Banana peel plus ginger juice can reduce inflammation and relieve pain. Is this folk remedy really effective?

Key points: Banana peel is cold in nature, while ginger juice is warm. Mash the banana peel, add ginger juice, mix well and apply externally. It can warm the blood vessels and relieve inflammation and pain.

Banana peels are rich in polyphenols, which can inhibit pathogenic bacteria and viruses.

It has antioxidant, anti-mutagenic and anti-cancer functions and has been widely used in food, pharmaceutical and cosmetics industries. Banana peels are rich in organic acids, which also have inhibitory effects on many pathogens.

Ginger juice is spicy and warm in nature. It enters the lung, stomach, and spleen meridians and has the effects of dispelling cold and stopping vomiting.

Ginger juice "stops vomiting, relieves depression, and stimulates appetite." Ginger juice can detoxify, break up blood and regulate the middle, remove cold and phlegm, and stimulate appetite. Modern research has confirmed that ginger has detoxifying and bactericidal effects, so people usually add ginger powder when eating preserved eggs or fish and crabs. Ginger extract can also inhibit skin pathogens and treat various carbuncles and sores.

It should be noted that this prescription should be used according to syndrome differentiation. New carbuncles are mostly caused by heat, and ginger juice is warm, so add a small amount; if the redness and swelling do not subside for a long time, the color tends to be dark purple, and the person has a weak and cold body, you can add more ginger juice to enhance the warming effect. For those with skin ulcers and pus, ginger is very irritating and this recipe is not suitable.