Effects of ginger on gastroduodenal motility

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