State/School

California License Exam, Pacific College Comps, Southern California University of Health Sciences, Yo San University

Pharm Name

Zingiberis Rhizoma recens

Common Name

Fresh Ginger

Category

Warm, Acrid Herbs that Release the Exterior

Ingredients

Taste

Acrid

Pao Zhi

Temperature

Slightly Warm

Action / Indication

1. Releases the exterior and disperses cold: for exterior cold patterns.
2. Warms the middle burner and alleviates vomiting: for cold in the Stomach, especially when there is vomiting.
3. Warms the Lungs and stops cough: for cough due to both acute wind-cold cough patterns and chronic Lung disorders with phlegm.
4. Resolves toxicity: for resolving toxicity or treating the effects of overdose of other herbs, such as Aconiti Radix lateralis (fu zi) or Pinelliae Rhizoma (ban xia), or for seafood poisoning.

Treatment Principles

Releases the Exterior
Dispels Cold
Warms the Middle Jiao
Warms the Lungs
Stops Vomiting
Stops Coughing
Reduces Herbal Toxicity

Contraindication

Lung heat or Stomach heat with vomiting. Use caution with yin deficiency and qi deficiency. Do not use daily long-term, as internal heat will accumulate.

Dosages

3-9g. 30g maximum. May use topically ground into a paste.

Meridians

LU, SP, ST

Tom's Comment

1. Sheng Jiang is fresh ginger. It is also a young ginger that is harvested earlier in the season. It is less spicy, hot and warming than Gan Jiang (Dried Ginger).
2. Sheng Jiang is a common remedy for nausea. A thin slice under the tongue is a quick and powerful remedy for nausea and vomiting associated with pregnancy.
3. Fresh Sheng Jiang in the United States are from North America, predominantly from Jamaica.

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