Healthy drink Ginger Tea / Wedang Jahe

Ginger tea or popular as Wedang jahe is indonesian traditional healthy drink, made from pure fresh ginger. Normally ginger use for cooking spices or cake flavor, healthy drink,medicine and ginger candy.

Ginger with scientific name of Zingiber officinale contain two important digestive enzyme. first, protease for break protein. Second, lipase for break fat. both of this enzyme assist body for digest and permeate food. Ginger also have 19 bio active components useful for body. The most important component is Gingerol having the character of anticoagulant, which is preventing clothing of blood. Become to prevent stuffing up of vein, the root cause of stroke, and heart attack. Gingerol also estimated can assist to degrade cholesterol rate.

Modern research have proved ginger benefit scientifically, for example :

1.      Degrading blood pressure. This matter because ginger stimulate release of adrenalin hormone and widen vein, as a result blood can flow quickerly and fluent also lighten work heart to pump blood.

2.      Assisting digestion, because ginger contains of digestive enzyme.

3.      Prevent stuffing up of vein, the root cause of stroke, and heart attack. Gingerol also estimated can assist to degrade cholesterol rate.

4.      Prevent queasy, because ginger can counter serotonin(chemical compound which can cause stomach and queasy).

5.      Making bounce become comfortable, lightening stomach cramps and assist to release wing from body.

6.      Ginger also contain antioxidant which can assist to neutralizing of damage affect from free radical in body.

Ginger as practical drug :

Ginger constitute palliative of pain naturally and can decrease rheumatism, headache, and migraine. It way is drink ginger tea / wedang jahe 3 times per day. Drink ginger tea make warm and refresh your body. You can drink ginger tea deliciously warm or cold.
or mixed with coffee, milk, tea and also after taking traditional herbal drink.

serving suggestion :

pour the contents of sachet ginger / fresh ginger(after cleaning and pound) into a cup(around 250 ml) of hot water and stir well.

Ginger root, raw
Nutritional value per 100 g (3.5 oz) Energy 20 kcal 80 kJ

Carbohydrates

17.77g

- Sugars 1.7 g

- Dietary fiber 2 g

Fat  0.75 g

Protein 1.82 g

Thiamine (Vit. B1) 0.025 mg 2%

Riboflavin (Vit. B2) 0.034 mg 2%

Niacin (Vit. B3) 0.75 mg 5%

Pantothenic acid (B5) 0.203 mg 4%

Vitamin B6 0.16 mg 12%

Folate (Vit. B9) 11 μg 3%

Vitamin C 5 mg 8%

Calcium 16 mg 2%

Iron 0.6 mg 5%

Magnesium 43 mg 12%

Phosphorus 34 mg 5%

Potassium 415 mg 9%

Zinc 0.34 mg 3%