- Ginger has long been used as a folk therapy of stomach pain but now it also help tame one of the terrible side effects of cancer treatment – it is nausea.

Those who start drinking some ginger on the members before making configuration will be less nausea than those who only use drugs stomach.

Results are posted on the magazine American Society of Clinical Oncology and will be announced during the annual conference on cancer at the end of this May.

However, ginger should not be used with alcohol.

Research trials using ginger pure and therefore can not know better than ginger tea ginger powder or fresh ginger is not.

Real ginger capsules containing powder is cheap, simple way to combat nausea and helps improve the quality of life and pursuit to the treatment of patients (some cancer patients remove or refuse treatment configuration used for fear of side effects of it. Although this therapy has helped patients avoid vomiting, but every four people will have a nausea during treatment).

Dr. Richard Schilsky, of the University cancer expert and Chairman of Chicago cancer study, said: “Ginger helps reduce stomach pain, alleviate morning sickness manifestations in pregnant women have.

644 patients participated in this study and all were nausea during cancer treatment chemical. Two thirds of these breast cancer, the rest are other types of cancer. They were divided into four groups and three groups of ginger with the drug dose as follows: 1 / 2, 1 or 1.5 g of ginger per day. Group Left gastric medicine with anti-nausea drug for 6 days (three days before the start configuration). Results showed that all three groups have used ginger reduced nausea and feeling the lowest dose group and both have the best performance. Patients taking ginger felt there was some nausea average is only 2 times, only 40% of the group do not use ginger.

Ginger does not cause any side effects in this study, but doctors say that patients should first speak to your doctor about using it because it may increase the risk of blood clots, especially in treatment of cancer or narrowed blood vessels or a certain disease. It is also not good for those who have undergone surgery, the American Cancer Society warned.

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