The Secret in the Plant!
By: Samah Irshid
There was a young boy who lived in a little blue house with his grandma in the islands. The house was filed with delicious food and her well known homemade chocolate chip cookies. Yasseen adored his grandma.
Over the years he could tell that things have been different with grandma. She would forget the pot on the stove, forget to brush her teeth, and even forget to make her famous cookies.
Each day Papa and Mama would care for Grandma Rema. I could tell something was not right. Grandma was very sad looking, and ill. Over the next few days, I found out grandma has been suffering from memory loss. Mama then arranged to find a local doctor to see what was wrong with grandma.
The doctor said that grandma was suffering with Alzheimer's, a disease that forces you to slowly forget everything you ever cared about. She also suffered from severe headaches, high cholesterol, and blurred vision. The doctor recommended one specific solution that will help grandma, known as the secret plant called Ginger. The plant was only found in the top of the mountains hidden underneath the ground.
Yasseen was forced to travel a long and dangerous journey to find this secret plant
He stumbled upon a local and asked him if he knew were the secret plant was located, on top of the mountains. The local replied, “It is at the very peak of the mountain underneath the blue colored tree.”
He traveled for days until he stumbled upon a hog on the mountain, who agreed to use his nose to sniff out the ginger underneath the ground. The hog helped him find the ginger plant a few days later, underneath the blue tree at the very top of the mountain.
He pulled out the root, and located a thick, beige, underground stem. It turned out to be the Ginger root!
He traveled back to his home town in
Dominca, to talk to the doctor to make
sure it was the right plant!
Yasseen was very curious to know why this plant held so many secrets and why it was given the name of the secret plant, by the locals.
The doctor was so excited that the plant was finally in front of him and explained all of the benefits and powers of this plant!
Well there are many benefits for implementing Ginger in your everyday life such as:
-Helps with your brain development and memory loss!
-Helps deal with disorders of the nervous system.
-Relieves migraine headaches.
-Helps minimize the dizziness feeling of nausea! You can chew on ginger, and toss it in a little honey.
- Maintains Memory health.
- Helps with asthma.
-Increases airflow when you have a cold!
-Helps with Digestive Disorders – starts from your mouth, throat, stomach and ends in your intestines.
-Kills bacteria in your mouth by using Luke warm ginger tea as a mouth wash (no sugar added)
-A nice warm cup of ginger tea will relieve congestion and sore throat.
-Can be used as a fat burner by taking three cups a day. One in the morning preferred on an empty stomach, afternoon and at night.
-It also helps digest your food.
- Helps with Gas!
- Lowers cholesterol!
-Reduces general inflammation. (nose, head, stiff joints) All you have to do is Float some ginger, essential oil into your bath to help aching muscles
and joints.
-Removes access oil from skin.
-Improves eye sight!
Your grandma is going to love this plant!
The doctor even gave Yasseen a gift, a Ginger Recipe book so he could have and show his family! Yasseen was so excited to tell his grandma about the good news! Over the next year, Grandma and Yasseen's entire family have implemented ginger in their every day life. Grandma is doing a lot better with her health! This plant should never be called a secret! Yasseen has made sure to make his grandma tea everyday. This can be her CURE!
There are many ways you could add Ginger in your everyday life, now that you know the benefits! You can.. - Cut up ginger pieces with no skin and boil it in water to make a hot tea, try adding honey to make it sweeter! -If you have extra tea, you can use it in your everyday cooking, by adding the ginger water to your stew, beef, chicken, salad or even chinese food just to give it an extra kick. - If your have a sweet tooth, you could make ginger cookies, or even ice cream! THE END!