Family Name: Zingiberaceae
Botanical Name(s): Zingiber Officinale
Popular Name(s): Ginger, Ardrakam, Shunthi, Adrak, Sunth, Black Ginger, Race Ginger, African Ginger.
Parts Used: Zingiberaceae
Habitat: South East Asia and throughout India
Description: Ginger is a creeping perennial and a thick tuberous rhizome. The plant has narrow, lanceolate to linear-lanceolate leaves 15 to 30 cm long, which die off each year. The flower scrape grows directly from the root and terminates in a long, curved spike. A white or yellow flower grows from each spike.
Uses: Clinically proved as prophylactic of nausea and vomiting associated with motion, sickness, seasickness and pregnancy. Ginger is also known for its gastrointestinal benefits and as an anti inflammatory and carminative.