Ginger can be said to be very precious in ancient times, comparable to gold, as once said in Mu Zhuan. Legend has it that Shennong tasted all kinds of herbs in the world. Once he was unconscious after eating poisonous mushrooms by mistake, he woke up and found a clump of grass beside him, pulled it out and put it in his mouth to chew. After a while, I felt sick to my stomach. After diarrhea, I recovered, my head stopped dizzy and my eyes stopped spending. Shennong named this kind of pointed leaf grass "ginger", which means to bring back the dead. ?
The Analects of Confucius once said that Confucius ate ginger at every meal, but he didn't eat much at every meal. Confucius' 73-year-old longevity is inseparable from his healthy eating habit of eating ginger. At the same time, the potential of ginger was discovered. The best way to eat every meal, but not too much, is to use it as a condiment. In this way, after serving on the table, as a seasoning, I accidentally found that ginger can make food more delicious. Later, it was handed down and became a necessary condiment at home.
When Su Shi was the governor of Hangzhou, he went to Jingci Temple to play. When he met the host, he found that the host was ruddy. Su Shi asked the method, and the host told him to slice the tender ginger with warm water every day and stick to it for a long time. Calling this "staying young" shows the anti-aging effect of ginger. There are many records about ginger in history, which shows the importance of ginger to the ancients. As a medicinal material, it is more common in the field of traditional Chinese medicine.