Acid Reflux

I found ginger tea a more pleasant and gentler way of dealing with acid reflux than apple cider vinegar.
Ginger is well known for it's calming effect on the stomach. If the esophageal sphincter is doing it's job the reflux doesn't happen and I suspect that it is allowed to function better when the stomach is churning in a calmer manner.
I make the tea by putting a few slices of fresh ginger into a thermos and let it steep before taking the first cup. I usually have around 3 & 4 cups a day.
(Santa Cruz, California)
01/10/2013

I agree with this. I have GERD throughout the day as a result of years of bulimia. Ginger tea has been helping me to digest well, which helps reduce the symptoms that lead me to re-engage in bulimic behavior. It's tough to kill the disorder when you feel burning pain all the time. Simmering fresh ginger root and then diluting it in water and drinking it throughout the day has somehow reduced (often completely preventing) the acid that comes up hours after eating. I think it does have something to do with strengthening the esophageal sphincter.
I digest cooked foods better, and I try to cook them in the ginger tea, which also makes food delicious. I cook my vegetable and meat stews in it, as well as grains and legumes.
I also drink slippery elm tea before eating, which together with the ginger tea, makes a great duo. Slippery elm helps protect the GI tract while ginger helps relax it.
Acid Reflux

I would like to add Yes for GINGER.
I suffered from Acid reflux for nine months, tried almost everything, was on NEXIUM too, I did not have chest pain but throat pain, and ginger tea was the most spectacular discovery! Now I drink several glasses of ginger tea daily and the pain is now much much weaker. Nothing I tried before ever made so much difference.
Therefore, strongly recommend ginger.
I buy a fresh one, peel it off, cut it in small pieces and just spill hot water over it, just like I would do with any other tea.
Anyway, that worked out for me. Pain is not completely gone yet (I drink it for three days only) but life became much more bearable since I started.
Good luck to all of you!
(Boulder, Colorado)
12/02/2011
I had a few problems going on when I experienced acid reflux: I had helicobacter pylori (got it from eating a bad hot meatball sandwich). It's a bad bacteria. Can cause serious problems down the line. But it is easy to identify in a blood test. Antibiotics cures it. Once that was gone, I found out I had food sensitivities. It took a while to figure out what those were. Also found my gall bladder was a bit sluggish so I avoid high fat foods and do stomach massage. Now the ginger tea takes care of soothing my once again healthy insides.
(Mph, Tn)
01/06/2012

