Reduce Muscle Pain with Ginger Herb

Often a person experiences muscle soreness after exercise. Now researchers from the United States found that daily consumption of ginger may help reduce exercise-induced muscle pain.
The study was led by Patrick O'Connor of the University of Georgia in Athens. In this study note that the addition of ginger as much as 2 grams per day can reduce muscle pain induced by exercise activity by 25 percent.
The results are published in the Journal of Pain. This study uses the raw ginger and ginger are cooked, it was found that the effect of pain relievers is not increased or decreased in the ginger is consumed after a heated or cooked.
Muscle pain is generally a type of the most common complaints of pain and unusual sports, besides muscle pain are common injuries related to sports or recreational activities.
"Everything that can really relieve pain or complaints of this kind will certainly be very welcomed by the people who often experience it," O'Connor said, as quoted from Topnews.In, Monday (24/05/2010).
O'Connor and colleagues conducted two studies with each study involving 34 and 40 participants. Participants are given the raw ginger capsules, ginger is heated or placebo for 11 consecutive days.
Arm function, inflammation and pain will be measured before exercise and three days after exercise. In addition levels of the chemicals involved in pain were also measured before and after exercise. On the eighth day the participants are required to lift the load to trigger a minor muscle injury in his arm.
The results of this study indicate that daily intake of ginger either heated or raw can reduce pain caused by exercise by 25 percent. The research was funded by the McCormick Science Institute.
Based on this research note that ginger contains chemicals that may work similar to anti-inflammatory drugs non-steroidal such as ibuprofen and aspirin.
Previous research has also shown that ginger can be effective in reducing pain in arthritis.