Ginger, dried ginger, shelled ginger, ginger charcoal, galangal, so many ginger, what is the difference in efficacy?

Ginger is not only a seasoning, but also an important herb in Chinese medicine. The earliest record of ginger is in Shennong Ben Cao Jing (神农本草经), which states that dried ginger “is good for chest fullness, coughing, warming the middle, stopping bleeding, sweating, driving away wind-dampness and paralysis, and causing intestinal 澼and diarrhea. It is especially good in raw form”. In later times, many Chinese medicines made of ginger have been developed, with different effects. In this article, we introduce how to use ginger in Chinese medicine, according to the order in which it is used.

Dried Ginger
The first is dry ginger, first recorded in the “Shennong Ben Cao Jing”, the effects of dry ginger are warming cold, warming the sun through the pulse, warming the lungs to drink, is a warm medicine, often used in the treatment of epigastric and abdominal cold pain, cold drinks, cough, vomiting and diarrhea, pulse and limb cold. It is often used in conjunction with Radix et Rhizoma Polygoni Multiflori (Radix et Rhizoma Polygoni Multiflori) to treat cold pain in the epigastrium and abdomen, coughing with cold drinks, vomiting and diarrhea, and coldness of the pulse. Among them, Lizhong Pill is from the Treatise on Typhoid Fever, with ginseng, atractylodes macrocephala, roasted licorice, and dried ginger in the formula. It is effective in warming the middle and dispersing cold, tonifying Qi and strengthening the spleen. It is used for abdominal pain and diarrhea, vomiting and indigestion caused by coldness in the spleen and stomach. The original text reads: “Treating coldness and weakness of the spleen and stomach, colic and abdominal cramps, vomiting and diarrhea, cholera, coldness and sweating, coldness of the body, coldness of the hands and feet, fullness of the heart, thunder in the abdomen, vomiting and retching, inappetence in eating and drinking, and all kinds of coldness and chronic coldness, all of them can be cured. “Zhang Jingyue in the Ming Dynasty on the basis of this increase in the room abdominal pain, cold hands and feet, cold food cold and cold and other evidence. Four Reverse Soup also from the “Treatise on Typhoid Fever”, the formula is only appendicitis, dry ginger, hot licorice, is the representative of the party back to the yang to save the reverse, to deal with yang deficiency want to get rid of the extremities of the death of the yang evidence of frigidity, the condition of the critical situation, four Reverse Soup is better than the wild mountain ginseng. Lizhong Pill, with the seeds of Lizhong Pill, four against the soup is to take its role in warming and dispersing cold, and Xiaoqinglong Tang also from the “theory of typhoid fever”, the use of dry ginger to warm the lungs and the effect of the drink, Xiaoqinglong Tang is used for the treatment of the external wind-cold, water within the phlegm coughing and asthma evidence.

