Discover more amazing effects of ginger tea

The wonderful effects of a cup of ginger tea

Thanh Nien newspaper quoted ScitechDaily as saying that a new study just published in the scientific journal Nature Communications discovered more wonderful effects of the cup of ginger tea you drink every day.

Specifically, they identified the compound furanodienone (FDN) in ginger that binds strongly to the pregnane X receptor (PXR). This interaction helps reduce colitis by enhancing PXR's ability to inhibit the production of inflammatory cytokines.

This discovery highlights the potential of FDN as a safe and effective natural treatment.

The new finding, which can reduce inflammation in the colon of mice through oral administration of FDN, highlights the potential of complementary and integrative medicine in treating inflammatory bowel disease, said Dr. Jiabao Liu, a research team member at the University of Toronto’s Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology.

There is currently no cure for IBD, so patients must adhere to lifelong treatments to control symptoms, including abdominal pain and diarrhea, with significant psychological and economic consequences.

An added benefit of FDN is that it may increase the production of tight junction proteins that help repair damage to the intestinal lining caused by inflammation. Research demonstrates that the effects of FDN are not limited to the colon, but also prevent harmful side effects in other areas of the body.

The ginger-derived natural product is a better option for treating inflammatory bowel disease than current therapies because it does not suppress the immune system or affect liver function, which can lead to major side effects, said lead study author Dr. Henry Krause, a professor of molecular genetics at the University of Toronto’s Temerty Faculty of Medicine. FDN could form the basis of a more effective treatment that is also safer and cheaper.

Is it good to drink a lot of ginger tea?

The article on the Medlatec General Hospital website has medical consultation from BSCKI. Duong Ngoc Van said that although ginger tea is a drink with many health benefits, not everyone is suitable for ginger tea and drinking a lot is not necessarily good. Ginger tea should only be drunk in necessary cases such as needing to warm the body, just coming back from the cold, headache, dizziness, menstrual cramps. Drinking a lot of ginger tea will cause some side effects such as:

Causes stomach upset

Drinking too much ginger tea is like eating too much spicy food, it will make your stomach feel very hot, uncomfortable, and sluggish. So you should only use ginger tea in moderation, about 4mg/day.

Cardiovascular problems

Drinking too much ginger tea can have some negative effects on the cardiovascular system: causing high blood pressure, rapid heartbeat, etc., so people with high blood pressure should not use too much ginger tea./.