You can juice the ginger too.. If worse comes to worse you can cut off and chew.. It's good for cough at night.. When I get sick with sinus I cut with skin on it and juice it.. Also cut into small chunks and eat raw.. It tastes really bad but stops cough and congestion in its tracks! Along with acid reflux..
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I was coming off PPIs. I felt like I was dying. Ginger juice shots helped me so much.
Dizziness
To make ginger tea, I fine-grate enough ginger to fill a stainless steel mesh 'tea bag'. Pour in boiling water, let steep for about five minutes, and done! As ginger helps with dizziness (inner ear?) I am doing this to hopefully restore my hearing. Will let you know what happens. Wish me luck!
(Calimesa, Ca)
03/17/2011
So how is the dizziness now after taking the Ginger tea? Just curious as I am looking at this too for Dizziness.
Ginger Beer
I have just brewed some ginger beer out of curiosity. Although I have never tasted the real thing it does taste quite nice, only not very fizzy. Maybe I was too afraid the bottle would explode (plastic) and didn't screw the lid on tightly enough. Anyway, are there any benefits in drinking ginger beer? I tried to do a search online but the benefits they talk about are mainly connected to the ginger itself, not the beer. My recipe doesn't use a lot of ginger so I really don't know! And can one keep it?
(Manganui, Northland, New Zealand)
08/05/2011
Yep that cloudy stuff at the bottom of the ginger beer is fractionated dna.. Im sure that was the ingredient that switched my eyes back from glasses to perfect vision.. Albeit for ten days last summer when I was drinking a lot of the natural brewed stuff... the downside was the sugar was making me go hperglycemic.
(Michelbach-le-bas, Alsace, France)
08/07/2011
Thanks Gavin. Funny I haven't been able to find anything online..... I have just thrown away my first batch as I was not sure that I should have been drinking it. Mine had a good taste (although I have never tasted the real thing but it tasted nice) just not fizzy but I think that it happened because I was so afraid the bottle (plastic) would explode that I didn't screw the lid on. I will make another batch soon now I know that it could have health benefits. I don't drink sugary drinks not only because of health concerns but also because I don't really apreciate sugar but if there are health benefits, especially for the eyes (mine are pretty bad! ), I will give it another try. Do you know how long one can keep it after brewing? Thanks!
(Manganui, Northland, New Zealand)
08/07/2011
Hi Francesca.. I doubt whether you will find anything online about it.. It was reported in the first issue of the magazine called OMNI. A couple of thirty something year old scientists were monitoring themselves after taking various supplements.. Among other things their Cardiovascular state was that of a sixteen year old. When the yeast dies off in a fermentation the dead yeast cells are cracked. This lets you get the dna out, if you eat this "Brewers inch" that collects at the bottom of the fermentation vessel.
I might try and do this again.. Its the only thing left that I havent tried ive repeated all the other stuff I was taking. It was about two small bottles of the naturally fermented stuff a day.. A popular Australian product. But I guess if you just ferment a brown sugar and keep the stuff that collects at the bottom it would do the same thing.. I know that biscuits were made from it once but.. the cooking might stuff up the DNA.
(Manganui, Northland, New Zealand)
08/07/2011
Oh yes Frrancisca! I should mention that my eyes have been improving with vitamin E.. A.. And MSM.. I can operate the computer with my normal glasses where before id have to put the reading ones on.... But It nothing as dramatic as the time when they went from fuzzy to perfect vision whilst watching the TV.. Last year. Ive been on the Vitamins for about four months and the msm for about three. Hope this helps.
(Michelbach-le-bas, Alsace, France)
08/08/2011
Thanks for the information, Gavin! I have taken vitamin E on and off and A in the Cod liver oil. Actually I have just posted a question whether when you take Evening Primrose OIl you should also take Vitamin E, in which case I will buy some again! Another question on Ginger Beer! Yesterday I saw a program on TV where they were making it, what a coincidence... But they used brewers yeast, not bakers fresh yeast (together with cream of tartar) as my other recipe. I think that the only brewers yeast we can get here in France is in pill form but that won't do for the beer, I suppose? Any ideas on the kind of yeast one should use and which one did you use?
Honestly, I hate beer and I never thought I would be brewing my own but after seeing this recipe in a Welsh cookery book I got interested in it. How odd..... And the taste was rather nice too, even if it didn't fizz!
(Manganui, Northland, New Zealand)
08/08/2011
Hi Franceca talk about coincidence.. Whilst at the supermarket yesterday.. I picked up the ingredients for ginger beer.. Prompted by your post! The yeast I got was in a little bottle which said it was ok for brewing beer and making bread.. This type of yeast stops working when the alcohol content is around 7%. Depending of course on how much sugar is in the brew... The yeast for winemaking is different and goes up to 18% before dying off. So Brewers yeast would be ok.
(Gippsland, Australia)
08/09/2011
Hi Francisca & Gavin, My Grandmother in her later years used to use store bought ginger beer for digestion problems, although it had some additives it was one that was still brewed naturally. She would have a small glass after her main meal most days. She did not have a history of digestion issues but I suspect it came from a small change in her diet due to living with family and having her meals made for her (more processed food than she would have chosen). Anyway the ginger beer worked for her.
(Michelbach-le-bas, Alsace, France)
08/09/2011
Hi Gavin, maybe we are starting a trend? We don't have brewers yeast here, as I said, other than in pills so I will try again with the normal bread yeast we find in a cube in our supermarkets. Ours just says: baker's yeast, no mention of beer but then I don't think that the French brew beer.
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Very interesting series on ginger. Thank you. Tumeric is botanically related, and has some similar physiological effects.
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Excelente cure for Indigestion are: 2Tbp of Lemon,a piece of ginger root, 2Tbp of raw honey and 8ounces of water.Boil everything together and drink as tea.
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I have just started juicing with my fantastic new toy, and I am having a lot of fun with the mixes I can make. I am mostly sticking to fruit and carrot combos at the moment, as I was advised to juice things I normally eat at first. I have been juicing for two weeks and have had an odd reaction. Every time I add ginger to a fresh juice I get a headache soon after that lasts all day. It is in the frontal lobe are on the left side of my head. This happens every time. I also feel unwell, not nauseous, but not good either. I get warmer like I have a fever, but not one that registers. I have tried to look up detox and ginger and found nothing. Any one has any suggestions. Also I only drink one glass of juice a day and only have it in the morning, so I don't confuse my belly.
(West Palm Beach, Fl)
08/27/2009
I want to answer this side effect comment. I do juicing also with ginger. Large amount of fresh ginger juice can cause headache! I had the same experience. It depends how much ginger you put in the vegetable juice I use 1/2" pc to a cup of carrots juice that amount never cause any headache.
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The best use of ginger I have found is for common cold and cough. Take one spoon ginger juice mix it with one spoon honey. Take two times in a day.
For any ailment related to stomach take a mixture of ginger juice, lemon and black salt (total quantity one to two spoons two times in a day).
(Arlington, TX USA)
05/20/2009
How do you make ginger juice? Thanks.
EC: Using a juicer would be the easiest way... Anyone have another method for this small amount?
(Paris, Ile de France)
05/21/2009
fresh ginger-juice:
peel ginger and put it through the juicer, then add the juice of 1/2 lemon & 3 oranges, and honey. and be aware that this is a concentrated mixture that needs to be deluded with water! adding strawberry-juice along with the water (1:1:1) is delicious.
the amount of ginger depends on how strong you wish your ginger-juice to be.
(Los Angeles, Ca)
10/23/2009
what kind and where can I find the black salt ?
(Estacada, United States, Oregon)
09/17/2012
I have always found that when it comes to the common cold or a cough, wild ginger root is my knight in shinning armor. To help with some of the symptoms use equal parts of ginger juice, black salt, lemon, and either orange or honey.
I recommend the orange if the person can eat citric fruits, otherwise honey will be fine to make the younglings want to take their medicine.
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Ginger cures nausea. Fresh ginger, peeled then chopped or grated, any amount; then boiled or boiled water poured over it in a cup. Also, most health food stores and some food stores sell bagged ginger tea to make a cup. You can add sweetener if you please. Also ginger ale, crystallized ginger and sometimes even ginger cookies.
I get nauseous a lot, and I swear by crystallized ginger after eating, especially if I feel bloated or ate too much. In Ayurvedic medicine, 500 year old East Indian medicine, they believe that ginger fires up the internal digestive fire.
Ginger is very good for cancer patients and AIDs patients, cause they get nausea a lot. I've suggested it to many friend and they say it worked for them
Other cures I've used for nausea (they do not have to be used together) are:
a warm hot water bottle, wrapped on my abdomen.
peppermint tea
Good luck
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yellow ginger root
Hi there, I read these coment about ginger roots but did not hear anything about yellow ginger or "termeric" ?
I would like mto mshare a short story with you, in 1982 my mother gave birth to my half sister, we were in the farm and very, very poor, we couldn't affort doctor for my mother internal bleeding after birth. An elder in the village told me to get yellow ginger root juice for my mother to drink. Every day I would gave my mom about two table spoons juice there time a day. sure enough, her bleeding have slow down and after thre or four dau or so she felt much better. this was 26 some years ago but i still remeber. I like to share this story with you guys. please feel free to write me back
thank you
Sonny Loehr ( CA )
EC: Hi, Sonny. We do have a page on turmeric (https://www.earthclinic.com/remedies/turmeric.html), but not much information on using the fresh root! Thanks so much for your feedback.
(Perak, Malaysia)
10/28/2010
Turmeric is known to heal internal body. It has been a usual practice among Indian to have a glass of milk mix with turmeric.
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Ginger root -- remedy for cough caused by cold. Clean and wash the root, chew a couple and swallow the juice. Although it burns, but works very effectively.
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Sucking on a .5 sq. inch piece of dried ginger cures my sore throat and other cold/flulike symptoms at their onset.You have to however bear the hotness as much as you can, until the sensation is gone. I have not suffered from a cold or flu for the last 10 years or so. For more aggressive forms, a total water & juice fast for 2 or 3 days straight does the trick for me. My roomate had a bad flu recently, it never touched me. When ending the fast, eat only raw fruits and vege for a day or so. Notice how the gradual resumption of cooked food lowers your mood and vibration.
(Beaufort, South Carolina)
12/17/2008
I have a question. My son just came down with a nasty cold and sore throat. I have no fresh ginger, but I have powdered ginger from the spice rack at the super market. Can I use that?
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I am into drinking all kinds of herbal teas and one day I was looking for info on herbal teas and starting reading about ginger, that evening Christmas eve I felt like I was getting a cough and cold because I started to sneeze ever 15 minutes, decided to make the ginger tea and drank 1 litre of it, the next day I was up and about, no more cough and did not sneeze it was an incredible experience, now I tell everyone about this and really encourage to drink this for anyone who feels that they are coming down with a cold or cough, try it you will feel the difference.
(Jersey City, NJ, USA)
10/09/2008

