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The earliest example of ginger use leads us to India, where itwas utilized by the Yogi as a seasoning to promote mental clarity.Also, the Yogi contrasted it to garlic, where the ginger had a sweet essence which was inoffensive to the gods. Soon, ginger usagespread to China, where it was used in treating nausea, vomiting,and motion sickness. Also, it was adopted in reducing the toxicityof other herbs, absorbing and neutralizing the toxins in the stomach.Further, Asian countries used the ginger as a diaphoretic, purgingthe body of toxins via its invigoration of the sweat glands. Made intoa tea, ginger was used as a carminative, an agent which expelsgas from intestines.
In the sixth century, usage of ginger spread to Japan, where today it remains the favored base for soups and sauces, and prescribed topically for aches and pains. In the Western World, ginger received its debut from the Muslims, who after occupying Spain, made it popular. The Spaniards in turn introduced it to the West Indies and Jamaica.