He mea ʻala ka ʻala i hoʻohana ʻia no ka kuke ʻana a ʻai ʻia nō hoʻi ma ke ʻano he mea ʻono. ʻO ia ke kumu o lalo o ka lāʻau ginger, Zingiber officinale. He moʻolelo lōʻihi ka mahiʻai ʻana o ka mea kanu, no Asia a ua ulu ʻia ma India Hema Hema, ʻApelika Komohana a me ka Caribbean. ʻO ka inoa maoli no ka ginger ʻo Root Ginger. Eia naʻe, kapa ʻia ʻo ia ʻo ka ginger, no ka mea, ua ʻike ʻia ke ʻano.

ʻO ka extract o ka ginger maloʻo he hui ia, a he nui nā mea pono, e like me ka ʻaila ginger essence maloʻo a me ka gingerol (gingiberol, zingiberone a me shogaol, etc.) He nui nā hana physiologic a me nā pono, e like me ka hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻana i ke koko lipid, ka hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻana. ke koko, hoʻomaʻemaʻe i ke kīʻaha koko, pale i ka myocardial infarction, pale i ka cholecysitis a me nā gallstones, hoʻomaha a hoʻopau i ka ʻeha o ka ʻōpū i loaʻa i ka maʻi maʻi gastroduodenul.