Ginger with honey: useful properties and recipes

Ginger has long been used in Russia, it was added to gingerbread, on the basis of the root was prepared kvass, sbitni, mead. This root has unique useful properties and contains a large number of trace elements, vitamins, amino acids.

Ginger improves digestion, the secretion of gastric juice. With dyspepsia, colic, pain in the stomach often recommend 1 tsp. Root ginger, grated on a fine grater, with lemon juice and salt. Take this mixture before eating. In addition to improving digestion, ginger helps to remove toxins and cleanse the gastrointestinal tract.

Useful properties of honey are also seen from ancient times and used to treat many diseases. Honey improves metabolic processes, reduces inflammation, soothes.

Ginger in combination with honey is a good warming, tonic, antiseptic. Such a mixture is indicated for atherosclerosis, problems with the thyroid gland, gall bladder, kidneys, improves memory.

Also, ginger with honey favorably affects women's health: helps reduce pain during menstruation, helps to cope with toxemia in pregnancy.

Benefits of ginger with honey

Often ginger tea with honey is recommended to drink in winter time to help the body resist viruses and bad weather. Ginger with honey has long been used as alternative healers to treat influenza and colds, especially in children, as these two natural remedies have a warming effect, destroy viruses and bacteria, and remove inflammation.

Ginger and honey are useful for human health, both individually and together, the main effect on the human body to some extent in these two means is similar:

• antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, antiseptic
• expectorant
• antisclerotic effect
• mild laxative
• normalizes intestinal motility, improves digestion
• lowers cholesterol
• improves blood microcirculation
• relieves spasms
• helps to heal skin ulcers and wounds
• increase myocardial contractility
• increase sexual desire, improve potency

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Ginger with honey for weight loss

Another unique property of these two natural remedies is the activation of metabolic processes in the body, which contributes to the normalization of weight. Ginger with honey is popular among oriental women who cook on their basis the famous "Oriental drink" for weight loss, which helps to control weight and prevents the deposition of fat in such "difficult" places as the sides and hips.

For the preparation of tea in the eastern will require the root of ginger, honey, green tea and lemon juice.

Peeled ginger root grate on a fine grater, put in a thermos, add the juice of one lemon, 2 tablespoons. Tea and pour 2L. Boiling water, let it persist for 3-4 hours. In the ready warm tea add honey to taste.

It is worth noting that high temperatures destroy the useful properties of honey, so add it only to warm tea.

During the research it was stated that ginger and honey do not burn fat deposits, but improve metabolism and remove excess intercellular fluid.

In addition, these two components have a sweating action, but only when the body temperature is increased or when active physical exertion, as well as in a sauna or a bath.

Also, the consumption of ginger tea reduces appetite, as the susceptibility of taste buds decreases and food does not seem so tasty, and honey helps raise blood sugar levels so that you do not feel hunger longer.

Recipes of ginger with honey

There are many recipes for making a drink based on ginger root and honey. All of them differ mainly in the way of preparation and additional components for improving the taste qualities (cinnamon, lemon).

1. Recipe 1: a small lemon, a root of ginger, honey to taste.

Lemon scalded with boiling water, ginger root, clean, cut into small pieces and grind in a blender (meat grinder), then add honey and mix well.

This mixture can be used for 1 tsp. Both alone and as a supplement to tea (stored in a cool place).

Lemon slightly softens the taste of ginger, but does not affect the beneficial properties. Ginger mixture helps to strengthen immunity, destroy viruses, cleanse the body of toxins, reduce cholesterol.

• Recipe 2: ginger root cut into slices, slice several lemon slices with a fork, add all the ingredients to a glass container and pour boiling water (1 - 1.5 l), allow to stand for 20 minutes, add honey to a warm drink, use before sleeping with tea .

This drink activates the immune system, calms, is the source of the necessary vitamins.

Ginger with honey should not be used for diseases of the intestine or stomach, with a tendency to allergies, arthritis, arthrosis, heart disease.

How to cook ginger with honey?

Ginger with honey is easy to prepare: you need to take a fresh ginger root, wash and peel it, cut into pieces, and then grind in a meat grinder or blender. Add honey to the ginger and mix well. Such a product can be added to tea or eat for 1 hour. 1-2 times a day (you can drink it with juice, tea, etc.).