Ginger, ginger in the “theory of typhoid fever” in the use of a lot of ginger, ginger jujube combination of a high rate of appearances, later generations of doctors Tao Hongjing in his “famous doctors,” recorded: “Ginger, flavor pungent and slightly warm, the main headache of typhoid cold nasal congestion, coughing up gas, stop vomiting.” Compared with dry ginger, ginger has a stronger effect of dispersing cold and is suitable for wind-cold symptoms, while dry ginger has a better effect of warming the interior and is suitable for middle-earth spleen and stomach cold symptoms.
Not only that, ginger can also solve the fish and crab poison, but also can solve the poison of raw half-summers, ginger and half-summers is also a more classic match, “Jin Gui Yao Jie” records: “half-summers, ginger juice are good to stop vomiting, the combined use of good; and have the stomach and the power of the center. Used for stomach qi disharmony, vomiting and retching.” The first formula in the opening chapter of “The Treatise on Typhoid Fever”, Gui Zhi Tang, is used for headache, fever, sweating, and malignant wind caused by external wind-cold and wind-evil. The ginger, jujube combination is used. Cannon Ginger
Cannon ginger is dried ginger and hot sand with fried, fried until the surface of the bulging, brownish-brown products, the earliest is also from the “theory of typhoid fever”, hot, pungent flavor. It belongs to the spleen, stomach and kidney meridians. Effects: Warming the menstruation, stopping bleeding, warming the middle and relieving pain. It is mainly used for blood loss in Yang deficiency, disintegration, abdominal pain, vomiting and diarrhea.
In “The Essentials of the Golden Chamber”, Licorice and Dried Ginger Soup, which is actually made of dried ginger, is used to treat lung impotence in which the lungs are weak and cold, with spitting and foaming of saliva, number of urination as the main evidence, and no cough as the main point of differential diagnosis. The original quote is as follows “licorice four two, roasted dry ginger two two, cannon, on the chewing, with three liters of water, boiled to get a liter of five, remove the dregs, divided into warm and then served.” Cannonized dry ginger is more effective than dry ginger in warming yang and guarding the middle, and its dispersing power is weaker.
Ginger Charcoal
First recorded in the Song Dynasty, ginger charcoal is a concoction formed by frying ginger with charcoal, which is actually a classification of Cannonized Ginger, but after frying charcoal, it is more inclined to stop bleeding, as one of the major effects of charcoal itself is to stop bleeding. On the ginger charcoal to stop bleeding, many medical doctors have discussed, for example, “Materia Medica Jing Shu” has said, “its words stop bleeding, cover the blood deficiency is fever, heat is delusional, dry ginger fried black can lead to the blood tonic into the yin, blood is complemented by yin and heat, blood is not delusional carry on.” The National Code of Concoctions for Traditional Chinese Medicines also requires that ginger charcoal be distinguished from gun ginger: “Ginger charcoal warms the menstruation and stops bleeding, and is mainly used to treat epistaxis, collapse and leakage, and blood loss in yin deficiency.” Kao Liang Jiang Photo Credit: Creative Post Kao Liang Jiang is not strictly speaking a dried ginger product, as it comes from the Kao Liang Jiang plant, which is hot and pungent in nature. It is used to warm the stomach and disperse cold, relieve pain and vomiting. It was first documented in Tao Hongjing’s “Records of Famous Physicians” as a good medicine for warming the stomach. It was first recorded in Tao Hongjing’s Bie Lu (《名醫别錄》) as a good medicine for warming up the stomach. In summary, ginger, dry ginger, gun ginger warming effect gradually increased, the role of cold gradually weakened, ginger charcoal favoring warm menstruation to stop bleeding, although galangal is a close relative, the main effect is similar to dry ginger, but galangal favoring warming cold, dry ginger favoring back to the yang to save the backlash, galangal favoring sex is bigger, should not be served for a long time, so galangal is Tao Hongjing categorized into the middle grade medicines, while the dry ginger is the upper grade medicines. The first thing you need to do is to take a look at the picture and see if it’s a good one.
Sand ginger is also called crabapple, although it is smaller than ginger, but the heat is greater than dry ginger. Many non-vegetarian dishes are cooked with ginger as a condiment, such as sand ginger baked fish head, iron plate pork mixed, sand ginger popped octopus, sand ginger pork knuckles, sand ginger baked duck, etc., the unique flavor of sand ginger, often play a role in highlighting the dishes, sand ginger is a hundred spices and seasonings.
The medicinal use of ginger is documented in Li Shizhen’s Compendium of Materia Medica of the Ming Dynasty: “Warms the middle and prevents miasma and plague. Cure the heart and abdomen cold gas pain, cold and damp cholera, wind insect toothache, into the combination of all incense with.” Ginger external use is even more effective. Since ancient times, the south is mostly miasma-ridden land, so the soil grows sand ginger, to kill these miasma. It is said that the Qing dynasty Guangxu years, the plague rampant, the people eat sand ginger to prevent epidemics. Because of the role of ginger has an aroma of obscenity, people often use ginger as a preventive medicine for miasma, malaria and epidemics, scented capsules and mosquito incense in the ingredients of ginger.
Seven, turmeric
Turmeric is native to Southeast Asia, sometimes called “Indian saffron”, golden yellow in color, curry powder in the yellow raw material is it. Bright turmeric adds a warm yellow color to food, and the slight combined aroma gives it a unique complex flavor.
Turmeric is a favorite among Indians and is found in a variety of dishes, but Indians rarely get diarrhea precisely because the turmeric (curcumin) in curry powder helps to sterilize and fight viruses, and also promotes the secretion of saliva and gastric juices. Turmeric implies the healing power of nature, put into ancient China, belongs to the top ingredients. Scientific studies have shown that when turmeric and black pepper are eaten together, the absorption of curcumin can be increased 20 times. If you add the Omega-3 (polyunsaturated fatty acids) series of good oils, the absorption rate will increase dramatically.