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Medicinal Uses and Indications. Today, health care professionals may recommend ginger to help prevent or treat nausea and vomiting from motion sickness, pregnancy, and cancer chemotherapy. It is also used to treat mild stomach upset, to reduce pain of osteoarthritis, and may even be used in heart disease.t has a long history of use in Asian, Indian, and Arabic herbal traditions. In China, for example, ginger has been used to help digestion and treat stomach upset, diarrhea, and nausea for more than 2,000 years.
1 Add some to a smoothie, sandwich or salad to increase them in your diet.  Nausea: Ginger can often stop nausea in its tracks. That's because it contains phenols that help relax the stomach muscles. Make a ginger ice pop with ginger and lemon to ease your nausea.