Jinzhai ginger is a specialty of Jinzhai County, Lu 'an, Anhui Province.
Alias are ginger root, Bailayun, Lycium barbarum, wild lily, Yan Liang Xiaozi, fresh ginger and honey-baked ginger. The rhizome of ginger (dried ginger), cortex Phellodendri (ginger bark) and leaves (Jiang Ye) can all be used as medicine. Ginger has the functions of dispersing, stopping vomiting and relieving cough in traditional Chinese medicine.
Ginger contains spicy and aromatic components. The irritating component is gingerol in the aromatic volatile oil. Among them, there are mainly gingerol terpenes, fennel, camphor terpenes, gingerol, eucalyptus oil essence, starch, mucus and so on.
The edible part is 95%. Every 100g contains energy 172kj, water 87g, protein 1.3g, fat 0.6g, dietary fiber 2.7g, carbohydrate 7.6g, carotene 170μg, retinol equivalent 28μg, thiamine 0.03mg and thiamine 0.02mg. Vitamin C4mg potassium 295mg, sodium 14.9mg, calcium 27mg, magnesium 44mg, iron10.4 mg, manganese 320mg, zinc 0.34mg, molybdenum 0. 14mg, phosphorus 25mg, selenium 0.56 μ g, and other energy.