Can I eat ginger pickled in vinegar in summer?

The method of pickling ginger in vinegar is very simple. Just soak the chopped ginger in vinegar for a while. The nutritional value of this delicacy is particularly high, and its health-care effects, in particular, make many people feel very magical. Although ginger pickled in vinegar is very effective, this healthy delicacy cannot be eaten at any time. For example, can you eat ginger pickled in vinegar in summer? Let’s take a look at the explanation below.

Eat ginger in summer

As the saying goes, "Eat radishes in winter and ginger in summer, and you don't need a doctor's prescription." Therefore, eating ginger in summer is better for the body. Chinese medicine believes that ginger benefits the spleen and appetite, stops vomiting, warms the meridians and dispels cold, relieves headaches and fevers, and regulates chronic cold, cholera abdominal pain, vomiting and diarrhea, etc.

The benefit of eating ginger in summer is that due to the hot summer, people are used to seeking coolness and like to take cold foods. At night, they feel the cold, which can easily produce heat and dampness and affect the spleen and stomach. Therefore, people have a poor appetite in summer and feel tired of eating less. In this case, drinking some ginger soup or adding more ginger when cooking can dispel cold and heat, and can also treat abdominal pain, diarrhea, vomiting, etc. caused by eating unclean food.

What should you pay attention to when eating vinegar and pickled ginger

1. People with severe internal heat should not eat

People who suffer from lung heat and dry cough, stomach heat and vomiting, bad breath, hemorrhoid bleeding, painful sores and ulcers should not eat ginger. If the disease is caused by heat, you must use cold medicine to neutralize the heat of ginger when eating it. Ginger pickled in vinegar is made of vinegar and ginger, so people who cannot eat ginger cannot eat ginger pickled in vinegar.

2. People with Yin deficiency should not eat

Yin deficiency is a dry and hot constitution, which is manifested by hot palms and feet, sweaty palms, a love of drinking water, frequent dry mouth, dry eyes, dry nose, dry skin, irritability, and poor sleep. Ginger is pungent and warm in nature, so people with Yin deficiency will aggravate the symptoms of Yin deficiency by eating ginger.

3. People with hair loss should be careful when using ginger

Many people use ginger externally to treat hair loss. Indeed, ginger is warm and spicy in nature, and it can indeed increase local blood circulation, stimulate the opening of hair follicles, and promote hair regeneration. However, it should be noted that hair loss is a febrile disease. Ginger will generate heat if used for a long time. Using hot medicines to treat febrile diseases conflicts with the principle of "using cool medicines for febrile diseases" in traditional Chinese medicine, so try to use it as little as possible.

4. Hepatitis patients should avoid eating ginger

Generally speaking, hepatitis patients should avoid eating ginger, because eating ginger frequently can cause liver fire. If you want to control the liver fire caused by eating ginger, you can also choose some foods that can soothe the liver and regulate qi, such as drinking tea made with hawthorn and chrysanthemum. This can eliminate the heat caused by ginger without hurting the body.