I used to drink a lot of ginger tea for its anti-inflammatory benefits, it did
seem to help a bit. Anything to keep off Prednisone. I occasionally drink it
now, but for the most part the MTX and Plaquenil are keeping me under control.
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Joan

I cook a fair amount with ginger and haven't noticed any reliable differences
in pain with it, but it can be hard to know with a disease that swings up and
down so much - and I've had turmoil in DMARDs this past year, between viruses
I picked up and suspicious labwork.

But, back in Boston, we had a friend who was having relatively mild OA pains
that were limiting what she needed to do as a seminarian.  She started
drinking tea each morning made with water that she'd boiled ginger slices in.
She said it made a great difference for her and when she traveled and wasn't
able to do her tea, she definitely felt the difference.  Either way, I figure
it can't hurt.