Warm Interior Expel Cold: Gan Jiang

gan jiang

干姜 dry rz zingiberis

gan = dried, jiang = ginger

HOT and ACRID

Heart, Lung, Spleen, Stomach
(the only one from this group that goes to the Lung; and only one of three that go to the Heart)

"The principal herb for warming the middle burner."

1. Warms the Middle and Expels Cold

* warms spleen and stomach in excess AND deficient cold due to insufficient yang qi
* dispels wind and damp that seep into lower burner

(What this means is diarrhea caused by cold.)

2. Rescues devastated yang and expels interior cold

* very weak pulse
* cold limbs

3. Warms the Lungs / Transforms thin mucous

* thin, watery, white sputum

4. Warms the channels / Stops bleeding

* chronic bleeding, pale in color - especially uterine bleeding - accompanied by ashen face, cold limbs, soggy, thin pulse (CI BLEEDING FROM HEAT)

CI: Yin deficient heat
CAUTION: PREGNANCY


THREE GINGERS:

Gan Jiang (dried ginger): HOT, Treats Interior Cold - warms middle jiao to relieve diarrhea

Sheng Jiang (fresh ginger): WARM, Treats exterior Wind Cold - warms middle jiao to relieve nausea

Pao Jiang (soaked ginger): Warms channels, Stops bleeding, Treats deficiency and cold