sheng jiang

About sheng jiang

Names

Classification

Category

Acrid, Warm, Release Exterior

Channels

Lung, Stomach, Spleen

Flavour

Acrid

Temperature

Slightly Warm

Part used

Rhizome

Family

Zingiberaceae

Species

Zingiber Officinale

Tags

Chinese Herbs, Common

Actions and indications

Combinations

• da zao

  Exterior Wind-Cold; strengthens the Spleen to ease nausea, vomiting and epigastric pain; guards Stomach Qi and lessens irritation of the digestive tract by the other herbs; harmonises Ying and Wei in Tai Yang Zhong Feng; keeps tonifying herbs from generating Dampness in the Middle Jiao; stops Phlegm from accumulating; nourishes Blood, shields against damage from harsh Blood-moving herbs and helps Qi to move

• zhi ban xia

  Vomiting from a range of causes, Stomach Cold among them; Phlegm-Damp cough with sputum

• zhu ru + pi pa ye + huang lian

  Stomach Qi Deficiency with vomiting from Heat

• zi su ye + xing ren + zi wan + chen pi

  Wind-Cold invading the Lungs, with cough and copious sputum

• zhu li

  Phlegm-Heat with cough and headache; Wind-Stroke from obstructing Phlegm, with numbness and loss of speech

• zhi tian nan xing + zhi ban xia

  Detoxification.

• zi su ye

  Seafood poisoning with vomiting and diarrhea

• chen pi

  Nausea and hiccups from Cold-Damp blocking the Middle Jiao

• gui zhi

  Exterior Wind-Cold with fever and chills, no sweating and body aches, by inducing a strong sweat; warms and clears thin mucus in the Stomach, with hiccup, nausea, acid reflux or vomiting of clear fluid, and Stomach pain

• gui zhi + da zao

  Brings Ying and Wei into harmony so pathogens are expelled

• ma huang

  Any externally contracted Wind-Cold disorder, by inducing a strong sweat; above all Wind-Cold binding Lung Qi, giving cough and wheezing, where Lung Qi cannot descend and nausea and vomiting follow

• green tea

  Severe vomiting and diarrhea, taken as a tea

Dosage

Cautions

• contraindication Exterior deficiency with sweating that comes on by itself
• contraindication Lung Heat
• contraindication Stomach Heat with vomiting
• contraindication Heat signs from deficient Yin, such as a dry mouth and throat or night sweats; being warm and drying, it aggravates Heat and Dryness
• caution Large or concentrated amounts, well beyond culinary use, have been linked with reduced platelet aggregation
• pregnancy Any therapeutic use in pregnancy, including for nausea, is for a qualified practitioner to decide, not for self-directed high-dose supplements

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