Ginger – an Anti-inflammatory Activity Herb
The researchers were investigating reports from Ayurvedic and Unani Tibb medicine that ginger was useful in inflammatory diseases. Among the arthritis patients, more than three-quarters experienced varying degrees of relief in pain and swelling. All the patients with muscular discomfort experienced relief in pain. None of the patients reported adverse effects during the period of ginger consumption, which ranged from three to thirty months. The researchers speculate that ginger acts through inhibition of prostaglandin and leukotriene synthesis.
