In the countries of the East, for hundreds of years, ginger tea has been considered not just a tonic and tasty drink, but rather a healing elixir that helps maintain health and longevity.
Useful properties of ginger tea
Ginger drink in the East and Asia has been known for its beneficial effects on the body for hundreds of years. But in European countries, this miracle cure became known not so long ago. Earlier, due to its spice, ginger in cooking was associated with baking gingerbread and cooking meat dishes. And only in the last years of this century, ginger tea began to win its niche in the culture of healthy eating.
The benefits of ginger tea are primarily due to the beneficial properties of the ginger root itself. Ginger contains a lot of vitamins and minerals, it contains a large number of amino acids necessary for the normal functioning of the human body. And the essential oils, to which this plant owes its spicy taste and aroma, have immunostimulating properties.
As part of the tea drink, ginger has a very beneficial effect on the functioning of the digestive tract, has bactericidal properties and serves as an excellent prophylactic against colds. In addition, ginger tea cleanses and strengthens blood vessels, has an antioxidant effect, stimulates cardiac activity and increases the overall tone of the body.
How to make ginger tea
Making this healing ginger drink is easy enough. Today, buying fresh ginger root is not difficult. It should be mentioned that it is not worth peeling ginger from the skin, since it contains a lot of substances useful for the body. It will be enough just to thoroughly rinse the purchased root with cold water.
Next, the ginger is grated and poured with boiling water. For a more complete disclosure of taste and aroma, you can boil the infusion, but just insisting in a teapot will be enough. The tea is spicy and aromatic, slightly brownish in color.
There is an easier way to consume ginger root. For this, a couple of tablespoons of the grated mass is added to the teapot when brewing ordinary tea. This tea turns out to be extremely tasty, less concentrated in spice than ginger infusion, but no less useful.
You need to know that fresh ginger very quickly loses its beneficial properties, and therefore you need to freeze the grated root in the freezer and use it as needed.
