Raw ginger can reduce muscle tension after exercise, as taking a small amount every day reduces the tension in the muscles after a workout, a new study has shown.
Ginger has been used as a remedy for nausea, but recent research has suggested that it has other powerful properties.
US scientists gave study participants 2 g of raw ginger or a similar amount of heat-treated ginger thus increasing its potency for 11 days.
The results on muscle pain were published in the Pain diary, showing that 24 hours after exercise pain levels were 25 percent lower than placebo.
And in the heat treated group, pain levels were 23 percent lower, and the researchers say this supports anecdotal evidence that ginger has an analgesic effect.
In addition, powdered ginger could kill ovarian cancer cells, according to the latest experiments.