ACUPUNTURA Y MASAJE TERAPÉUTICO

Gan Jiang - Dried ginger (Rhizoma Zingiberis)

Properties: Hot, Acrid. Channels: Spleen, Stomach, Heart, Lung

Action and indication: Cold in middle jiao due to excess OR deficiency: abdominal Cold pain, vomiting, diarrhea. (Li Zhong Wan, Da Jian Zhong Tang)

Hemorrhage in Cold patterns, especially uterine, vomit, stool.   (Bai Ye Tang)          

Yang collapse. (Si Ni Tang)

Cold phlegm in Lung. (Ling Gan Wu Wei Jiang Xin Tang)

Contraindicated: Yin deficiency heat, blood heat. Caution in pregnancy.

Blast fried (Pao jiang): Warm, Bitter, Astringent, better to Warm channels, stop bleeding, stop diarrhea. (Sheng Hua Tang)

Dose: 3-10 g