Sheng Jiang (Fresh Ginger Rhizome)
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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