I completely agree. I make ginger tea whenever I feel a cold or cough coming on and it works every time. I boil ginger root in water and once boiled, I steep tea in it. I had honey and lemon to the ginger tea. Drinking four cups a day for two days will cure any cough or cold you have. It always works. A table spoon of shreaded ginger root in two cups of water (you can make it stronger/spicer by adding more ginger), two tea bags, 1/2 lime or lemon and a couple of table spoons of honey (I like my tea a little sweet). Drink two cups in the morning and two right before bed.
Ask me about turmeric next!
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I want to shout this from the roof tops!
My husband has had terrible sinus congestion for months! Because it felt as though he had some sort of barrier in his left nostril, even his CPAP machine wasn't allowing him to breathe. Sleepless night... tons of money on meds... countless nosebleeds because of all of the nasal sprays... he was miserable and feeling a little desperate.
Then, as the last resort, I searched and came across your ginger root remedy. $2.00 for a huge ginger root that I peeled, cut into chunks and steeped for 4 hours in a pot of water with 2 green tea bags. Dan sipped on the surprisingly yummy tea all evening, and for the first time in MONTHS, he's completely clear! There wasn't a dramatic loss of mucus, but for whatever reason, I believe it shrunk the swollen nasal passages, and for the last 3 nights in a row, he's slept ALL night, clear as a bell! He didn't even snore! I can't even begin to tell you what a HUGE blessing this remendy is for us.
I work with a Japanese woman who told me that ginger root also helps digestive issues and menstral cramps. We've decided to make ginger root tea part of our daily routine. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!!!