Editing Ginger (section)

==Research==
Evidence that ginger use is associated with reduced [[nausea]] during pregnancy is of low quality.<ref name=preg>{{cite journal |vauthors=McParlin C, O'Donnell A, Robson SC, Beyer F, Moloney E, Bryant A, Bradley J, Muirhead CR, Nelson-Piercy C, Newbury-Birch D, Norman J, Shaw C, Simpson E, Swallow B, Yates L, Vale L |title=Treatments for Hyperemesis Gravidarum and Nausea and Vomiting in Pregnancy: A Systematic Review |journal=JAMA |volume=316 |issue=13 |pages=1392–1401 |date=October 2016 |pmid=27701665 |doi=10.1001/jama.2016.14337 |url=https://research.tees.ac.uk/en/publications/6b0f7e5c-6bc8-4f8e-9419-bf43b3eea727 |type=Systematic review}}</ref> There is no good evidence ginger helps alleviate chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting.<ref name=chemo>{{cite journal |vauthors=Lee J, Oh H |title=Ginger as an antiemetic modality for chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting: a systematic review and meta-analysis |journal=Oncol Nurs Forum |volume=40 |issue=2 |pages=163–70 |date=March 2013 |pmid=23448741 |doi=10.1188/13.ONF.163-170 |url=}}</ref>

There is no clear evidence that taking ginger to treat [[nausea]] during pregnancy is safe.<ref name=drugs/><ref name="Giacosa">{{cite journal|vauthors=Giacosa A, Morazzoni P, Bombardelli E, Riva A, Bianchi Porro G, Rondanelli M|year=2015|title=Can nausea and vomiting be treated with ginger extract?|url=https://www.europeanreview.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/1291-1296.pdf|journal=European Review for Medical and Pharmacological Sciences|volume=19|issue=7|pages=1291–6|issn=1128-3602|pmid=25912592}}</ref><ref name="ernst-meta">{{cite journal|vauthors=Ernst E, Pittler MH|date=2000|title=Efficacy of ginger for nausea and vomiting: a systematic review of randomized clinical trials|journal=[[Br. J. Anaesth.]]|volume=84|issue=3|pages=367–371|doi=10.1093/oxfordjournals.bja.a013442|pmid=10793599|doi-access=free}}</ref> Ginger is not effective for treating [[dysmenorrhea]].<ref>{{cite journal|vauthors=Pattanittum P, Kunyanone N, Brown J, Sangkomkamhang US, Barnes J, Seyfoddin V, Marjoribanks J|year=2016|title=Dietary supplements for dysmenorrhoea|journal=[[Cochrane Library#The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews|Cochrane Database Syst. Rev.]]|volume=2016|issue=3|at=CD002124|doi=10.1002/14651858.CD002124.pub2|pmid=27000311|pmc=7387104|doi-access=free}}</ref> There is some evidence for it having an [[anti-inflammatory]] effect, and improving digestive function, but insufficient evidence for it affecting pain in [[osteoarthritis]].<ref>{{cite journal|vauthors=Terry R, Posadzki P, Watson LK, Ernst E|year=2011|title=The use of ginger (Zingiber officinale) for the treatment of pain: A systematic review of clinical trials|journal=Pain Medicine|volume=12|issue=12|pages=1808–18|doi=10.1111/j.1526-4637.2011.01261.x|pmid=22054010|doi-access=free}}</ref> The evidence that ginger retards blood clotting is mixed.<ref name="Marx McKavanagh McCarthy Bird p=e0141119">{{cite journal | last1=Marx | first1=Wolfgang | last2=McKavanagh | first2=Daniel | last3=McCarthy | first3=Alexandra L. | last4=Bird | first4=Robert | last5=Ried | first5=Karin | last6=Chan | first6=Alexandre | last7=Isenring | first7=Liz | editor-last=Freson | editor-first=Kathleen | title=The Effect of Ginger (''Zingiber officinale'') on Platelet Aggregation: A Systematic Literature Review | journal=PLOS ONE| publisher=Public Library of Science (PLoS) | volume=10 | issue=10 | date=21 October 2015 | issn=1932-6203 | doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0141119 | page=e0141119| pmid=26488162 | pmc=4619316 | bibcode=2015PLoSO..1041119M | doi-access=free }}</ref>

A 2018 review found evidence that ginger could decrease body weight in obese subjects and increase [[HDL-cholesterol]].<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Maharlouei|first1=N|last2=Tabrizi|first2=R| last3=Lankarani|first3= KB|last4= Rezaianzadeh|first4=A|last5=Akbari|first5=M|last6=Kolahdooz|first6=F|last7=Rahimi|first7=M|last8= Keneshlou|first8=F|last9=Asemi|first9=Z.|year=2019|title=The effects of ginger intake on weight loss and metabolic profiles among overweight and obese subjects: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials|journal=Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition|url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10408398.2018.1427044|volume=59|issue=11|pages=1753–1766|doi=10.1080/10408398.2018.1427044|pmid=29393665|s2cid=35645698}}</ref>