, cinnamon, nutmeg, sage, chamomile, goldenseal, lavender, cardamom, coriander, tarragon, lemongrass, chives, elderberry), quinoa, whole wheat enriched pasta, wild rice, beans (sugar snap peas, green beans, chickpeas [garbanzos], black, pinto), legumes (lentils, mung beans), tofu, tempeh, mushrooms, nuts (roasted cashews, almonds, walnuts, pecans, and pine nuts), vegetables (arugula, cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, Winter squash [pumpkin, butternut squash, acorn squash], Summer squash [zucchini, straightneck, and crookneck], sweet potato, red potato, white potato, eggplant, zucchini, garlic, bell pepper, carrot, beet, asparagus, brussels sprouts, radish, tomato, and cucumber), and fruits (avocado, raspberries, blackberries, blueberries, strawberries, cranberries, apricot, mango, citrus [lemon and lime], and figs)
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The earliest written record of ginger comes from the Analects, written by the Disciples of Confucius in China between 475–221 BC.

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