Lemon is added to soften the taste, in this case it is necessary to grind it together with ginger.

Chicken with ginger and honey

Ginger or "horned root" found a worthy use in cooking, for example, ginger with honey is often used to make sauces, marinades and seasonings for meat dishes.

Chicken in ginger-honey marinade turns aromatic and unusually tasty.

To prepare this unusual dish you will need a marinade from several cloves of garlic, a small ginger root, soy sauce (2/3 of a st.) And honey (200ml). Cut the bird into portions, put it in a baking dish and pour the resulting mixture and let it soak in a cold place for several hours (best left overnight).

Cover the form with foil and bake at 1800C, after half an hour, turn the meat over and bake for another 40-50 minutes.

Pork with ginger and honey

Pork fillet (3-4 slices of 300 g), several cloves of garlic, lemon juice, 100 g cognac, 2 tbsp. Honey, 30 ml of vegetable oil, 2 tbsp. Ginger root, grated on a fine grater, 1 chili pepper, salt to taste.

Put the meat in a deep container, add the lemon juice, finely chopped garlic, leave for half an hour under the lid.

Then fry the pieces in vegetable oil, add them to the baking dish, mix the remaining ingredients separately and heat on the fire, pour the pork with the sauce and bake at 1800C for 50 minutes, before serving, salt.

Ginger with honey gives the ready dish not only an interesting taste, but also makes it more appetizing and fragrant.

Duck with ginger and honey

Duck, onions 1pc., A small root of ginger (15-20g), honey 1t.l., port 100ml.

The bird is cut into several parts, gently cut the skin, to make a large net, sprinkle with salt. Lay the pieces on a well heated pan with the skin down and fry until golden brown, fold the meat into a mold and close the lid.

In the fat formed after the duck (about 2-3 tablespoons), fry the finely chopped onion, add the grated ginger with honey, and add the port and warm it for 1 minute.

On the duck, apply a thick layer of sauce and bake in the oven at a temperature of 2200C for several minutes, until a dense crust is formed.

Before serving, salt the meat, if desired, sprinkle with greens.

Hrenovuha with ginger and honey

Hrenovuha is a tincture based on vodka, moonshine, alcohol and horseradish root, also other ingredients are added to the color and taste: black pepper, cloves, lemon juice, ginger with honey.

This tincture has a strong warming effect, so it has long been used for colds.

For cooking about 3 liters. Hrenovuhi need 3 liters of vodka (if you take alcohol or moonshine will get a higher degree), 300-400 g of horse radish, 3 tbsp. Honey (it is recommended to take flower honey that gives a beautiful golden tint), ginger, if desired, you can add a few nails and peas of black pepper, 2-3 tablespoons. Lemon juice.

Roots of horseradish, ginger clean and cut into long strips (it's worth noting that it's better to cut the horseradish, but not grate, as this affects the taste of the drink and its transparency), put it in a jar, add black peppercorns, a few cloves, vodka, leaving 300ml.

Put in a dark place, after 5-6 days (the longer it is, the stronger it turns) drain, pour into a clean container. In 300 ml of vodka stir the honey and lemon, pour into the tincture, close the container and insist in a dark place for 1-2 days, then you can pour on the bottles.

Milk with ginger and honey

Milk and ginger with honey are considered effective in ARI. This drink improves blood circulation, increases the body's resistance.

To prepare a therapeutic drink, add a powder of dry ginger (1 tea) to a glass of boiling milk, boil for a few minutes and cool, add honey to taste and drink before bed with a damp cough, colds, and for prevention.

Wings with ginger and honey

Ginger with honey is ideally combined with meat dishes, when baked on meat, an appetizing crust is formed, and the taste and aroma conquer any gourmet.

In Chinese cuisine, ginger-honey sauce is often used, especially chicken wings are very popular:

• 9-10 pcs. Chicken wings, ginger root (about 3 cm), black pepper 1 tsp, honey 1-2 tablespoons, garlic - 3-4 cloves, mayonnaise 4 tablespoons, 1 tablespoon sugar, soy sauce 1 tablespoon, salt.

Combine and mix well finely ground ginger, chopped garlic, pepper, honey, mayonnaise, sugar, soy sauce.

Wiped and dried wings are put in a marinade and allowed to stand for several hours in a cool place (periodically mixing).

