Colds, digestive disorders: When should you avoid using ginger?

People with colds and digestive disorders are often advised to drink ginger water. This is because ginger water not only warms the body, helps reduce fever but also reduces nasal congestion, indigestion, and increases resistance. However, in some cases, it should be avoided.

People who should limit or avoid drinking ginger water include:

Taking blood thinners

Ginger has the ability to inhibit platelet aggregation, similar to the effects of some anticoagulants such as warfarin, aspirin and clopidogrel. Drinking ginger water at the same time as these drugs can increase the risk of bleeding, especially in people at high risk or preparing for surgery, according to the health website Medical News Today (UK).

Therefore, people who are taking blood thinners should limit or avoid ginger. This is true even of ginger in supplement form.

Ginger is very good for health but some nutrients in ginger can interact with drugs.

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Taking antiarrhythmic medication

In fact, some substances in ginger have the potential to affect the electrical activity of the heart, especially when used in high doses or as a supplement. Some studies have shown that ginger also has antiarrhythmic effects, and it can also interact with antiarrhythmic drugs such as amiodarone. This combination of ginger and drugs increases the risk of affecting the effectiveness of the drug and increasing side effects.

Taking blood pressure medication

Ginger has the ability to slightly lower blood pressure. However, when combined with blood pressure lowering medications such as beta-blockers, ACE inhibitors or calcium channel blockers, ginger can cause blood pressure to drop too low, leading to symptoms such as dizziness, fatigue and fainting.

Ginger should not be used if taking diabetes medication.

Ginger has the effect of lowering blood sugar levels, which is very helpful for people with diabetes. However, when combined with diabetes medications such as metformin or insulin, ginger increases the possibility of hypoglycemia, leading to symptoms such as dizziness, fatigue, cold sweats, and even fainting.

Therefore, in the above cases when having a cold or digestive disorder, the best way is to use more friendly methods. For example, people with cold should drink warm water, chamomile tea, drink lemon juice mixed with honey, thin soup and prioritize rest.

Meanwhile, people with digestive disorders should eat bland foods, prioritize easily digestible foods such as white porridge, ripe bananas, fermented yogurt, drink plenty of warm water and avoid spicy, sour, greasy foods. If you want to use ginger or any other herbs, you should consult your doctor, according to Medical News Today .

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