TCM: Listed under “Herbs that warm the Interior and expel Cold”, Zingiber officinale, rhizome (dried) (gan jiang) enters the Heart, Lung, Spleen and Stomach channels. Acrid and hot, it warms the Middle (Spleen, Stomach) in both excess and deficient Cold, warms the Lungs to transform thin mucus, unblocks the channels, improves Blood circulation, rescues devastated Yang and stops deficient Cold bleeding.
General: Treats epigastric pain with cold sensations, nausea and vomiting, cold extremities and a faint pulse, dyspnea and cough with frothy expectoration, promotes menses. It has stimulant, antispasmodic, carminative, and emmenagogue actions