Dried Ginger, Zingiber, Dried Ginger
Rhizoma Zingiberis, Zingiberis Rhizoma
Gan Jiang

About

Properties in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Pungent; hot

Part(s) used

Dried rhizome

Potential toxicity/side effects

Functions/effects it is traditionally believed to have

To dispel cold from the spleen and the stomach, to promote recovery from collapse, and to eliminate damp and phlegm.

Conditions/symptoms it is traditionally used to treat

Cold pain in stomach duct and abdomen, vomiting, diarrhea, yang -collapse reversal flow, cold rheum asthma cough, cold-damp impediment pain.