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)

back to:
 * ../TCM Materia Medica/
 * ../Xin Wen Jie Biao/