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Pin Yin: sheng jiang
Common name: fresh ginger
Botanical family: Zingiberaceae
Botanical name: Zingiber officinale Rosc.

Primary action: Release Wind Cold
Secondary actions: Rectify Qi ; Transform Cold Phlegm
Temperature: slightly warm
Taste: acrid
Entering Channel: Lu, St, Sp

Actions:
   Releases Exterior and Disperses Cold.
   Harmonizes and Warms the Stomach and relieves nausea and vomiting.
   Resolves Cold Phlegm in the Lungs.
   (See Exterior Cold ; Counterflow Qi ; Stomach Vacuity Cold ; Cold Phlegm Blocking Lungs ; TaiYang-stage Exterior Wind .)

Indications: cough, vomiting

Dosage: 1-3 qian

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