Comparative interpretation of the efficacy of 9 kinds of ginger-related traditional Chinese medicines

Nine kinds of plants related to ginger, such as ginger, dried ginger, processed ginger, galangal, cardamom and turmeric, can be used as medicine.

Although the source is the same, the efficacy is different and the application is different. Get to know each other together.

0 1, ginger

Taste: pungent, slightly warm. Enter lung, spleen and stomach meridians.

Efficacy: relieving exterior syndrome, dispelling cold, warming and stopping vomiting, resolving phlegm and relieving cough, and relieving fish and crab poison.

Suitable for the following diseases:

1, wind-cold cold, shaoyang syndrome.

2, lung cold cough, shortness of breath.

3, nausea and vomiting, abdominal distension and abdominal pain.

4, the water is full, and the strokes are awkward.

5. Rheumatalgia, traumatic bruises and pain

6. Blood-heat rash, dysentery and sore

7, palpitations, shortness of breath, thirst, fatigue.

Use taboos:

People with yin deficiency and internal heat should not take it.

02. Dried ginger pieces

Ginger, sliced and dried to obtain dried ginger.

Properties: pungent and hot. Enter spleen, stomach, kidney, heart and lung meridians.

Efficacy: Warming the middle energizer to dispel cold, restoring yang and dredging veins, warming the lung and dissolving the drink.

Suitable for the following diseases:

1, epigastric cold pain

2.vomiting and diarrhea

3. Yang failure syndrome: For yang failure, syncope and weak pulse caused by heart-kidney yang deficiency and yin deficiency, it should be used together with Radix Aconiti Lateralis to play a synergistic role and enhance the function of restoring yang and saving adverse events. That is, the ancients said, "aconite is not spicy or ginger."

4, cold drink to relieve asthma and cough, cold back cold, phlegm and thin, such as Xiaoqinglong Decoction.

5. Syncope syndrome: sudden colic in the upper abdomen, or drilling-like pain, blue face and sweating, cold hands and feet,

6, cold accumulation constipation cold accumulation stagnation constipation, abdominal pain is warm and fast, often used with rhubarb, aconite, ginseng.

7. Edema, used to treat spleen and kidney yang deficiency, wet and heavy accumulated water, edema of limbs, fullness in chest and abdomen, tepid hands and feet, loose stool, etc. It is often used with Radix Aconiti Lateralis Preparata, Atractylodis Rhizoma and Poria.

Use taboos:

Dry ginger is pungent and hot, yin deficiency and internal heat, and blood heat are false, so people should not take it.

The efficacy difference between ginger and dried ginger;

1, fresh rhizome of ginger, dried rhizome of dried ginger,

2. Ginger is mild in taste, good at dispersing evil spirits, warming the stomach and stopping vomiting, and detoxifying Pinellia ternata, Nanxing, fish and crabs.

3, dried ginger is hot and dry, warm and cold, cold evil in the house, warm and yang.

4, ginger is the main powder, and dried ginger is the main health.

03, ginger skin

Ginger bark is the outer skin of ginger root.

Sexual taste: pungent and cool.

Efficacy: regulating spleen and promoting blood circulation.

Indications: skin edema, 3~ 10g decoction.

04. Ginger juice

Ginger juice: it is ginger juice mashed by ginger.

Efficacy: the same as ginger, but it tends to resolve phlegm and stop vomiting, which is convenient for clinical emergency use.

Suitable for the following diseases:

1. In case of numbness, swelling and pain, or vomiting in the throat caused by Rhizoma Arisaematis and Rhizoma Pinelliae poisoning, it is difficult to eat. Take it with ginger juice.

2. It can also be combined with bamboo juice for oral administration or nasal feeding to treat patients who suddenly fainted after stroke.

05. canned ginger

It is a processed product of dried ginger. Sand-scalding dried ginger until it swells and its surface is brown, or frying until its exterior is black and its interior is brown for medicine.

Nature and taste: bitter, astringent and warm. Enter spleen and liver meridian.

Efficacy: Warming meridians to stop bleeding, warming middle energizer to stop pain.

