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Zingiber officinale
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| Uses: Culinary/Medicinal |
Duration: Perennial (hardy in zones 9-11+) |
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One of the oldest known and most widely consumed spices: in the East the fresh roots are prominent in numerous savoury dishes of meat, poultry and fish, while in the West ground dried ginger is a traditional baking and pudding spice. The Chinese have long recognized its potent stimulating and digestive properties; even today it is still the best home remedy for flatulence, nausea nervous diarrhea, indigestion and dysentery.
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