GINGER		Zingiber officinale		Tender Perennial
								culinary
								medicinal

One of oldest known and most widely consumed spices: in the East the fresh roots are prominent in numerous savorury dishes

In the West ground dried ginger is a traditional baking and pudding spice.

medicinal:	stimulating
		digestive
		flatulence
		nausea
		nervous diarrhea
		indigestion
		dysentry
		coughs
		colds
		fever
		sore throat
		nervous conditions