The application of many functional raw materials in food in China is derived from the traditional culture of using natural ingredients to treat common diseases, that is, homologous medicines and foods. For example, ginger with anti-inflammatory effects, cinnamon with hypoglycemia, etc. Many brands at home and abroad have natural functional products, and this ancient wisdom is integrated into modern life to play the so-called "food therapy" function advocated by Chinese medicine. Ginger, cinnamon, etc. as the IP of the seasoning industry, how to demonstrate their advantages under the development trend of functional food and beverage?

Older gingers are more spicy

When it comes to ginger, everyone may think that this is a seasoning ingredient. In fact, this is a traditional Chinese medicine that has been praised by doctors of the past, and is known as the “medical medicine”. Ginger is spicy and mild, and when used as a medicinal material, it is mainly used to enter the lungs, spleen and stomach. The main effects are to relieve cold, warm vomiting, phlegm and cough, and fish and crab poison. With some ingredients or drugs, it has a very good effect on certain diseases.

Ginger refers to the rhizome of the genus Ginger, which is warm in temperature. Its unique "Gingeringin" can stimulate the gastrointestinal mucosa, make the gastrointestinal tract congested, and has enhanced digestive capacity. It can effectively treat the bloating caused by eating too much cold food. , abdominal pain, diarrhea, vomiting, etc. After eating ginger, people will have a feeling of body heat, because it can make blood vessels dilate, blood circulation speeds up, and promote the pores of the body to open, so that not only can the excess tropical go, but also the disease in the body, The cold is brought out together. When the body eats cold and cold, after being exposed to rain or staying in an air-conditioned room for a long time, eating ginger can eliminate all kinds of discomfort caused by cold body weight.

In addition to physiological active substances such as gingerolone, zingerone, and gingerol, ginger also contains protein, polysaccharides, vitamins and various trace elements. It is a combination of nutrition, seasoning and health care. A homologous health care product. Ginger products are becoming more and more popular in the international market, especially in Southeast Asia, Japan and other countries and regions. In 2015, Japan implemented the functional food labeling system, and Japan’s Ito Park Co., Ltd. declared “Growing of Ginger” as a functional labeling food, and realized its functional label for maintaining body temperature.