There's hardly a culinary use that ginger can't enhance. But while ginger cookies, ginger tea, and ginger in stir-fries, salad dressings, and desserts are tasty, this ancient root has some of the most important curative and preventative capabilities on the planet.

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Drinking hot ginger tea releases the compounds gingerol and protease, increasing cardiovascular circulation. It's effective in preventing nausea and easing vomiting from motion sickness, morning sickness, and chemotherapy, and can help reduce osteoarthritis pain and joint inflammation, sometimes even better than prescription drugs. It also protects against several cancers, including ovarian, colorectal, lung and breast cancers.

 

The beauty of ginger is that this humble-looking root herb is so versatile, and can be used in nearly every type of food. Try mixing a teaspoon of organic powdered ginger in a gallon of iced tea for a refreshing and soul-healing thirst-quencher.