Editing Ginger (section)

===Similar ingredients===
Other members of the family [[Zingiberaceae]] are used in similar ways. They include the ''[[myoga]]'' (''[[Zingiber mioga]]''), the several types of [[galangal]], the fingerroot (''[[Boesenbergia rotunda]]''), and the bitter ginger (''[[Zingiber zerumbet]]'').

A [[dicotyledon]]ous native species of eastern North America, ''[[Asarum canadense]]'', is also known as "[[Asarum|wild ginger]]", and its root has similar aromatic properties, but it is not related to true ginger. The plant contains [[aristolochic acid]], a [[carcinogen]]ic compound.<ref name="2001FDA">{{cite web|url=https://www.fda.gov/Food/RecallsOutbreaksEmergencies/SafetyAlertsAdvisories/ucm096388.htm|title=Aristolochic Acid: FDA Warns Consumers to Discontinue Use of Botanical Products that Contain Aristolochic Acid|date=11 April 2001|publisher=US [[FDA]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170603091617/https://www.fda.gov/Food/RecallsOutbreaksEmergencies/SafetyAlertsAdvisories/ucm096388.htm|archive-date=3 June 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> The United States Food and Drug Administration warns that consumption of aristolochic acid-containing products is associated with "permanent kidney damage, sometimes resulting in kidney failure that has required kidney dialysis or kidney transplantation. In addition, some patients have developed certain types of cancers, most often occurring in the urinary tract."<ref name=2001FDA/>