Traditional Chinese Medicine/Sheng Jiang

Sheng-Fresh Jiang-Ginger

Fresh Ginger Root

(Chinese name:生姜)

Taste & Temperature:

• Xin-Spicy
• Wen-Warm

Channels:

• Hand Tai Yin of Lung
• Foot Tai Yin of Spleen
• Foot Yang Ming of Stomach

Actions & Indications:

• disperse Wind-Cold (Warm & Spicy)
• warm the Lung, stop cough
• reduce the toxicity of Ban Xia, Tian Nan Xing
• harmonize Ying/Wei Qi
• warm the Middle Jiao, alleviate vomiting

Prepared forms of the herb:

• Sheng Jiang Pi (生姜皮) - diuretic
• Gan Jiang (干姜) - dried ginger root

Contraindications:

• Qi & Yin deficiency causing excessive sweating
• Lung Heat patterns
• vomiting due to Stomach Heat

Caution:

• Yin deficiency
• Blood deficiency
• chronic skin infection

Dosage: 1-3 qian (3-9 grams)

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