Ginger is a wonderful culinary as well as medicinal herb. It is probably the number one choice for nausea, motion sickness, and indigestion, but it also aids metabolism of cholesterol and thus lowers the risk of complications such as high blood pressure and arterial congestion.
Ginger is used to stimulate the appetite, improve digestion, and promote the all-important agni energy used to transform nutrients into substances that can be used to regenerate tissues. It therefore aids health in general by improving assimilation and circulation.
It aids those with excess kapha and vata.