alternative medicine

(idiomatic) to catch a cold

test, try; have a try

time / an event, case, occasion, moment; a specific period in time / a time of something / a season / a tense / (literary) the time during which a narrative takes place

ginger, Zingiber officinale

(alternative medicine, herbs) ginger root (rhizome of Zingiber officinale used as herbal medicine)

medical treatment

to use / to employ / to make use of, to apply / to spend

substitution

to substitute