Suitable for the following diseases:

1, hematemesis, hematochezia, metrorrhagia and hemorrhage.

2, abdominal pain, diarrhea.

After the processing of dried ginger, the content of volatile oil decreased and its chemical composition changed to some extent.

It has hemostatic effect, but neither ginger nor dried ginger has this function.

06, turmeric

Curcuma longa is the dried rhizome of Curcuma longa of Zingiberaceae. It is named because it looks like ginger and is yellow.

Taste: pungent, bitter and warm. Enter spleen and liver meridian.

Efficacy: breaking blood and activating qi, dredging menstruation and relieving pain.

Suitable for the following diseases:

1, stabbing pain in chest and hypochondrium, chest obstruction and heartache.

It is mostly used for hypochondriac pain caused by stagnation of liver qi and abdominal pain caused by stagnation of liver qi and blood stasis.

It is often used with Radix Paeoniae Alba, Radix Angelicae Sinensis, Rhizoma Corydalis and Flos Carthami.

2. Used for dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea and abdominal pain.

Can be used in combination with Saviae Miltiorrhizae Radix and Rhizoma Curcumae.

It can be combined with Radix Paeoniae Alba, Radix Angelicae Sinensis and Flos Carthami to treat postpartum abdominal pain.

3, used for rheumatic arm pain, autumn swelling and pain.

Jianghuangxin Powder has the effects of warming middle warmer, promoting blood circulation, dredging channels and relieving pain, and can be compatible with Notopterygium Rhizoma, Saposhnikoviae and Angelica sinensis.

4, used for sores, swelling and pain, toothache.

For sore and carbuncle, it is often combined with rhubarb, angelica dahurica and trichosanthin for external use.

For toothache, Asari and Radix Angelicae Dahuricae can be ground and rubbed externally.

Yujin in 2007.

The root tuber of turmeric is turmeric.

Taste: pungent, bitter and cold. Liver, heart, lung and gallbladder.

Efficacy: promoting blood circulation to relieve pain, promoting qi circulation to relieve depression, clearing heart fire and cooling blood, benefiting gallbladder and relieving jaundice.

Applicable to:

1, stabbing pain in chest and hypochondrium, chest obstruction and heartache.

2, amenorrhea dysmenorrhea, breast pain.

3, fever is faint, epilepsy is crazy.

4, blood heat bleeding syndrome.

5, damp-heat jaundice.

Comparison of efficacy between turmeric and turmeric

1, turmeric is turmeric and root tuber is turmeric, both of which have the effects of promoting blood circulation, promoting qi circulation and relieving pain, and can be used to treat chest and hypochondriac heartache caused by blood stasis and qi stagnation.

2, turmeric is warm and has strong blood circulation. It can also cross arms, dredge channels and relieve pain, and can treat rheumatism, arm pain, sores and toothache.

3. It can be used to treat fever, dizziness, epilepsy, phlegm and blood stasis, damp-heat jaundice, calculus and blood-heat hemorrhage.

08. Alpinia officinarum

Because it is produced in Gaoliang County (Maoming City, Guangdong Province), it is named after the shape of ginger. It is the dried rhizome of Alpinia officinarum of Zingiberaceae.

Alpinia officinarum is characterized by few tuber branches, reddish brown color, strong fragrance and spicy taste.

Properties: pungent and hot. Spleen and stomach meridian.

Efficacy: Warming to stop vomiting, dispelling cold and relieving pain.

Suitable for the following diseases:

1, stomach cold pain,

2, stomach cold vomiting

3, all cold malaria

4, toothache, cheek swelling and pain.

09, cardamom

The ripe fruit of Alpinia officinarum is cardamom.

Sexual taste: pungent and warm. Spleen and stomach meridian.

Efficacy: Warming the middle warmer, dispelling cold, activating qi and relieving pain.

Suitable for the following diseases:

Used for epigastric pain, vomiting, diarrhea and aversion to food caused by cold and dampness.

It can also be ground into powder for toothache due to wind-cold.