Colonial Remedies No. 5 - GingerGinger 20 Teabags Relieves the Occasional Upset Stomacke* Description: It is right good with meat in sauces, or otherwise in conditures; for it is of an heating and digesting qualitie, and is profitable for the stomacke, That canded, greene, or condited Ginger is hot and moist, provoking Venerie (The Herball or Generall Historie of Plantes (1597) J. Gerard). Ginger produces a hot, fragrant spice that was popular in the kitchen during colonial times.