الزنجبيل
A warming root spice, mentioned in the Qur'an as flavoring a drink of Paradise, and discussed by commentators for digestive benefit.
وَيُسْقَوْنَ فِيهَا كَأْسًا كَانَ مِزَاجُهَا زَنجَبِيلًا
“They will be given a cup there flavored with ginger. (Qur'an 76:17)” (meaning, not a literal translation)
As with camphor's earlier verse from the same surah, this describes ginger as a pleasant flavoring of Paradise rather than giving medical instruction directly — the medicinal discussion below comes from Ibn al-Qayyim's separate commentary, not from this verse's own context.
Ibn al-Qayyim classifies ginger as warming and drying, useful for a cold, sluggish digestion and for settling nausea — consistent with its continued use in traditional and modern herbal medicine alike. He describes it as one of the milder warming substances in his materia medica, suitable for more regular use than something as potent as camphor.
Ginger is one of the more well-studied botanicals in modern research specifically for nausea — including some clinical evidence supporting its use for pregnancy-related and chemotherapy-related nausea — making this one of the clearer overlaps between classical and modern use on this site.