Eating ginger to relieve muscle pain

For centuries, ginger roots have been used to treat different diseases, such as cold and stomach disease But now researchers at the University of Georgia have found that eating ginger every day can help relieve muscle pain caused by exercise "We know that ginger has an anti-inflammatory effect on rodents, while its effect on human muscle pain is basically unknown." Patrick O'Connor, a professor in the Department of motor function at the University of Georgia School of education, said that heat treatment of ginger, such as when used in cooking, can effectively relieve muscle pain Professor O'Connor conducted two ginger trials to examine the effects of eating ginger for 11 days and heat-treated ginger on muscle pain Thirty four volunteers and 40 volunteers in the two studies took capsules containing two grams of ginger or heat-treated ginger or blank control for 11 days after lifting weights 18 times to strain the arm muscles, respectively By the 8th day, the arm function, inflammation and pain of the volunteers taking the ginger capsule were significantly improved compared with the previous three days Studies have shown that eating ginger every day can reduce muscle pain caused by exercise by 25%, and ginger has the same effect of relieving muscle pain as heat-treated ginger "The personal economic cost of treating muscle pain is very high," said Professor O'Connor "Muscle pain is usually the most common type of pain, and anything that really relieves it will be very popular."