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Gan Jiang ( Dried Ginger Root)

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Chinese Name: Gan Jiang Comman Name: Dried Ginger Root Latin Name: Rhizoma Zingiberis Group: Herbs that Warm the Interior and Expel Cold Gan Jiang (Dried Ginger Root) is warm, pungent and nontoxic. It acts on the heart, lung, spleen and stomach channels. WHY IT'S USED: It disperses the invading pathogenic cold out of the body. it has commonly been prescribed for colds, pain and cold in abdomen; cold hands and feet; Gan Jiang (Dried Ginger Root) has been found effective for treating nausea caused by seasickness, morning sickness and chemotherapy. Gan Jiang (Dried Ginger Root) can guide other herbs to work on the blood system or the energy system. It disperses the invading malignant factors and nourishes the new. It can be used for a patient with deficient blood. It is also applicable to a patient who has hematemesis, or epistaxis, or hematochezia, or with prevalence of Yin but without Yang. Therefore it is used to treat fever due to deficient blood after baby delivery. When the patient is pale and pallid with dry skin and soft pulse, it shows the prevalence of excessive cold in the interior. Gan Jing (Dried Ginger Root) sholuld be used urgently to warm the body and to tonify the blood. In Chinese tradition, gingle root is used in cooking, enhance digestion, stimulate appetite, and lessen arthritis. Fresh ginger root is used as a remedy for seafood poisoning. In Western alternative medicine practice, the primary uses of ginger include prevention of motion sickness, prevention of nausea, and treatment of rheumatologic conditions as an anti-inflammatory. Pharmacology The active constituents of ginger are not known with certainty, but studies of the lipophilic rhizome extracts have yielded the potentially active constituents gingerols and shogaols. Most investigators have concluded that ginger increases gastrointestinal motility. Aqueous extracts of the fresh rhizome inhibited platelet aggregation in vitro in a dose-dependent. Comment and Cautions: Do not use when there is internal heat from Yin Deficiency Do not use when there is bleeding due to Heat in the Blood Long-term use of the Dried Ginger will cause dim vision. Overdose use of the Ginger exhausts the Primordial Vital Energy. Pregnant woman should not eat Gan Jing (Dried Jiang Root) . Gan Jiang (Dried Jiang Root) is generally recognized as safe, though allergic reactions of it can cause heartburn and rash, particularly if taken in powdered form. It does interact with some medications, including warfarin. Ginger is contraindicated in people suffering from gallstones as the herb promotes the release of bile from the gallbladder. Dosage: 1.5-9 grams References: Chinese Herbal Medicine Dictionary. p71 Compendium of meteria medica(Bencao Gangmu) 26-18

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