plant
Ginger
Ginger as a plant people have named and used. Hot root, waking heat, kitchen spark — one living kind, not a single symbol.
Ginger is used in Medicine.
Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica lists ginger (zingiberi) among warming digestive roots in the drug catalog. A named ginger in that handbook, not turmeric as a neighboring yellow root and not a soft-drink dump.
from Pedanius Dioscorides · De Materia Medica, 1st century CE
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Ginger is historically related to Oil.
In Elder's Natural History, Ginger is kept among the working lemmas, companion to Oil.
from Pliny the Elder · Natural History, c. 77 CE
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Ginger is used in Nutmeg.
In Ure’s Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines, ginger and nutmeg are compounded together in a named gingerbread-style paste with cinnamon — nutmeg shares that spice cut with ginger in the receipt.
from Andrew Ure · Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines, 1839 (and later PD editions)
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Ginger is historically related to Pepper.
In Culpeper’s English Physician, pills take spikenard and ginger of each two drams with Sage seed and long pepper twelve drams, brought into powder with juice of Sage — ginger is compounded with that pepper.
from Nicholas Culpeper · The English Physician, 1652 (and later PD editions)
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Ginger is historically related to Mace.
In Beeton’s Book of Household Management, pickled gherkins take bruised ginger with whole black pepper, allspice, cloves, and blades of mace for a quart of vinegar — ginger sits with that mace.
from Isabella Beeton · Book of Household Management, 1861
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Ginger is historically related to Clove.
In Beeton’s Book of Household Management, the seasoning of soups names ginger with nutmeg, clove, and mace together — ginger sits with that clove.
from Isabella Beeton · Book of Household Management, 1861
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Ginger is historically related to Honey.
In Culpeper’s English Physician, a stœchas syrup is boiled with honey and sugar, then perfumed with cinnamon, ginger, and calamus in a rag — ginger is finished into that honey syrup.
from Nicholas Culpeper · The English Physician, 1652 (and later PD editions)
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Ginger is historically related to Root.
In Beeton’s Book of Household Management, ginger is braised and boiled with dried dandelion root and columba root for liver complaint — ginger is used as that root in the decoction.
from Isabella Beeton · Book of Household Management, 1861
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Ginger is historically related to Wine.
In Buchan’s Domestic Medicine, carminatives such as ginger may be chewed or infused in wine, brandy, or other spirits for wind — ginger is infused in that wine.
from William Buchan · Domestic Medicine, 1791 (12th ed.; Gutenberg #74359)
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Ginger is historically related to Milk.
In Beeton’s Book of Household Management, a baked pudding mixes ground ginger among the dry ingredients and moistens with well-beaten eggs and milk — ginger is moistened with that milk.
from Isabella Beeton · Book of Household Management, 1861
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Ginger is historically related to Vinegar.
In Dunglison’s Medical Lexicon, achar is formed of green fruits with garlic, ginger, mustard, and pimento pickled in vinegar — ginger is joined with vinegar in that pickle.
from Robley Dunglison · Medical Lexicon, 1874 (and earlier PD eds.)
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Ginger is historically related to Nitre.
In Buchan’s Domestic Medicine, a diuretic mixture combines mint-water, vinegar of squills, sweet spirit of nitre, and syrup of ginger, taken by the spoonful for urinary obstructions.
from William Buchan · Domestic Medicine, 1791 (12th ed.; Gutenberg #74359)
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Ginger is historically related to Flour.
In Dunglison’s Medical Lexicon, angel bread was a purgative cake formerly made of spurge, ginger, flour, and oatmeal.
from Robley Dunglison · Medical Lexicon, 1874 (and earlier PD eds.)
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Ginger is historically related to Oatmeal.
In Dunglison’s Medical Lexicon, the same angel-bread purgative cake combined ginger with flour and oatmeal (and spurge) into the finished cake.
from Robley Dunglison · Medical Lexicon, 1874 (and earlier PD eds.)
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Ginger is historically related to Bread.
In Dunglison’s Medical Lexicon, angel bread is a purgative cake formerly made of spurge, ginger, flour, and oatmeal.
from Robley Dunglison · Medical Lexicon, 1874 (and earlier PD eds.)
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Quarter is used in Ginger.
In Beeton’s Book of Household Management, a soup mode peels and quarters the apples with white pepper, cloves, and cayenne or ginger to taste — quartering the apples sits with that ginger seasoning in the pot.
from Isabella Beeton · Book of Household Management, 1861
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Cinnamon is historically related to Ginger.
In Beeton’s Book of Household Management, soup seasoning lists cinnamon with ginger, nutmeg, clove, and mace — cinnamon sits with that ginger.
from Isabella Beeton · Book of Household Management, 1861
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Sage is associated with Ginger.
In Culpeper’s English Physician, pills take spikenard and ginger of each two drams with toasted Sage seed eight drams and long pepper, mixed with juice of Sage — sage is compounded with that ginger.
from Nicholas Culpeper · The English Physician, 1652 (and later PD editions)
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Dandelion is historically related to Ginger.
