| Ginger |
| Zingiber officinale | | Zingiberaceae | | Gan Jiang | | (jiang is the general term for ginger; gan means dried; this item is distinguished from fresh ginger, Sheng Jiang, and from roasted ginger, Pao Jiang) | | Dry Ginger, Ginger Root (the rhizome is used, but it is often referred to as the root) | | Rhizome (dug up in winter, with fibrous roots removed) | | Pungent | | Warm | | Warms the center, rescues yang from collapse, warms the lung, relieves phlegm-fluid accumulation | | Traditional Chinese applications |
| Abdominal pain due to cold; stomach cold with vomiting, and diarrhoea; yang exhaustion syndromes with severe chilliness, slow pulse, and aching; cough and wheezing due to cold phlegm in the lungs | | Possible unwanted effects |
| None noted | | None reported | | TCM and other contraindications |
| Yin deficiency with heat signs; reckless movement of hot blood; specifically to be used with caution during pregnancy | | Not currently used in Sen tablet formulas | | Subhuti Dharmananda, Ph.D. Institute for Traditional Medicine |
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