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Pin Yin: ganjiang-
Common name: dry ginger
Botanical family: Zingiberaceae
Botanical name: Zingiberis officinalis Rosc.
Primary action: Warm Interior
Secondary actions:
Transform Cold Phlegm
Temperature: hot
Taste: acrid
Entering Channel: Sp, St, Lu, Kd
Actions:
Warms Middle Burner and expels Cold; especially useful in Vacuity Cold
of Spleen and Stomach.
Restores Yang and expels Interior Cold; used in patterns of Kidney and
Spleen Yang Vacuity.
Warms Lungs and transforms Cold Phlegm.
Warms Channels and stops chronic bleeding associated with Vacuity
Cold.
(See
Stomach Vacuity Cold
;
Spleen Yang Vacuity
;
Kidney Yang Vacuity
;
Cold Phlegm Blocking Lungs
;
Spleen unable to govern
Blood
.)
Dosage:
1-4 qian.
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