Though no formal research on the effects of ginger on low back pain/sciatica specifically seems to have been done, ginger is still sometimes recommended for the treatment of these conditions.
The herb turmeric, which is part of the ginger family, has been studied slightly more than ginger writ-large for it's effectiveness at treating myriad health conditions. It is thought that turmeric might help with the treatment of low back pain and sciatica through its anti-inflammatory properties.)
Native to southern Asia, ginger is a 2- to 4-foot-long perennial that produces grass-like leaves up to a foot long and almost an inch wide. Although it’s called ginger root in the grocery store, the part of the herb used is actually the rhizome, the underground stem of the plant, with its bark-like outer covering scraped off.
Ginger has been used as food and medicine for millennia. Arabian traders carried ginger root from China and India to be used as a food spice in ancient Greece and Rome, and tax records from the second century AD show that ginger was a delightful source of revenue to the Roman treasury.
Though no formal research on the effects of ginger on low back pain/sciatica specifically seems to have been done, ginger is still sometimes recommended for the treatment of these conditions.
The herb turmeric, which is part of the ginger family, has been studied slightly more than ginger writ-large for it's effectiveness at treating myriad health conditions. It is thought that turmeric might help with the treatment of low back pain and sciatica through its anti-inflammatory properties.)
