ginger

ginger is a topic covered in the Davis's Drug Guide.

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General

Complementary/Alternative Medicine: This monograph describes a natural or herbal product that is not subject to FDA guidelines for medicines. Patients and clinicians are advised to read package labels carefully to ensure safe and efficacious use.

((Zingiber officinale))

Pronunciation:
jin-jer


Trade Name(s)

  • Calicut
  • cochin
  • gengibre
  • ginger root
  • imber
  • ingwerwurzel
  • ingwer
  • Jamaica ginger
  • jenjibre
  • kankyo
  • jiang
  • zingiber

Ther. Class.
antiemetics

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