The principle of ginger juice to relieve itching

Ginger is a vegetable that people often use in their daily lives. It has a spicy taste and is often used as a medicine in traditional Chinese medicine. Many women with cold body and dysmenorrhea will drink brown sugar and ginger boiled water during menstruation, which can drive away the coldness in the body and relieve the symptoms of dysmenorrhea. Some people say that ginger can relieve itching, so what is the principle of ginger juice to relieve itching? Mainly because ginger contains anti-itching substances such as camphor and ice.

The TCM value of ginger: Ginger peel is pungent and cool in nature, and can treat skin edema and remove water from the skin; ginger juice is pungent and warm in nature, and has a strong effect in dispersing stomach cold, and is often used for vomiting; dried ginger is pungent and warm, and can warm the middle and incite cold, restore yang and unclog the meridians, and has a strong effect in warming the spleen and cold; roasted ginger is pungent and pungent and goes inside rather than on the surface, and warms the cold in the lower burner; roasted ginger charcoal is warm in nature, and tends to warm the cold in the blood; simmered ginger is bitter and warm, and tends to warm the cold in the intestines and stomach. Ginger is pungent and warm, benefits the spleen and stomach, is good at warming the middle, relieving adverse reactions and stopping vomiting, removing dampness and eliminating abdominal distension, relieving cough and removing phlegm, and is best at relieving adverse reactions and stopping vomiting.

1. Treat skin itching

Substances such as borneol and camphor in the volatile oil contained in ginger have antipruritic effects similar to camphor and ice. Therefore, scrubbing the skin with ginger water decoction can relieve itching and treat skin pruritus.

To treat alopecia areata, slice fresh ginger and repeatedly rub it on the affected areas of hair loss until the local skin becomes red and hot. Do this several times a day. This can cause the skin in the area of ​​hair loss to become congested, capillaries to dilate, increase skin blood flow, improve microcirculation, and thus promote new hair growth.

2. Treat frostbite

The volatile oil contained in chilblain ginger includes ingredients such as gingerol and camphor, which can stimulate the skin, cause the capillaries to dilate and become congested, and increase blood flow to the skin. For early frostbite skin that is red and itchy but not broken, you can use ginger water for external washing, which has a good therapeutic effect.

3. Treat Raynaud's disease

This disease is more common in women, also known as acromial artery spasm. Cold stimulation and emotional fluctuations are common triggers of the disease. You can use 30 grams of ginger to boil water, soak in the hot water twice a day, which can relieve vascular spasm.

4. Treat tinea pedis

This disease is caused by fungal infection, among which Trichophyton rubrum is the most common. Ginger can inhibit the growth of Trichophyton. You can slice 100 grams of fresh ginger, add 50 grams of salt and 2 pounds of water, put it in an iron pot and boil it for 10 minutes. When it is slightly warm, pour it into a basin of water and soak your feet. Do it once a day, soak for 30 minutes each time, usually 5 to 7 times, and most people can recover.

5. Treat underarm odor

Ginger has a deodorizing effect. After shaving your armpit hair, cut fresh ginger into slices and apply it to the affected area several times a day. It has a certain therapeutic effect on armpit odor.

6. Treat excessive foot sweating

You can take 15 grams of ginger and 15 grams of alum, boil them in water and soak your feet in it 1 to 2 times a day. You will see results after using it for 5 to 7 days.