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Pin Yin: gaoliang jiang-
Common name: lesser galangal rhizome
Botanical family: Zingiberaceae
Botanical name: Alpinia officinarum Hance.
Primary action: Warm Interior
Temperature: warm
Taste: acrid
Entering Channel: Sp, St
Actions:
Warms the Middle and relieves pain; used for epigastric and abdominal
pain, vomiting, hiccough, or diarrhea associated with Middle Burner Cold.
(See
Stomach Vacuity Cold
;
Spleen Yang Vacuity
;
Counterflow Qi
.)
Dosage:
0.5-2 qian.
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