... abdominal bloating, coughing, vomiting, diarrhea, and rheumatism. Ginger is commonly used in the Ayurvedic and Tibb systems of medicine for ... , and white or yellowish-green flowers.Ginger, the underground stem, or rhizome, of the plant Zingiber officinale has been used as ... least 4,400 years, ginger grows in fertile, moist, tropical soil.The important active components of the ginger root are thought to ...