the.com/ginger root
a gnarled underground knuckle that punches nausea, warms blood, and torches blandness on contact.
not a rootIt's actually a rhizome, an underground stem.
ancient tradeRomans imported it 2,000 years ago for medicine.
motion sicknessClinically beats seasickness as well as some drugs.
family tiesClose cousin of turmeric and cardamom.
heat sourceGingerol, the same compound that fires up chili logic.