Ginger tea to induce labor?

Has anyone done this?!

On Sunday night I was having the WORST contractions I have ever had. They started around 1 AM, and we’re coming every six minutes. I was able to wait until my 7 AM appointment to be checked by my OB.

When she checked me, she said I was only 2 cm dilated, but was an early active labor! She then stretched my cervix and did a membrane sweep and said she expected to see me within the next day or two to deliver! (I was checked the Wednesday before and was completely closed and not effaced at all, so the contractions definitely did something!) Ever since then I have been bouncing on my medicine ball for at least five hours a day, since I use it as my chair for work.

My mother-in-law told me to try ginger tea to help speed the process along.

Has anybody ever done this? What are your stories? Thanks in advance!