Been getting large carrot juice (good for liver) at whole foods market, saw the juice
bar guys adding ginger to juicer the for their own drinks.
Not big on the taste, kind of peppery burn to your throut, (if they add a lot), but does settle the stomach, didn't know about the protien thing.
When you go to Bennihana (or most any Japanese) they have two little dishes:
one with ginger: cool and jin
one with mustard: hot and jang
Or is that backwards? Well you get the idea.