Channels:
LU, SP, ST

Properties:
Spicy, Warm

Common:
Fresh Ginger Rhizome

Latin:
ncooked Rhizoma Zingiberis

Actions:

• Releases the exterior and warms the middle burner: for exterior wind cold, cold in the stomach causing vomiting, diarrhea and abdominal fullness with pain.
• Disperses lung cold and stops cough: for wind-cold cough or chronic lung problems with thin, white phlegm.
• Adjusts the ying and the Wei levels: for exterior deficiency when sweating does not improve the patient''s condition.
• Reduces toxicity from other herbs: for detoxifying or treating overdosage from other herbs, such as Radix Lateralis Aconiti Carmichaeli Praeparata(Fu Zi)and Rhizoma Pinelliae Ternatae(Ban Xia).

Contraindications:

• Do not use in cases of lung heat, stomach heat, or yin Deficiency.

Dosage:

• 3-9g. Part used = rhizome.