Fresh Ginger
Rhizoma Zingiberis Recens, Zingiberis Rhizoma Recens
Sheng Jiang

About

Properties in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Pungent; slightly warm

Part(s) used

Fresh rhizome

Potential toxicity/side effects

Functions/effects it is traditionally believed to have

To induce perspiration and dispel cold, to warm the stomach and arret vomiting, and to resolve phlegm and relieve cough.

Conditions/symptoms it is traditionally used to treat

Wind-cold common cold, fever and aversion to wind, headache and nasal congestion, vomiting, phlegm-rheum cough asthma, distention fullness, diarrhea.