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Ginger

Main Ingredients: Ginger (AKA: Zingiber Officinale Roscoe, Adrak, Aadu, Beni Shoga, Zanjabil)

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Common Uses:

Reduce motion sickness and stomach acidity. Also can reduce nausea, especially in pregnant women.

Off Label Uses:

Flavoring and food product.

Side Effects:
Allergic reaction: difficulty breathing, swelling of face, and hives.

Cautions / Warnings:

Do not take ginger supplements if you have gallbladder disorders, diabetes, heart problems, or have bleeding disorders.

Drug Interactions:
Any heart medicine;
medicine to control blood sugar levels such as insulin, glipizide (Glucotrol), glyburide (Glynase, Diabeta, Micronase), chlorpropamide (Diabinese), tolbutamide (Orinase), tolazamide (Tolinase), troglitazone (Rezulin), rosiglitazone (Avandia), repaglinide (Prandin), and metformin (Glucophage)
warfarin (Coumadin)
aspirin
nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) including ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin, Nuprin, others), naproxen (Aleve, Naprosyn, Naprelan, Anaprox, others), ketoprofen (Orudis KT, Orudis), indomethacin (Indocin), etodolac (Lodine), nabumetone (Relafen), oxaprozin (Daypro), piroxicam (Feldene), sulindac (Clinoril), tolmetin (Tolectin)
ardeparin (Normiflo);
dalteparin (Fragmin);
danaparoid (Orgaran);
enoxaparin (Lovenox)

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Zofran	9	7.05	0.46	12
Prochlorperazine	7.75	6.5	1.41	4
Ginger	7.33	5.11	0	3
Domperidone	6	5.69	2.5	3
Phenergan	4.64	5.83	5.17	14
Compazine	2	5.35	6.28	4

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Reported Changes in Health and Well-Being

Since taking Ginger, RateADrug survey participants noticed these changes in their health:

Effect on:	Much Worse	Worse	No Change	Better	Much Better
Appetite	0%	0%	94.4%	5.6%	0%
Balance/Equilibrium	0%	0%	100%	0%	0%
Blood Pressure	0%	0%	100%	0%	0%
Breathing	0%	0%	84.2%	15.8%	0%
Confidence	0%	0%	100%	0%	0%
Coordination/Motor Skills	0%	0%	100%	0%	0%
Digestion	0%	5.6%	72.2%	16.7%	5.6%
Emotional Well-being	0%	0%	88.9%	11.1%	0%
Energy	0%	0%	88.9%	11.1%	0%
Eyesight	0%	0%	100%	0%	0%
Memory	0%	0%	100%	0%	0%
Mental Clarity	0%	0%	100%	0%	0%
Pain	0%	0%	88.9%	0%	11.1%
Patience	0%	0%	94.4%	5.6%	0%
Sexual Health	0%	0%	100%	0%	0%
Skin Complexion	0%	0%	100%	0%	0%
Sleep	0%	0%	78.9%	15.8%	5.3%
Stress Level	0%	0%	100%	0%	0%

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Commonly Reported Ginger Side Effects

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Effect on:	None	Mild	Moderate	Strong	Severe
Bloating	66.7%	33.3%	0%	0%	0%
Headache	94.4%	5.6%	0%	0%	0%

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25 Nov 2011	usually works well to suppress nausea —Posted by Anonymous Respond Display Name: Email: (Required) Notify me of new comments Email me monthly survey results Sending... I agree to the Terms of Use
25 Sep 2011	Ginger has worked better for acid reflux than any perscription med or OTC med —Posted by Lee Respond Display Name: Email: (Required) Notify me of new comments Email me monthly survey results Sending... I agree to the Terms of Use
04 Jul 2011	Ginger is the best, I love it. Reason being that I always had indigestion and when someone told me to take a teaspoon of pure ginger and put it in water it helped my stomach so much, the bad thing that its really hard to swallow down and it has a really bad taste —Posted by Anonymous Respond Display Name: Email: (Required) Notify me of new comments Email me monthly survey results Sending... I agree to the Terms of Use
02 Aug 2010	used it for spice for some foods or just eat it with sugar/honey ... also took ginger root supplements and drank ginger tea ... ginger tastes very good —Posted by Anonymous Respond Display Name: Email: (Required) Notify me of new comments Email me monthly survey results Sending... I agree to the Terms of Use
23 May 2010	my mom would always give me a little ginger because my motion sickness is horrible. it always makes me feel better. even things that have ginger in it! —Posted by Anonymous Respond Display Name: Email: (Required) Notify me of new comments Email me monthly survey results Sending... I agree to the Terms of Use

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