Both turmeric and ginger play an important role in everyday cooking and medicinal use, but there are significant differences in their appearance and efficacy.
First of all, in terms of appearance, ginger tends to present multiple side branches with irregular shapes, while turmeric is relatively well-proportioned, like a little finger, without too many side branches. This intuitive difference makes it easy to distinguish between the two plants by their appearance when we come into contact with them.
In terms of efficacy, turmeric and ginger have their own characteristics. As a Chinese herbal medicine and spice, turmeric contains natural curcumin that makes it occupy an important position in curry powder. Not only that, turmeric also has a variety of medicinal properties such as anti-angina, antihypertensive, antibacterial and anti-inflammatory, and has attracted much attention in recent years for its effects on preventing dementia, healthy stomach and antioxidant. In Southeast Asian countries such as India, turmeric is not only used in cooking, but also in stomach problems and smearing wounds to promote wound healing.
Ginger, on the other hand, is more often used as a material to remove fishy odors, especially when cooking seafood or meat, ginger can effectively remove fishy smells and enhance the taste of dishes. In addition, ginger also has certain medicinal properties, such as refreshing, repelling cold, etc. In the cold winter months, drinking a cup of ginger tea can play a good role in keeping the cold warm.
In the market, we see ginger comparatively more because of its higher frequency of use in daily cooking. However, both ginger and turmeric have a wide range of applications in both cooking and medicinal uses.
Overall, turmeric and ginger have distinct differences in appearance and efficacy. Understanding these differences can help us better choose and use these two ginger ingredients to add more health and flavor to our daily lives. Whether as a cooking condiment or a medicinal ingredient, they all have their own merits and deserve to be deeply understood and put to good use.