Zinziberis, Ginger

Fresh Ginger, Sheng Jiang 生姜

Sheng Jiang (Fresh Ginger, TCM)

Dry Ginger, Gan Jiang 干姜

Gan Jiang (TCM)
Shunthi (Ayurveda)
Chuku (Siddha)
Zanjabil, Zanjabeel Khushk (Unani)
Sman Sga  སྨན་སྒ  (Tibetan)
Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578
Medical Botany, Woodville, Hooker, 1832
Chinese Ginger
Culcutta Ginger
Jamaica Ginger
African Ginger
Squibb's Atlas of the Official Drugs, Mansfield, 1919

Uses:
DRIED GINGER:
1. Warms the Yang, Clears Cold: (West, TCM, Ayurveda, Tibetan)
-poor circulation due to coldness
-Muscle and Joint pain

2. Warms the Stomach, Promotes Digestion: (West, TCM, Ayurveda, Tibetan)
-vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain, dyspepsia, flatulence, colic

3. Warms the Lungs, Clears Cold Phlegm: (West, TCM, Ayurveda, Tibetan)
-Lung conditions with cold phlegm

4. Clears Cold, Wind and Phlegm, Clears the Sight:
-Headaches, Vertigo and Dizziness

5. Clears Cold, Stops Bleeding: (TCM)
-chronic bleeding from coldness; pale face and tongue, weak and thin pulse, coldness of the limbs, blood is pale and thin looking.



FRESH GINGER:
1. Clears Wind-Cold, Promotes Sweat: (West, TCM Ayurveda, Tibetan)
-common cold or flu

2. Warms the Stomach, Stops Vomiting: (West, TCM Ayurveda, Tibetan)
-vomiting, nausea and abdominal pain

3. Warms the Lungs, Stops Cough: (West, TCM Ayurveda, Tibetan)
-both acute and chronic cold-type cough and phlegm.

4. Harmonises the Exterior:
-spontaneous Sweating

5. Clears Toxins, Resists Poison (West, TCM Ayurveda, Tibetan):
-various plant and food poisoning


Main Combinations:
1. Ginger Pills ... available in PRO version
2. To regulate and strengthen the Stomach, for Nausea, Vomiting, stomach Pain, and to relieve side effects of toxic or hard-to-digest medicines, Ginger is often used with Chinese Red Dates (Da Zao).
3. Ginger is often combined with Long and/or Black Pepper; the three together form Trikatu ('Three Pungents') of Ayurveda. Used to clear cold, resolve Damp, promote digestion and increase assimilation and bio-availability. They are often added to formulas of Traditional Medicine.
4. Cold Phlegm:
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5. Cold Cough, Ginger with ... available in PRO version
6. Fever, Indigestion, Diarrhea, Bronchitis, Ginger with ... available in PRO version
7. Poor digestion, Nausea, Vomiting, Cough, Asthma, Ginger with ... available in PRO version
8. Diarrhea:
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9. To warm and strengthen the Stomach:
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10. Poor appetite during Pregnancy, Ginger with ... available in PRO version
11. Morning Sickness, fresh Ginger with ... available in PRO version
12. Dizziness, Vertigo, Ginger with ... available in PRO version
13. Arthritis:
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14. Dysmenorrhea, Ginger ... available in PRO version
15. As a Diaphoretic, Ginger with ... available in PRO version
16. Against Poison: Ginger with ... available in PRO version
17. Scoliosis and crookedness of the Spine, Ginger ... available in PRO version

Major Formulas:
Electuary of Ginger (Dia Zingiber) (Nicholas)
Powder of Turbith (Avicenna)
Compound of Turbith with Anise
Powder of Senna (Montagna)
Powder of Three Peppers (Diatrion Piperion) (Mesue)
The Powder of Trithemius
Powder for Melancholy (Philon)
Powder to Purge Phlegm (Unani)
Emperors Powder
Species Incisa (Augustine Pharmacopoeia)
Antidote for Wind and Cold (Nicholas)
Antidotum Augustini (Nicholas)
Electuary of Aloeswood of Avicenna

Li Zhong Wan
Powder of Clove (Ayurveda)
Powder of Camphor (Ayurveda)
Cardamon 10 (Sug smel bcu pa) (Tibetan Medicine)


Cautions:
1. Dry Ginger should be avoided in cases with Heat and Yin Deficiency.

Main Preparations used:
Candied Ginger, Green Ginger