Can ginger soup sober you up?

Ginger soup has many medicinal values, but most of them are related to dispelling cold. Generally speaking, it has little to do with sobering up. Therefore, drinking ginger soup after being drunk will not achieve a good sobering effect. It is better to drink some freshly squeezed juice, so that the effect will be more significant. After all, ginger soup can resist wind and cold and prevent patients from catching any cold.

The mother can observe for herself. If the lochia turns light yellow or white, it is an ideal time to drink ginger soup. But you can't drink a big bowl of ginger every day. Usually, you can drink half a bowl of ginger soup every other day. It is not advisable to drink concentrated ginger juice. At the same time, the time for drinking ginger soup should not be too long, generally it can last about 10 days. If the lochia suddenly increases or turns bright red, you should temporarily stop taking or reduce the amount of ginger soup.

Loss of appetite

If you drink some ginger soup before meals, it can increase appetite and promote nutrient absorption.

Air conditioning disease[2]

During the hot summer[3], many homes and offices turn on air conditioners. While people enjoy the cool breeze, they are also prone to "air-conditioning disease." Symptoms often include abdominal pain, vomiting and diarrhea, colds, and pain in the waist and shoulders. According to traditional Chinese medicine, ginger has three major functions: inducing sweating and relieving exterior symptoms, warming the stomach and stopping vomiting, and detoxifying. People who work in air-conditioned environments can effectively prevent and treat "air-conditioning disease" by drinking ginger soup regularly. If you want to prevent "air-conditioning disease", you can bring some shredded ginger before going to work and drink some water soaked with shredded ginger. This way you don't have to worry about the invasion of "air-conditioning disease".

Friends who like to drink tea can add some green tea, which not only tastes good but is also more beneficial to the body. If you want to relieve "air-conditioning disease", the ginger soup should not be too light or too thick. Drinking one bowl a day will be effective. You can also add an appropriate amount of brown sugar to the ginger soup, because brown sugar has the effects of nourishing the middle and soothing the liver, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, and regulating menstruation. For patients with more severe symptoms, ginger soup can be drunk as water.

Treat abdominal pain, vomiting and diarrhea

In the hot summer, various pathogens multiply actively. If you are not careful, you will get sick through your mouth, which can easily cause acute gastrointestinal inflammation such as abdominal pain, vomiting and diarrhea. Drinking some ginger soup appropriately can play a preventive and therapeutic role. Ginger can act as some antibiotics, especially effective against Salmonella.

Colds and flu

In summer, in order to avoid the heat, people are accustomed to using fans, air conditioners, and even sleeping outdoors, which can easily cause colds. If you can drink a bowl of brown sugar ginger soup in time, it will help to dispel the cold and relieve fever, or soaking your feet in ginger soup (with a little salt and vinegar) can achieve the same therapeutic effect. However, for wind-heat colds, the human body has already been affected by the heat evil. If you take warm medicines such as ginger at this time, it will be like adding fuel to the fire and will be counterproductive. Therefore, when treating colds, we must differentiate the symptoms and treat them based on the symptoms, and we must not simply adopt the method of "sweating out with ginger soup".

The most important thing when you have a cold is to "eat according to your constitution and time of year". Liao Guisheng, a Taiwanese Chinese and Western medicine doctor who is well-versed in dietary therapy and health preservation, believes that dietary therapy for colds should change with the course of the disease. Some foods are suitable for daily conditioning, but it is best not to eat them when inflammation occurs or when you have contracted the flu.