skip navigation, jump to main contentDorothy Bradley Atkins Medicinal Plant Garden, College of Pharmacy, UIC

Ginger (Zingiber officinarum Roscoe)

Family: Zingiberaceae

Medicinal uses: Ginger reduces nausea and vomiting of pregnancy and the severity and duration of chemotherapy-induced nausea/emesis. Prevention of motion sickness.

Part used medicinally: Rhizome

Native origin: East and Southeast Asia

Zingiber officinarum Roscoe

Zingiber officinarum Roscoe

Photos: D. Doel Soejarto, PhD, University of Illinois at Chicago