Ginger

Oral ginger root / ginger powder / ginger extract / Zingiber officinale preparations

The strongest current support is for pregnancy-related nausea, nausea after surgery, and chemotherapy-related nausea. Other uses on this page have narrower, weaker, or not-yet-clear evidence.

What the research says

Each row is a different health effect. A means the support looks strongest, B likely helpful, C mixed or modest, and — not enough human evidence yet.

B · Likely helpful
B
Pregnancy-related nausea
The research suggests this may help with pregnancy-related nausea in the studied settings. Broader claims would go beyond the evidence shown here.
7 papers · 2 research reviews
B
Nausea after surgery
The research suggests this may help with nausea after surgery in the studied settings. Broader claims would go beyond the evidence shown here.
7 papers · 2 research reviews
B
Chemotherapy-related nausea
The research suggests this may help with chemotherapy-related nausea in the studied settings. Broader claims would go beyond the evidence shown here.
6 papers · 2 research reviews
B
Menstrual pain
The research suggests this may help with menstrual pain in the studied settings. Broader claims would go beyond the evidence shown here.
6 papers · 2 research reviews
B
Osteoarthritis pain
The research suggests this may help with osteoarthritis pain in the studied settings. Broader claims would go beyond the evidence shown here.
6 papers · 2 research reviews
C · Mixed or limited evidence
C
Blood sugar markers
The research on blood sugar markers is mixed, modest, or both. Any claim here should stay narrow and specific.
6 papers · 2 research reviews
C
Cholesterol & blood fats
The research on cholesterol & blood fats is mixed, modest, or both. Any claim here should stay narrow and specific.
6 papers · 2 research reviews

Safety

Safety is graded separately from benefits. Even with a favorable safety label, these notes still matter if you take medication, are pregnant, or have a medical condition.

✓ Safe No clear harm signal in the human evidence reviewed.
Medication, pregnancy & bleeding cautions
This is a safety note, not a benefit claim. It should not be read as a green light for every person or situation.
4 direct human studies
Side effects and tolerability
This is a safety note, not a benefit claim. It should not be read as a green light for every person or situation.
4 direct human studies

Quick facts

A quick read on what this page supports right now.

Health effects reviewed
7 health effects reviewed
Best grade shown
B · Likely helpful
Benefits with support
7 uses currently show some level of supportive evidence
Safety rows
2 separate safety or caution rows
Research volume
40 unique research papers across graded uses on this page
What this means
Keep any benefit claims limited to the specific graded uses shown here.

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Any future product listings should stay aligned with the specific graded outcomes and the separate safety rows shown here.

How we graded Ginger

This page shows the current public rows for Ginger: 40 unique research papers across 7 visible health effects. Safety rows are shown separately from benefit rows when available. The page includes 14 review-level papers and 30 direct human studies. Each supplement is graded by health effect using a certainty × effect matrix applied across PubMed evidence per health effect. Cochrane reviews and high-quality systematic reviews carry the most weight. See Methodology for full detail.

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