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Zinziberis Siccum, Dry Ginger, Gan Jiang 干姜

Gan Jiang (TCM)
Shunthi (Ayurveda)
Chuku (Siddha)
Zanjabil, Zanjabeel Khushk (Unani)
Sman Sga  སྨན་སྒ  (Tibetan)
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Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578

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Medical Botany, Woodville, Hooker, 1832

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Chinese Ginger
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Culcutta Ginger
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Jamaica Ginger
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African Ginger
Squibb's Atlas of the Official Drugs, Mansfield, 1919

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Botanical name:
Zingiber officinalis

Parts used:
Rhizome, fresh and dried

Temperature & Taste:
FRESH: Very Warm, dry. Pungent, Sweet.
DRY: Hot, dry. Pungent

Classifications:
2B ATTENUATER.    2F. PURIFYING.    2H. CARMINATIVE.   
3F. LITHONTRIPTIC.    3H. LACTAGOGUE.    3L. ANTI-TUSSIVE.    3P. MASTICATORIES & STERNUTATORIES.   
3K. EXPECTORANT
3I. APHRODISIAC.    3J. INCREASE SEMEN (candied Ginger)
4e. STOMACHIC.   4g. HEPATIC.    4h. NEPHRITIC

Uses:
1. Warms the
Yang, Clears Cold: (West, TCM, Ayurveda, Tibetan)

2. Warms the Stomach, Promotes Digestion: (West, TCM, Ayurveda, Tibetan)

3. Warms the Lungs, Clears Cold Phlegm: (West, TCM, Ayurveda, Tibetan)

4. Clears Wind and Phlegm, Clears the Sight:

5. Clears Cold, Stops Bleeding: (TCM)


Dose:
Dry Ginger: in decoction: 3–9 grams;
Powder: 500mg–3 grams

Comment:
1. Fresh Ginger is more tempered in its Heat and works more superficially, promoting Sweat and clearing Cold from the surface of the body in Cold and Flu. It is also very good to promote digestion and enhance assimilation and is beneficially used in cooking for this purpose.
2. Dry Ginger is Hot and works deeper in the body, especially the Spleen and Kidneys. It warms the Yang and is stronger for Internal Cold.
3. Candied (or Conserved) Ginger is Warm and Sweet. It increases Yang and is useful for Impotence and is traditionally regarded as Aphrodisiac. It warms and strengthens a Cold Stomach.
4. Ginger Skin clears Water and is useful in Edema and Fluid retention from Cold and Damp.
5. Carbonised Ginger is more effective to stop Cold-type Bleeding, especially Uterine Bleeding.
6. In practice, the distinction between fresh and Dry Ginger is more prominent in TCM. For example, Ayurveda will commonly apply Dry Ginger to acute Cold and Flu and fresh or Candied Ginger can be used to Warm the Kidney Yang. Likewise TCM will prefer carbonised Ginger for Cold-type Bleeding but we can see evidence of Dry Ginger being used for this purpose without being carbonised.

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Main Combinations:
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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
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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

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