Useful Ways to Incorporate Ginger into Your Pet's Diet

• Posted on 6 May 2014
• By Dr. Jill Tack
• Posted in Animal Essentials Ginger Mint, CloudStar Dynamo Dog Tummy Treats, Fruitables Sweet Potato with Ginger, ginger, Grandma Lucy’s Organic Ginger Treats, health benefits of ginger, incorporate ginger into pet food, safe to feed ginger
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Ginger is a common spice that can be greatly beneficial for us and our pets. It holds anti-emetic, anti-nausea, carminative, diaphoretic, nervine, and stimulant properties.

Ginger is a common spice that can be greatly beneficial for us and our pets. It holds anti-emetic, anti-nausea, carminative, diaphoretic, nervine, and stimulant properties.

The Health Benefits of Ginger

Some of the key nutrients found in ginger are calcium, iron, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, zinc, manganese, vitamin A, vitamin C, vitamin B6, vitamin E, thiamine, riboflavin, niacin, folate, and fiber. These healthy vitamins and minerals work together to give ginger these benefits:

• Ginger is famous for helping with upset stomachs, indigestion, and cramps. It is often used in supplements to help transport ingredients to the abdominal areas and to increase circulation in digestive organs and the pelvic region. This makes it a great tool to help settle an upset stomach and ease nausea, vomiting and motion sickness. Ginger also destroys stomach bacteria like Salmonella.

• When taken daily, ginger has been shown to relieve pain and swelling caused by arthritis.

• Ginger also promotes healing of inflammation and minor burns and prevents internal blood clots, lowers blood pressure, reduces cholesterol, aids circulation, and eases symptoms of asthma.

• Ginger is also a wonderful remedy for dogs with kennel cough or cats with upper respiratory symptoms because it can kill cold viruses.

• Ginger is also beneficial to the liver, pineal, small intestines, and sweat glands.

Featured Ginger Products

You can purchase ginger from the grocery store and incorporate it into your pet's diet. Many cats and dogs tolerate eating small amounts of ginger with no questions asked. It is easy to mask when added to raw or canned food. Some of our brands, like those listed below, already incorporate ginger for you:

Grandma Lucy's Organic Baked Ginger Treats

These organic treats may be just the perfect solution to take on a car ride to help with motion sickness. Dogs that have copious amounts of drool or vomit during a car ride are exhibiting nausea. The ginger in these all-time favorite treats can help dispel that dreaded car ride. They can also be beneficial for dogs who have gas, upset stomachs, rumbling in the intestines, indigestion, or bouts of vomiting where something to settle the stomach would be useful. Don’t be surprised if you think they look tasty enough to try yourself! We have many humans who share the Grandma Lucy’s cookies with their furry best friends.

Animal Essentials Animals Apawthecary Ginger-Mint

This alcohol-free herbal tincture is made of ginger root, peppermint, fennel, and chamomile. It is great for animals with upset tummies that could be from indigestion, food changes, colic, and nausea, or motion sickness that can occur from car rides. Ginger is known to tone the heart muscles and blood vessels, expel gas, and reduce fevers. Peppermint is widely known for settling the stomach. It also helps as an antiseptic, astringent, stimulation of bile production, expels intestinal gas, as well as alleviates vomiting. Peppermint is also commonly used for irritable bowel syndrome and motion sickness. Fennel’s properties are very similar to ginger and peppermint in the respect that it helps with relieving intestinal gas, stomach cramps, stimulates digestion, and has antibacterial properties. It’s main affinity is for the digestive system. Chamomile rounds out this formula with additional assistance to the digestive tract by expelling gas, aiding in bile production, improving digestion, reducing gas, and soothing mucous membranes while helping with inflammation within the bowels. With all of these key components, you can see why this remedy is great for soothing the stomach.

Cloud Star Dynamo Dog Pumpkin Tummy Treats

This functional treat is a good way to support your dog’s sensitive tummy. These treats are blended with probiotics, ginger, fiber from pumpkin, as well as selected fruits, vegetables, and herbs to ease digestion. They are wheat, corn, soy, grain and gluten free, making them an option for animals with multiple diet restrictions. To be most effective, it is best to give daily in support of the digestive system. The company behind these treats is family owned and has been producing all-natural and wholesome treats since 1999. These folks are committed to making treats that are going to benefit your animal.

Fruitables Sweet Potato with Ginger

This canned supplement can help make a food transition more enjoyable if your pet is known to have sensitive digestion. If your pet is exhibiting signs of diarrhea, constipation, or vomiting, you may want to exclusively feed this canned option for a few meals until the intestines have some time to heal. This digestive supplement is formulated to deliver important nutrients to support intestinal health and digestion for both loose stool and constipation. It is rich in antioxidants to support digestive health, sustain a strong immune system, and to support nutrient absorption.

Now that you know a bit more about ginger, we hope you try one of the healthy options for your pets to help settle fragile digestive systems. Most of the time a simple supplement or treat can be enough to make a world of difference!