In Beeton’s Book of Household Management, a liver complaint decoction takes dried dandelion root with the best ginger and columba root, braised and boiled together — dandelion is prepared with that ginger.
from Isabella Beeton · Book of Household Management, 1861
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Bay is historically related to Ginger.
In Beeton’s Book of Household Management, the seasoning of soups names bay-leaves with cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, clove, and mace together — bay sits with that ginger in the seasoning.
from Isabella Beeton · Book of Household Management, 1861
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Senna is historically related to Ginger.
In Culpeper’s English Physician, decoctum sennæ gereonis takes senna with ginger among the simples and boils them till half be consumed — senna is decocted with that ginger.
from Nicholas Culpeper · The English Physician, 1652 (and later PD editions)
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In Beeton Book of Household Management, ginger pudding shreds suet fine then mixes it dry with flour, sugar, and grated ginger before boiling three hours.
from Isabella Beeton · Book of Household Management, 1861
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In Culpeper English Physician, an oxymel perfume compounds honey of roses with cloves, saffron, ginger, galanga, and mace after boiling to honey thickness.
from Nicholas Culpeper · The English Physician, 1652 (and later PD editions)
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Juniper is historically related to Ginger.
In Buchan Domestic Medicine, carminatives for wind name juniper-berries with ginger among aniseeds and canella - juniper sits with that ginger in the class.
from William Buchan · Domestic Medicine, 1791 (12th ed.; Gutenberg #74359)
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Mint is historically related to Ginger.
In Buchan’s Domestic Medicine, the diuretic mixture compounds mint-water with vinegar of squills, sweet spirit of nitre, and syrup of ginger.
from William Buchan · Domestic Medicine, 1791 (12th ed.; Gutenberg #74359)
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Walnut is historically related to Ginger.
In Beeton’s Book of Household Management, Reading sauce bruises ginger with long pepper into walnut pickle liquor, and walnut ketchup compounds ginger among the spices boiled with the nuts.
from Isabella Beeton · Book of Household Management, 1861
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Lavender is historically related to Ginger.
In Culpeper’s Complete Herbal, a distilled water bruises lavender and rosemary tops with ginger and zedoary, then infuses them twenty-four hours in rose-water and white wine before distillation.
from Nicholas Culpeper · The English Physician, 1652 (and later PD editions)
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Rue is historically related to Ginger.
In Culpeper’s English Physician, a peony-root decoction digests rue with ginger and other aromatics a day, then boils them in peony water before straining through Hippocrates’ sleeve.
from Nicholas Culpeper · The English Physician, 1652 (and later PD editions)
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Rosemary is historically related to Ginger.
In Culpeper’s English Physician, a distilled water bruises lavender and rosemary tops with ginger and zedoary, then infuses them twenty-four hours in rose-water and white wine before distillation.
from Nicholas Culpeper · The English Physician, 1652 (and later PD editions)
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Cardamom is historically related to Ginger.
In Buchan’s Domestic Medicine, carminatives for wind include ginger and cardamom seeds, which may be chewed or infused in wine, brandy, or other spirits.
from William Buchan · Domestic Medicine, 1791 (12th ed.; Gutenberg #74359)
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Antimony is historically related to Ginger.
In Buchan’s Domestic Medicine, a rheumatism electuary mixes conserve of roses, levigated cinnabar of antimony, gum guaiacum, and syrup of ginger taken by the tea-spoonful twice a day in obstinate cases without fever.
from William Buchan · Domestic Medicine, 1791 (12th ed.; Gutenberg #74359)
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Spikenard is historically related to Ginger.
In Culpeper’s English Physician, pills take spikenard and ginger of each two drams with toasted sage seed and long pepper, bring them into powder, and work them with sage juice into a mass of pills.
from Nicholas Culpeper · The English Physician, 1652 (and later PD editions)
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Bole is historically related to Ginger.
In Culpeper’s English Physician, an electuary takes bole-ammoniac with earth of Lemnos, long pepper and ginger of each two drams, clarified honey, sugar of roses, and Canary wine, made according to art.
from Nicholas Culpeper · The English Physician, 1652 (and later PD editions)
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Islam
Ginger appears in Islam.
The Qur’an (76:17) names ginger (zanjabīl) in the drink of the Garden’s servants. A named plant in that Arabic scripture, not a spice-rack dump and not camphor as the neighboring cup-flavor.
from M.A.S. Abdel Haleem (translation) · The Qur’an, 2004 (this translation); Arabic text 7th century CE
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sources
- De Materia Medica · Pedanius Dioscorides
Dioscorides, De Materia Medica.
- The Qur’an · M.A.S. Abdel Haleem (translation)
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem, The Qur’an (Oxford).
- Natural History · Pliny the Elder
Pliny, Naturalis Historia.
- Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines · Andrew Ure
Andrew Ure, A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines.
- The English Physician · Nicholas Culpeper
Nicholas Culpeper, The English Physician (Complete Herbal).
- Book of Household Management · Isabella Beeton
Isabella Beeton, Beeton’s Book of Household Management (1861).
- Domestic Medicine · William Buchan
William Buchan, Domestic Medicine (12th ed., 1791).
- Medical Lexicon · Robley Dunglison
Robley Dunglison, Medical Lexicon (Dictionary of Medical Science).