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Ginger (Zingiber officinale)

Specific Recommendations:

• Ginger products at iHerb

General Information:

• Ginger - The Natural Pharmacist
• Ginger - Compiled by Chad Bradshaw, Pharm.D
• Ginger - botanical.com
• Greater Galanga and Ginger Ease Osteoarthritis Pain - natmedonline.com
• Ginger - M. D. Anderson Cancer Center

News & Research:

• Daily ginger consumption eases muscle pain by 25 percent, study suggests - Science Daily, 5/19/10
• Ginger May Root Out Nausea - WebMD, 5/15/09
• Ginger/Feverfew Combo May Relieve Migraine - Clinical Psychiatry News, 9/06 - "Among 13 patients receiving GelStat Migraine, 8 reported headache relief after 2 hours, compared with 5 placebo patients, a statistically significant result"
• Ginger an Ovarian Cancer Killer - HealthDay, 4/5/06 - "ginger helps control inflammation, which contributes to the development of ovarian cancer cells. By halting inflammation, ginger may stop cancer cells from growing"
• Ginger Eases Morning Sickness - WebMD, 4/15/04
• Ginger eases morning sickness, more findings - Nutra USA, 4/14/04
• Ginger Supplement Helps Relieve Pregnancy-Related Nausea And Vomiting - Intelihealth, 3/29/04
• Ginger Extract Effective against Knee Osteoarthritis - Healthwell Exchange Daily News, 1/29/04
• Pregnant & Nauseous? Try Ginger - WebMD, 1/9/04
• Some Herbs May Fight Cancer - WebMD, 10/28/03
• Herb Mix Nixes Prostate Cancer in Lab - WebMD, 12/13/02 - "A number of recent studies point to COX-2 as an important factor in cancer-cell growth. In the Columbia studies, Zyflamend decreased COX-2 activity about as well as a potent COX-2-inhibiting drug ... The herbal mix is called Zyflamend, from New Chapter Inc., and has 10 herbs: holy basil, turmeric, ginger, green tea, rosemary, hu zhang, Chinese goldthread, barberry, oregano, and Scutellaria biacalensis"
• Ginger Effective for Pregnancy Morning Sickness - New Hope Natural Media, 10/31/02
• Natural Remedies for Osteoarthritis: Now, More than Ever - New Hope Natural Media, 8/15/02 - "Other natural substances that have been reported to relieve the symptoms of OA include vitamin E (600 to 1,200 IU per day), Devil's claw, cat's claw and ginger root"
• How to Beat Motion Sickness - WebMD, 5/24/02
• Ginger Gets to the 'Root' of Morning Sickness - WebMD, 4/18/02 - "experts say ginger is a highly effective antinausea agent. And a new study shows it's strong enough to combat even nasty cases of morning sickness in pregnant women"
• Ginger Alleviates Morning Sickness - Nutrition Science News, 7/01
• Ginger Gets to the 'Root' of Morning Sickness, Study Shows Spice Calms Nausea and Vomiting - WebMD, 4/18/01
• Is there anything to the claims that ginger treats motion sickness? - Nutrition Science News, 6/99

Abstracts:

• Selected root plant supplementation reduces indices of exercise-induced muscle damage: A systematic review and meta-analysis - Int J Vitam Nutr Res 2020 Nov 16 - "This systematic review and meta-analysis examined the effects of selected root plants (curcumin, ginseng, ginger and garlic) on markers of muscle damage and muscular performance measures following muscle-damaging protocols. We included 25 studies (parallel and crossover design) with 353 participants and used the PEDro scale to appraise each study ... The meta-analysis showed that the supplemental (SUPP) condition showed significantly lower levels of indirect muscle damage markers (creatine kinase, lactate dehydrogenase and myoglobin) and muscle soreness at 24 hours and 48 hours (p < 0.01) than the placebo (PLA) condition. The inflammatory markers were significantly lower for the SUPP condition than the PLA condition at 24 hours (p = 0.02), although no differences were identified at 48 hours (p = 0.40). There were no significant differences in muscular performance measures between the SUPP and PLA conditions at 24 hours and 48 hours (p > 0.05) post-exercise. According to our qualitative data, a number of studies reported a reduction in oxidative stress (e.g., malondialdehyde, superoxide dismutase) with a concomitant upregulation of anti-oxidant status, although other studies showed no effects. Accordingly, selected root plants minimised the level of several biomarkers of muscle damage, inflammation and muscle soreness during periods of exercise-induced muscle damage. However, the benefits of these supplements in ameliorating oxidative stress, increasing anti-oxidant status and accelerating recovery of muscular performance appears equivocal, warranting further research in these outcome measures" - See curcumin at Amazon.com and iHerb, ginseng at Amazon.com and iHerb and garlic supplements at Amazon.com and garlic at iHerb.com.
• Ginger (Zingiber officinale) reduces acute chemotherapy-induced nausea: a URCC CCOP study of 576 patients - Support Care Cancer. 2011 Aug 5 - "A total of 576 patients were included in final analysis (91% female, mean age = 53). Mixed model analyses demonstrated that all doses of ginger significantly reduced acute nausea severity compared to placebo on Day 1 of chemotherapy (p = 0.003). The largest reduction in nausea intensity occurred with 0.5 g and 1.0 g of ginger (p = 0.017 and p = 0.036, respectively). Anticipatory nausea was a key factor in acute chemotherapy-induced nausea (p < 0.0001) ... Ginger supplementation at a daily dose of 0.5 g-1.0 g significantly aids in reduction of the severity of acute chemotherapy-induced nausea in adult cancer patients"
• The efficacy of ginger for the prevention of postoperative nausea and vomiting: a meta-analysis - Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2006 Jan;194(1):95-9 - "Use of ginger is an effective means for reducing postoperative nausea and vomiting"
• Treating Pregnancy-Related Nausea and Vomiting with Ginger (October) - Ann Pharmacother. 2005 Aug 30