Put everything in the form and bake for about 50-60 minutes, during cooking, you need to mix the wings several times and pour them with the formed juice.

• 8-10 pcs. Wings, soy sauce 2 tbsp, honey 2 tbsp, sesame 1 tsp, garlic 3-4 cloves, finely grated ginger root 1 tbsp.

Wings fry in a hot frying pan for 3-4 minutes on each side, then sprinkle one side with chopped garlic and turn, after 2-3 minutes, pour with soy sauce and turn over, after a few minutes grease with a mixture of ginger and honey, turn again to the other side, The last turn is sprinkled with sesame seeds and fried for 2-3 more minutes.

This dish should be consumed only in fresh form, as the cooled wings lose their taste.

Mask of ginger and honey

Ginger with honey is often included in facials for facial skin care, their action is directed to rejuvenation, toning and nourishment of the skin.

Regular use allows you to smooth out fine wrinkles, improve complexion, increase elasticity, reduce the negative impact of the environment, remove inflammation, improve blood circulation.

However, this mask needs to be prepared correctly, on this depends its effectiveness:

• powder of ginger root and olive oil mix well, apply on clean skin, wash off after 10-15 minutes, suitable for all skin types.
• Ginger powder mixed with pomegranate juice, applied for 10-15 minutes, the skin becomes supple and elastic.
• ginger grate, add lemon juice (1ch.l.), honey (2 tablespoons). Before application it is necessary to allow to stand for about 2 hours in a cold place. This mask calms and removes irritation.
• grated ginger mixed with orange juice (15ml), honey (30g), kefir (15ml). It should not be applied more than for 10 minutes, the mask has a strong warming effect, eliminates inflammation.
• chop ginger, spinach and mint, add honey (90g), bana, suitable for mature skin.

Ginger juice with honey

Ginger juice contributes to the production of dermisidine (a peptide antibiotic), which helps to resist bacteria, infections, fungi. Also, after consuming the ginger juice, a warming effect is observed, which makes it invaluable in the treatment of a cold or cough.

Ginger juice with honey well soothes the sore throat and improves overall health.

According to some information, the use of ginger juice with honey helps prevent the development of a number of serious diseases, in particular cancer and liver diseases.

Ginger with honey should be carefully drunk in pregnant women (1g of juice per day), and not give it to young children under 6 years.

Tea with ginger and honey

Ginger tea has all the useful properties of a wonderful root - strengthens the immune system, helps the body recover from illness, combined with honey and lemon, the benefits of this drink intensify.

The use of tea is recommended at a high level of cholesterol, headaches, increased sugar, obesity, with a cold.

But, like any product, ginger has some contraindications, in particular, it can not be used for gastritis, ulcers, biliary and liver diseases, hemorrhoids, hypertension, in the second half of pregnancy, at high temperature.

Also, ginger with honey can cause allergic reactions and individual intolerance.

Ginger tea can be prepared in various ways, add additional ingredients to improve taste and flavor:

• ginger root cut into strips (or grate), pour a glass of boiling water, add lemon (juice, zest or a small slice), let it brew, put some honey into the cooled tea.
• 1 tsp Grated ginger root pour 200ml of boiling water, put a little black pepper, 1/2 tsp. Cinnamon, add honey to the cooled down drink. This tea is recommended to drink with a cold, and also for prevention in the autumn-winter period.
• brew green tea to your liking, add an orange, a few slices of ginger, add honey to a warm drink.

Wrap with honey and ginger

Ginger-honey wrap is used for weight loss, since this procedure allows you to effectively warm up the skin.

The benefits of wrapping are determined by the composition of its components, ginger with honey contain citral, bisabolene, vitamins B1, B2, C, which have a beneficial effect on the skin, prevent age-related changes, eliminate dryness, improve metabolic processes, remove toxins, slags, fight cellulite.

Wraps with honey and ginger are contraindicated in diseases of the heart and blood vessels, kidneys, neoplasms (benign or malignant), exacerbation of chronic processes, infectious inflammation, varicose veins, allergies to one of the components of the wrap, gynecological diseases in which the heating is contraindicated.

To make a mixture for wrapping, you need to mix grated on a fine grater ginger (2 tbsp.) And 30 g melted in a water bath honey.

