“…Ginger, which is one of the methods used in the complementary treatment of osteoarthritis, has been an important ingredient in traditional Asian, Indian, and Arab treatments since ancient times and in many areas of traditional Chinese Medicine since the fourth century BC 20,21 . Ginger is reported to have been used internally and externally, usually as part of compresses, patches, or plasters, particularly for illnesses and complaints such as abdominal pain, headache, toothache, nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, cholera, heart diseases, asthma, baldness, snake bites, rheumatic complaints, and seasonal colds, as well as to regulate bleeding [22][23][24][25][26][27] . One of the methods included in complementary and integrative nursing practices for pain management in osteoarthritis is ginger kidney compress application 26 .…”