Zingiber off. or Ginger for corona (covid19)

   Article written by

 H/Dr. Abdul Wahid Anwar,
DHMS, FTJ.
Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Email:wahidrwp@live.com,

scienceonics@gmail.com 
Skype: wahidrwp

Common name: Ginger

Family: ZingiberaceaeZingiber officinale or Ginger has a dietary component.

Uses
  -plant rhizome used for curing

• asthma
• bronchitis
• cold

 -Ethanolic rhizome ginger extract benefits 

• rhizome
• in respiratory tract pathogens, it hasantibacterial behavior 
• Haemophilus influenza treatment
• Streptococcus pneumonia treatment
• Staphylococcus aureus treatment
• Streptococcus pyogenes treatment

 Fresh Ginger 
      - antiviral behavior on airway epithelium in respiratory syncytial virus-induced   

          plaque production in humans.
 A reported case while treating patient result the

•   inflammatory cytokines TNF-α, IL-1 and IL-6 with lower serum levels.

Gingerol
   it is a component from the Afromomum genus.

• Gingerol resist the IL-12, TNF-α and IL-1β  mobility in macrophages of LPS-

               stimulated.

• inflammatory mediators named as NO and PGE mobility opposed by gingerol.

Suggestions:
 

Take a small piece of ginger four/five times in a tea with two spoons of honey as a sweetening element with no white sugar will be helpful for curing corona disease.

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References
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2. J.P. Dzoyem, L.J. McGaw, V. Kuete, U. Bakowsky,  Anti-inflammatory, and Anti-

   nociceptive Activities of African Medicinal Spices and Vegetables; "Medicinal 

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