Ginger

Versatile, powerful, and beautifully fragrant, are some of the qualities of this plant.The Jewish Talmud states that moist ginger is one of the few ailment-relieving foods that do not have negative side effect on the body. Wherever Jews lived, it played a role in healing. We have touted it as an effective treatment for maladies from nausea to migraines to rheumatism.

Yemeni Jews ingested a mixture of ginger and cinnamon to improve sight and combined it with honey to relieve hoarseness, coughing and congestion. The Jews of Kochi, India drank a concoction of fresh ginger juice , cognac and salt to treat diarrheas. A cloth soaked in the juice was used to ease headache, muscle and joint pain. Applied to the temples as a paste, it tended a headache. In Iran, Jews pressed the ground root inside an aching tooth.

Rambam, a 13th cent. Jewish writer and philosopher classified it as “hot” food. This means that the ginger health benefits is most realized when eaten during colder months as it spreads up the metabolism and keeps one warm from the inside out. He also includes it as an excellent digestive aid. Should you experience strange ailments, evil migraines etc.,boil some ginger, add a little portion of pure honey, recite the scripture (Jer 17: 14-15) into it, make prayers and drink.