Gan Jiang

Zingiberis Officinalis Rhizoma

Properties: PUNGENT - HOT
Dosage: 3-12g.
Meridian: KIDNEY, LUNG, LARGE INTESTINE

-restores devastated yang – expel interior cold –Yang Qi deficient cold
-spleen & stomach excess cold
-warms lungs and transforms phlegm - warms middle jiao -warms channels – stops bleeding (Pao Jiang)

Reference
Benskey & Gamble 1986, Chinese Herbal Medicine Materia Medica, Seattle Washington, Eastland Press