Sheng Jiang - 生姜 - Rhizoma Zingiberis Recens - Fresh Ginger

Pharmaceutical Latin:	Rhizoma Zingiberis Recens
Common English:	Fresh Ginger Rhizome

Category

Herbs that Release the Exterior: Warm, Acrid Herbs that Release the Exterior (Wind-Cold Diaphoretics)

Properties

Taste	Temperature	Entering Meridians	Dosage
Acrid	Slightly Warm (Warm)	Lung Spleen Stomach	1-10g Tincture: 1-2ml 3-9g (Secondary source)

Actions And Indications

Actions	Indications/Syndromes
Releases the Exterior, induces perspiration and disperses Cold	Wind-Cold
Warms the Middle and stops vomiting	Cold in the Stomach especially with vomiting
Warms the Lungs and stops coughing	Cough due to Wind-Cold Cough due to Lung Deficiency with Phlegm
Reduces the toxicity of other herbs and seafood	Herb toxicity or seafood poisoning
Adjusts the Ying and Wei - normalizes the flow of Qi at the center	Tai Yang Zhong Feng - Wind-Cold with Deficiency

Contraindications, Incompatibilities And Herb/Drug Interactions

Major Combinations

Fr. Jujube Da Zao	Rz. Pinelliae Preparata Zhi Ban Xia	Caulis Bambusae in Taeniam Zhu Ru (Fol. Eriobotryae) (Pi Pa Ye) (Rz. Coptidis) (Huang Lian)
External Wind-Cold. Alleviates epigastric pain, nausea, and vomiting by strengthening the Spleen. Protects the Stomach Qi and reduces irritation of the gastrointestinal tract by other herbs. Adjusts the Ying and Wei for treatment of Tai Yang Zhong Feng. Prevents tonics from generating Dampness in the Middle Jiao. Prevents Phlegm accumulation. Nourishes the Blood, prevents injury from harsh Blood movers and assists the movement of Qi.	Vomiting due to many causes including Stomach Cold. Productive cough due to Phlegm-Dampness.	Vomiting due to Heat in patients with Stomach Qi Deficiency.
Fol. Perilla Zi Su Ye Sm. Armeniacae Xing Ren Rx. Asteris Zi Wan (Per. Citri Reticulatae) (Chen Pi)	Succus Bambusae Zhu Li	Rz. Arisaematis Zhi Tian Nan Xing Rz. Pinelliae Preparata Zhi Ban Xia
Cough due to Wind-Cold Affecting the Lungs with profuse sputum.	Cough and headache due to Heat induced Phlegm, or aphasia and numbness from Wind-Stroke due to Phlegm Obstruction.	Detoxification.
Fol. Perillae Zi Su Ye	Per. Citri Reticulatae Chen Pi	Ram. Cinnamomi Gui Zhi
Vomiting and diarrhea from seafood poisoning.	Cold-Dampness Obstructing the Middle with nausea and hiccups.	Strongly induces sweating for treatment of External Wind-Cold with chills, fever, body aches and anhidrosis. Warms and dispels thin mucus in the Stomach with nausea, hiccup, Stomach pain and acid reflux or vomiting of clear fluid.
Ram. Cinnamomi Gui Zhi Fr. Jujube Da Zao	Rx. Ephedrae Ma Huang	Green Tea
Harmonizes the Ying and Wei to drive out pathogens.	Strongly creates sweating to treat all externally contracted Wind-Cold disorders, especially those in which Wind-Cold has constrained Lung Qi with cough and wheezing and the failure of Lung Qi to descend causing nausea and vomiting.	As a tea for severe vomiting and diarrhea.

Notes

1. It detoxifies herbs such as Rx. Aconiti Preparata Zhi Fu Zi, Rz. Arisaematis Zhi Tian Nan Xing or Rz. Pinelliae Zhi Ban Xia, as well as fish and crabs.
2. The skin of the Rhizome, Sheng Jiang Pi, promotes urination and reduces edema.
3. As a single herb, it may be used for early-stage Wind Cold Invasion, seafood poisoning, or nausea and vomiting.
4. It promotes the circulation of Qi, Fluids, Phlegm and Blood.
5. It is known as “The Sacred Drug for Vomiting”.
6. Should numbness and swelling of the tongue and throat follow ingestion of toxic substances, a Sheng Jiang decoction should be drunk right away.
7. Cooking it with fish removes fish toxins.
8. Sheng Jiang has broad applications and acts quickly, though its effect is short-lived. Its main uses are to induce sweating and expel pathogens. It is mobile but does not conserve. Rz. Zingiberis Gan Jiang is mobile internally and warms the middle while dispersing Internal Cold; its effects outlast those of Sheng Jiang. It is both mobile and conserving. Rz. Zingiberis Preparatum Pao Jiang is bitter, warm and harmonious; it warms the Middle and stops diarrhea and bleeding. It conserves but is not mobile.
9. Sheng Jiang, Fr. Evodiae Wu Zhu Yu and Rz. Coptidis Huang Lian each relieve nausea. Wu Zhu Yu warms the Liver to treat nausea and acid regurgitation from Liver Cold attacking the Stomach. Huang Lian clears Stomach Heat to treat nausea and bilious vomiting from Damp-Heat in the Stomach, and Sheng Jiang warms the Middle for vomiting of clear fluids from Stomach Cold.
10. Baked Ginger, Wei Jiang, no longer disperses but only descends. Its warming and descending actions are strong, making it suitable for harmonizing the Middle and stopping nausea. It is used for Spleen Yang Deficiency Cold with abdominal pain and nausea.
11. Ginger Peel, Sheng Jiang Pi, is acrid and cooling and concentrates on the Middle. It promotes urination and reduces edema while also dispersing the Exterior, and is used for superficial edema.
12. Ginger Juice, Jiang Zhi, is acrid and warm and disperses and descends more strongly than Sheng Jiang. It is ideal for relieving nausea, breaking up Phlegm and reducing cough.