He mea ʻala ka kinika i hoʻohana ʻia no ka kuke ʻana a ʻai ʻia hoʻi ma ke ʻano he mea ʻono. ʻO ia ke kumu o ka mea kanu kinika, ʻo Zingiber officinale. He mōʻaukala lōʻihi ko ka mea kanu kinika no ka mahi ʻana, i hoʻomaka ʻia ma ʻAsia a ua ulu ʻia ma India Hikina Hema ʻo ʻAsia, ʻApelika Komohana a me ka Caribbean. ʻO ka inoa maoli no ka kinika ʻo Root Ginger. Eia nō naʻe, ua kapa pinepine ʻia ʻo ia he kinika, e like me ka mea i ʻike nui ʻia.

ʻO ka ʻāpana o ke kinika maloʻo he hui ia, nona nā ʻāpana pono he nui, me ka ʻaila ʻala kinika 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 ka lipid koko, ka hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻana i ke koko, ka palupalu ʻana i nā kīʻaha koko, ka pale ʻana i ka myocardial infarction, ka pale ʻana i ka cholecysitis a me nā gallstones, ka hōʻoluʻolu a me ka hoʻopau ʻana i ka ʻeha ʻōpū i loaʻa i ka gastroduodenul ulcer.