Can you drink ginger soup at night? Experts tell you the truth

Ginger is the most common food in life and one of the essential ingredients for making delicious dishes. Chinese medicine experts point out that ginger is also a Chinese herbal medicine with health-promoting effects, but you should be careful when eating it. So the question is, can you drink ginger soup at night?

Eating ginger in the morning is better than eating ginseng soup, and eating ginger at night is better than arsenic

The ancients said that "eating ginger in the morning is better than ginseng soup; eating ginger at night is better than arsenic", which means that eating ginger in the morning is beneficial, but eating ginger at night is harmful. This saying is very consistent with the way of keeping in good health. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that ginger can warm the stomach and stop vomiting, relieve the symptoms and dispel cold. Modern pharmacological research believes that ginger also contains phytoncides, and its bactericidal effect is no less than that of green onions and garlic. Gingerol in ginger can stimulate the secretion of gastric juice and promote digestion; it also contains more volatile oils, which can inhibit the body's absorption of cholesterol and prevent the accumulation of cholesterol in the liver and serum.

It is not suitable to drink ginger soup at night when the body's yang energy is restrained.

At night, the body should be in a state of Yang Qi being gathered and Yin Qi being outward, so one should eat more foods that clear away heat, relieve Qi and help digestion, which is more conducive to a good night's rest. Radish is a good choice. However, the pungent and warm dispersing effect of ginger will affect people's normal rest at night, and eating pungent and warm ginger at night can easily cause internal heat, which can cause "getting angry" symptoms over time. It is a bit exaggerated to say that it is like "arsenic", but it is indeed bad for health.