The resulting homogeneous mass is gently distributed on the problem areas of the body and wrapped on top with a food film, to create a greenhouse effect, you can wrap it with a warm kerchief.

Ginger and honey for immunity

Ginger with honey is not only tasty, but also a useful combination. Each of these products has an undeniable health benefit, and their combination helps to cope with a number of diseases and strengthen the protective properties of the body.

Honey has long been famous for its antiseptic and anti-inflammatory effect, it promotes the production of interferon (proteins that suppress the reproduction of pathogenic microorganisms), which increases the body's resistance. Useful properties of ginger consist in improvement of appetite and digestion process, metabolism, root consumption helps to clean and renew blood, improve the work of the brain and other organs and systems. The vitamins and nutrients contained in it are involved in the process of cell renewal, help to increase the resistance of the organism, and fight pathogens.

Ginger with honey from colds

Ginger effectively helps to improve immunity and resist colds, which is why it is recommended to use when weakening the protective functions of the body, in the period of viral diseases.

Long ago people used this root for throat diseases - they were preparing a drink of their ginger, sugar, lemon and water.

Ginger and honey complement each other and enhance effectiveness, tea with these products warms up the body, increases sweating and promotes the elimination of toxins, slags, removes inflammation and destroys viruses, bacteria, etc.

With a cold, the most effective remedy is a medical mixture of honey, ginger root and lemon, which can be added to tea or eaten half an hour before a meal, only 1 teaspoon per day will help the body resist the disease.

Ginger from cough and honey

Recipes of alternative medicine have recently become increasingly popular, especially for the treatment of viral infections.

Cope with cough helps ginger with honey, there is a huge amount of preparation of the drug, but below are the most effective:

• in 200ml of milk, add 1 / 2ch. Powdered ginger root, 1 tsp. Honey and drink 1 glass a few times a day (after eating better to go to bed). This drink helps to cope with a wet cough.
• 1 tsp rubbed root, pour a glass of boiling water, add a little lemon and let it brew. In a warm drink put honey.
• in 100ml of boiling water put 1 tsp. Ginger, lemon juice, honey. With a dry cough, drink 1 / 2ch. Each hour.

Root of ginger with honey

Ginger is a perennial plant, but its value is represented by its root, which is used not only in fresh form, but also dried and pulverized.

In a number of recipes, it is the fresh root that is used, which must be finely chopped or grated, it is believed, the more ground, the more nutrients the root will give. But also a dry powder of ginger is widely spread, which retains all useful properties and has a longer shelf life.

To prepare medicines, honey is also needed - a unique product of beekeeping, which has a huge benefit for a person. For treatment it is best to use a natural product, floral, linden, herbage is recommended.

Ginger with honey - a natural and affordable means to maintain the body in a tone, improve immunity and improve the functioning of organs and systems.

Ginger with nuts and honey

Nuts contain fatty acids, vitamins, microelements, their use is recommended during recovery from illness, pregnant and lactating, and to strengthen immunity.

Nuts will help to strengthen the effectiveness and benefit of ginger-honey mixture

Especially this combination is recommended for children who can refuse to drink ginger tea.

Especially for children, you can prepare a delicious and useful delicacy - sweets.

They need nuts (you can take any), dried apricots, a small piece of ginger, peel or peel of lemon, honey. Solid ingredients should be ground in a blender, mixed with a little honey to get a tight sticky mass, and form candies (you can use special shapes). Ready-made sweets can be rolled in coconut shavings or dipped in chocolate icing.

For adults, you can add a little cognac to the candy.

How to store ginger with honey?

Ginger tea is best brewed fresh before consumption, cooked drinks in a thermos are recommended to drink during the day, ginger with honey (lemon, nuts, etc.) can be stored in the refrigerator for several weeks.

Fresh root, wrapped in food film, should be stored in a cool place no longer than 7-10 days, dried ginger is better wrapped in paper and put in a cold place where it can be stored for about a month (fully dried root can be stored for up to six months).

Honey at home can be stored for up to 2 years.

Ginger with honey is an excellent remedy for maintaining immunity, which has proven effective over many centuries. It should be noted that such products include most dieticians in the diet, since ginger helps to normalize metabolism, control appetite and fill the lack of vitamins and trace elements that is observed against the background of a diet.