At 08:59 AM 09-04-99 -0800, Mel Grindol wrote: >My wife and I tried ginger once, _once_. Shortly after taking the pill I felt queasy and we weren't even on the boat yet. Shortly after leaving dock we were both violently ill. Once I had emptied my stomach and gotten that stupid ginger out of my system I was much better and spent the rest of the day OK (halibut fishing out of Homer). >We never plan to take ginger again and personally file it under a lot of those herbalist things GNC sells as being basically a quack. >Mel Ginger root, Zingiber Officinale, is used for loss of appetite, dyspepsia and motion sickness. It is positively inotropic, promotes secretion of saliva and gastric juices, and is a cholagogue. It acts as an antispasmodic in animals. In humans it increases the tone and peristalsis of the intestines, and has been shown in clinical trials to be an antiemetic. Ginger root should not be used for morning sickness, and should not be taken by those with gallstone conditions (because it stimulates the flow of bile to the duodenum). Administration can be via comminuted rhizome and dry extracts for teas. Powdered drug is used in some stomach preparations. For the tea, use 1/2 to 1 gram of drug (one teaspoon is 3 grams) in boiling water and steep for 5 minutes. Total daily dose of drug is 2 to 4 grams. The antiemetic dose is 2 grams of freshly powdered drug taken with some liquid. I don't know if the pill form you took was tested for the same effect as the above methods of administration, or how much you took. Gingersnap cookies made with real ginger (not flavoring) is also said by some users to work well. That's about as much as I know about the stuff. For those who have heard of Cayenne (Capsicum Annuum) as a treatment for motion sickness, I would avoid that herbal remedy, because of its toxic effects on liver/kidneys/ nervous system, its potentially life-threatening hypothermia with toxic doses, and its unknown (conflicting reports) carcinogenic and mutagenic and teratogenic effects, especially at the higher doses. Hope this helps. Leander overfall_at_ix.netcom.com *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Fri Apr 09 1999 - 16:56:47 PDT
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