Ginger (Zingiber officinale) is a flowering plant whose rhizome (ginger root) is widely used as a spice and in traditional medicine. It is known for its warming properties and is commonly used to alleviate cold symptoms, nausea, and inflammation. The speaker describes its use in a hot tea with cinnamon for heating up the body.
Now you take this fella. This is ginger. It's grown widely around the world. in its original Asian form. It was made extinct around the time of the Romans. So popular was it and ever since all the ginger sense of this species uh has got going from rootstock because it no longer seeds itself.
""Dr. Simon Mills introduces ginger as a specific remedy for colds and other 'cold problems,' detailing how to prepare it as a tea with cinnamon. He emphasizes its warming properties and historical significance, treating it as a distinct medicinal product."