Ginger root?

Question

I have a lot of ginger bushes in my yard. (Houston area). There were tons of beautiful fragrant blooms last year. I want to mix them with baby oil to make a ginger scented body oil. I don't know anything about the varieties of Ginger. Is all ginger safe to use? Can I cook with it? Or make tea?

Answer 1

Lucky you I have tried to get a ginger root to grow (maybe i watered it too much. the ones i bought at the grocery store. they sprout. but won't grow. Maybe i should keep on trying . I buy fresh ginger root at the grocery store all the time grate it and make tea. I add honey(and lemon) and just use a little grated ginger root because it is hot but good for a cold or even if you just want a cup. It can be used other ways as well. I would more then likely make a good massage oil-i have never tried it -not yet anyway.. Whole cloves is good for that but you need to close it up in a bottle of oil(olive oil works) and let it set for quit a while. Now you are giving me some ideas--Thanks.

Answer 2

Ok. Do research b4 u take this advice. But, I think that Ginger root can be chewed as an alleviation to motion sickness. I heard it about 2 months ago from a pilot, but I may have heard wrong, or forgotten something. Do research, but if im right, then you could use it for tea, or whatever.

Answer 3

Here's a good site delineating the uses of ginger.

Answer 4

Baby oil is mineral oil and fragrance, mineral oil does not penetrate your skin, vegetable oils will. If you want ginger scented oil try using another unscented oil as a vehicle; olive oil, safflower oil, almond oil...

Answer 5

as far as I know - and I live in a country where people consume this very much - there are no dangerous variety of gingner.

if you want to test it though, feed it to a lab rat :D

Answer 6

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ginger..
This site was really helpful for me.. hope it is for u..