Ginger has been used for treating purposes for over thousands
of years, according to the University of Maryland Medical Center. While
ginger’s benefits are widely known, its dangerous potentials is often ignored.
There’re things to consider when adding ginger to your diet.
Interaction with medications
Ginger can also
act like a blood thinner and increase the risk of bleeding when being used with
other blood thinning medication.
There’re evidence proving ginger can increase the stomach’s
acid secretion. Therefore, consuming ginger can interfere with taking antacid.
Ginger can also act like a blood thinner and increase the
risk of bleeding when being used with other blood thinning medication like aspirin,
anticoagulants, anti-platelet and non-steroid drugs.
Gastrointestinal system
Fresh ginger can
be harmful to patients of inflammatory bowel disease or bowel obstruction.
Reports show digesting ginger which wasn’t well chewed can
lead to bowel obstruction. People who used to have inflammatory bowel disease
or bowel obstruction should avoid fresh ginger.
Cardiovascular system
Ginger root can
reduce blood pressure.
Recent researches show that ginger root can reduce blood
pressure. Therefore, ginger root technically has the ability to cause abnormal
heart rhythms.
