Ginger has been in medicinal use for thousands of years. Ginger is valued in medicine as a carminative and stimulant to the gastrointestinal tract. It is antiemetic and therefore brings relief to digestion troubled by travel sickness. It is much in vogue as a household remedy for indigestion, wind, diarrhoea, dysentery, flatulence, colic, nausea, vomiting, spasm and it strengthens memory.