Bencao Index https://bencaoindex.com/ https://bencaoindex.com/herbs/sheng-jiang/ Free to use and republish with visible attribution and a link back to the source page. The catalogue is a reference work and is knowingly incomplete; nothing in it is medical advice. <a href="https://bencaoindex.com/herbs/sheng-jiang/">Bencao Index</a> sheng jiang 生姜 Rhizoma Zingiberis Recens Fresh Ginger Rhizome shokyo saenggang Acrid, Warm, Release Exterior Lung Stomach Spleen

Releases the Exterior, induces sweating and disperses Cold

Wind-Cold A mild Wind-Cold Exterior pattern combined with Stomach Cold, bringing vomiting, loose bowels, and a full, painful abdomen

Warms the Middle Jiao and stops vomiting

Stomach Cold, particularly when vomiting is present

Warms the Lungs, disperses Cold and stops cough

Wind-Cold cough Cough from Lung deficiency with Phlegm Chronic Lung complaints with thin, white phlegm

Reduces the toxicity of other herbs and of seafood

Seafood poisoning Toxicity from other herbs, including moderating processed Fu Zi and Ban Xia, with which it is often cooked

Harmonizes the Ying and Wei

Tai Yang wind-strike (Zhong Feng): deficient-type Wind-Cold Exterior deficiency that sweating alone does not resolve, paired with Da Zao