中医理论讲,姜是助阳之品,自古以来就有“男子不可百日无姜”之语。宋代诗人苏轼在《东坡杂记》中记述杭州净慈寺一位80多岁的老和尚,面如童相,问其故,“自言服生姜40年,故不老云”。《神农本草经》将生姜列为中品,是药食同源的一种药材。现代药理研究证明,姜含有挥发性姜油酮和姜油酚,具有活血、祛寒、除湿、发汗等功能,此外还有健胃止呕、辟腥臭、消 According to the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, ginger is the product of yang boosting. Since ancient times, there has been a saying that “man can’t have no ginger for a hundred days.” Su Shi, a poet of the Song Dynasty, described an old monk in the 80s who was in Jingci Temple in Hangzhou in the “Dongpo Miscellanea”. He asked him if he was a boy, and he was “self-spoken ginger for 40 years, so he was not old”. “Shen Nong’s Materia Medica” listed ginger as a medium-sized product, which is a medicine and food source. Modern pharmacological studies have shown that ginger contains volatile zingerone and gingerol, which has functions such as blood circulation, coldness, dehumidification, sweating, etc., as well as stomach vomiting, odor removal, and elimination.