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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.
Ginger is a common folk treatment for upset stomach and nausea. There's evidence that it may help. Ginger seems to aid digestion and saliva flow. Studies found that taking ginger could reduce nausea and vomiting in some pregnant women.But pregnant women should be careful with ginger.here's mixed evidence about whether ginger helps with nausea caused by motion sickness, surgery, or chemotherapy. Ginger does seem to help with painful periods. In one study, more than 60% of women felt that ginger lessened pain.