Int J Clin Pharmacol Ther. 1999 Jul; 37(7): 341-6.

Effects of ginger on gastroduodenal motility.

Micklefield GH, Redeker Y, Meister V, Jung O, Greving I, May B.

Department of Internal Medicine, Ferdinand-Sauerbruch-Klinikum, Wuppertal, Germany.

The effect of a ginger rhizome extract (2 x 100 mg) was studied on fasting and postprandial gastroduodenal motility with stationary manometry in 12 healthy volunteers. The results showed that: the interdigestive antral motility was significantly increased by ginger during phase III of the migrating motor complex; the volunteers also had a significantly increased motor response to a test meal in the corpus; a trend to an increased motor response during ginger treatment was seen in all other regions of interest. Oral ginger improves gastroduodenal motility in the fasting state and after a standard test meal.