Ginger: Beneficial for Auto-immune Disease & as Anti-inflammatory

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The University of Virginia research determined that the prostate cancer

cells will only eat a chemical called 5-HETE. " the cancer center determined

that 5-HETE was created from the body's 'combustion' of an Omega-6 fatty

acid called arachidonic acid. There is an enzyme called 5-lipoxygenase (or

5-LO for short), and when 5-LO burns or oxidizes the fatty acid, out plops

5-HETE. " the researchers concluded that prostate cancer cells eat ONLY this

food, and that if the 5-LO enzyme is inhibited, and the food is not around,

then the prostate cancer cells experience massive and repaid 'apoptosis,' or

cellular suicide, within I to 2 hours. " ginger is a powerful inhibitor of

the 5-LO enzyme. " ginger is the world's most comprehensive herbal inhibitor

of 5-LO, with at least 22 proven phytonutrient inhibitors of that enzyme.

What is more, Oriental cultures that regularly consume ginger as a spice, or

which take it therapeutically, experience a fraction of the cancer

mortalities compared to the United States. In other words, men don't die

from prostate cancer cells we die from the growth and proliferation of the

cancer. Once we know that ginger inhibits the process that leads to the

creation of the ONLY food the cancer cells will eat, it gives us confidence

that an herbal approach to 5-LO inhibition is an indispensable part of

prostate health the cancer cells only eat 5-HETE, and without it they begin

to massively and rapidly die within one to two hours. "

Jerry Mittelman, DDS, FAPM

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Saturday, May 29, 2004 1:20 AM

Ginger: Beneficial for Auto-immune

Disease & as Anti-inflammatory

 

 

Ginger (Zingiber officinale): Beneficial for Auto-immune Disease & as

Anti-inflammatory

 

The root is warming to the body, is slightly antiseptic and promotes

internal secretions. Chop about 2 inches of the fresh root, cover with one

cup of water, and simmer for about 20 minutes or 1/ 2 teaspoon of the

powdered root can be simmered in one cup of water. Add lemon juice, honey,

and a slight pinch of cayenne. A few teaspoons of brandy will make an even

more effective remedy for colds.

 

This preparation treats fevers, chest colds and flu. A bath or a foot-soak

in hot ginger tea is also beneficial.

 

The tea without additives helps indigestion, colic, diarrhea and alcoholic

gastritis. Dried ginger in capsules or in juice is taken to avoid

carsickness, seasickness and morning sickness.

 

Use about 1/ 2 teaspoon of the powder (2 capsules) 30 minutes before

departure and then one to two more as symptoms begin to occur.

 

Works well for dogs and children.

 

Ginger contains zingibain, a special kind of proteolytic enzyme that has the

ability to chemically break down protein. Clinical studies have shown that

proteolytic enzymes have anti-inflammatory properties.

 

They also play an additional role in controlling autoimmune disease. They

help reduce blood levels of compounds known as immune complexes.

 

Ginger is also well-known for its anti-inflammatory properties.

 

Indian and Scandinavian studies have consistently shown that ginger is

useful for treating most kinds of arthritis. It also contains more than 12

antioxidants. It can be taken as a tea, tincture or capsule

 

Ginger actually gives other herbs a boost by improving the body's ability to

assimilate them.

 

Ginger actually protects herbal compounds from being destroyed by the liver

and continue circulating in the blood for a longer time. It also improves

the intestines' absorption of other herbs.

 

Helps reduce serum cholesterol levels, reduces tendency towards blood clots.

Aids circulation (including peripheral circulation). Stimulates vasomotor

(producing contraction and dilation in walls of vessels) and respiratory

center of the central nervous system.

 

Ginger has long been used in eastern Africa for killing intestinal

parasites. Researchers discovered that all 42 components in ginger essential

oil kill roundworms, among other parasites. Some of these compounds were

more effective than the commonly prescribed drug piperatzine citrate.

 

In Chinese medicine it warms the middle and expels cold: for warming the

Spleen and Stomach both in conditions of excess due to externally-contracted

cold, as well as cold from deficiency due to insufficiency of the yang qi.

 

Rescues devastated yang and expels interior cold: for devastated yang with

such signs as a very weak pulse and cold limbs. Warms the Lungs and

transforms phleghm: for Lung cold with expectoration of thin, watery, or

white sputum.

 

Warms the channels and stops bleeding: for cold from deficiency that may

present with hemorrhage of various types, especially uterine bleeding.

 

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