The aroma of Ginger is very pleasant and gives a particularly good taste to sweets and stews. This effect, essentially attributable to zingeron and zingiberene, stimulates digestive functions. It is used as a carminative and corrective; In addition, anti-radical properties of this plant have recently been investigated. These last properties open up new fields of application of the product. Traditional adjuvant for car, boat and plane motion sickness; nausea, aerophagia, digestive difficulties, cold, dyspepsia, loss of appetite, tiredness, asthenia, impotence, convalescence. Among its active components, we recall the essential oil (2 - 3%) of variable composition according to its origin (zingiberen, curcumeno, bisabolón,? -Farnesene, camphor, geranial, zingiberol), as well as other non-volatile substances, defined gingerales and shogaales , which belong to the class of phenylalkanons.
