Latin Name: Rhizoma Zingiberis

Properties: acrid, warm

Actions: releases exterior, warms middle Jiao, disperses cold phlegm in lung, stops cough, reduces toxicity from other herbs, adjusts Ying and Wei levels

Medical Indications: cold in stomach with symptoms such as diarrhea, abdominal fullness with pain, and vomiting, motion sickness, colic, chemotherapy-induced nausea, chronic lung problems and cough due to wind cold, rheuamtoid arthritis, migraine headaches, over dosages from other herbs, acute bacterial dysentery, malaria, snake bites, toothache

Contraindications: not to be used in cases of lung or stomach heat, or Yin deficiency

Dosage: 3 to 8 grams

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