Opinion: Ginger? What fun is that?

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Move over, marijuana. A new study finds that adding ginger to food in the days surrounding chemotherapy treatments reduces nausea and vomiting.

My grandmother could have told them that. Ginger ale was her remedy for all abdominal ills. And ginger has been touted by the alternative-health community in recent years as well.

Will this wipe out the whole debate around use of that other herbal remedy for chemotherapy discomfort? It’s hard to imagine ‘medical ginger clinics’ having quite the same ring -- or popularity. Besides, ginger can’t possibly do as much to stimulate the appetite.

Photograph of cannabis plant by Richard Pedroncelli / AP