Fresh Ginger ( 生姜 ) ...Chinese Herb...
 Latin
Plant Name
Zingiberis Officinalis
Pinyin
Mandarin Name
Sheng Jiang
Common
English Name
Fresh Ginger
Part
of Plant Used
Root
Nature
Hot
Taste
Acrid
Meridians
Entered
Lungs, Stomach, Spleen
Common
Usages
This herb is primarily used in formulas to offset the toxic effects of other
herbs and to prevent side effects of nausea and headaches that these may
cause; also used to treat vomiting and the common cold (TCM: warms Middle
Burner; adjusts Protective Qi; disperses exterior cold).
Traditional
Usages and Functions
Releases exterior and disperses cold; warms Middle Burner and alleviates
vomiting; disperses cold and alleviates coughing; reduces poisonous effects
of other herbs; adjusts Nutritive and Protective Qi.
Common
Formulas Used In
Agastache; Bupleurum and Dragon Bone; Bupleurum and Tang Guij Citrus and
Pinellia; Clematis and Stephania; Ginseng and Astragalus; Ginseng and Longan;
Major Six Herbs; Minor Bupleurum; Pueraria Combination; Qiang-Huo and Turmeric;
Stephania and Astragalus.
Processing
Required
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Remarks
-
Cautions
in Use
Do not use this herb where there is a Lung heat pattern or summer heat with
vomiting.
Leave Fresh Ginger
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