Sheng Jiang
生薑 shēng jiāng, "fresh ginger"

Category:

Release the Exterior (Diaphoretics)

Warm Acrid Herbs that Release Exterior

Is this Herb effective in the clinic?

Pinyin Pronunciation:

	Tastes: Acrid		Dosage: 3-9g

	Cautions: Contraindicated when there is spontaneous sweating from Exterior Deficiency; heat from Yin Deficiency; any pattern with abundant heat; Do not use high doses in patients with hypertension.		Meridians: Lung , Spleen , Stomach
	Preparation: • Baked ginger • Ginger peel • Ginger juice		Quality: Good quality - large, full and young with an acrid taste
	Reference Source: Chinese Herbal Medicine: Materia Medica (3rd edition) ('Bensky')		Notes: No notes at this time
	Formulas (89) bā zhēn tāng (Eight Treasure Decoction) bàn xià bái zhú tiān má tāng (Pinellia Atractylodis Macrocephalae and Gastrodi) bàn xìa hòu pò tāng (Pinellia and Magnolia Bark Decoction) chái gé jiě jī tāng (Bupleurum and Kudzu Decoction to Release the Muscle Layer Decoction) chái hú jiā lóng gǔ mǔ lì tāng (Bupleurum plus Dragon Bone and Oyster Shell Decoction) chái hú jiā máng xiāo tāng (Bupleurum Decoction plus Mirabilite) chái hú qīng zào tāng (Bupleurum Decoction to Clear Dryness) chái hú zhǐ jié tāng (Bupleurum, Bitter Orange, and Platycodon Decoction) cōng bái qī wèi yǐn (Scallion Decoction with Seven Ingredients) dà chái hú tāng (Major Bupleurum Decoction) dà fáng fēng tāng (Major Ledebouriella Decoction) dà qīng lóng tāng (Major Bluegreen Dragon Decoction) dāng guī shēng jiāng yáng ròu tāng (Mutton Stew with Tangkuei and Fresh Ginger) dì gǔ pí yǐn (Lycium Root Bark Decoction) dì huáng yǐn zǐ (Rehmannia Decoction) dí tán tāng (Scour Phlegm Decoction) dīng xiāng shì dì tāng (Clove and Persimmon Calyx Decoction) èr chén tāng (Two Cured Decoction) fēn xiāo tāng (Separate and Reduce Decoction) gé gēn jiā bàn xià tāng (Kudzu Decoction plus Pinellia) gé gēn tāng (Kudzu Decoction) gù zhēn tāng (Stabilize the True Decoction) guī pí tāng (Restore the Spleen Decoction) guì zhī èr yuè bì yī tāng (Two Parts Cinnamon Twig Decoction and One Part Maidservant from Yue Decoction) guì zhī fù zǐ tāng (Cinnamon Twig and Prepared Aconite Decoction) guì zhī jiā gé gēn tāng (Cinnamon Twig Decoction plus Kudzu) guì zhī jiā hòu pò xìng zǐ tāng guì zhī jiā lóng gǔ mǔ lì tāng (Cinnamon Twig Decoction plus Dragon Bone and Oyster Shell) guì zhī jiā sháo yaò tāng (Cinnamon Twig Decoction plus Peony) guì zhī mà huáng gé bàn tāng ( Combined Cinnamon Twig and Ephedra Decoction) guì zhī qù sháo yào tāng (Cinnamon Twig Decoction minus Peony) guì zhī tāng (Cinnamon Twig Decoction) hòu pò qī wù tāng (Seven- Substance Decoction with Magnolia Bark) hòu pò wēn zhōng tāng (Magnolia Bark Decoction for Warming the Middle) huáng lián wēn dǎn tāng (Coptis Decoction to Warm the Gallbladder) huáng lóng tāng (Yellow Dragon Decoction) huò xiāng zhèng qì sǎn (Agastache powder to Rectify the Qi) jī míng sǎn (Powder to Take at Cock's Crow) jiā wèi èr chén tāng (Augmented Two-Cured Decoction) jiā wèi xiāng sū sǎn (Augmented Cyperus and Perilla Leaf Powder) jīn shuǐ liù jūn jiān (Six-Gentleman of Metal and Water Decoction) jīng fáng bài dú sǎn (Schizonepeta & Ledebouriella Powder to Overcome Pathogenic Influences) Jiǔ wèi qiāng huó tāng (Nine-Herb Decoction with Notopterygium from the Analytic Collection) jǐu xiān sǎn (Nine-Immortal Powder) jú pí tāng (Tangerine Peel Decoction) jú pí zhú rú tāng (Tangerine Peel and Bamboo Shavings Decoction) liù ān jiān (Six Serenity Decoction) mù xiāng bīng láng wán (Aucklandia and Betel Nut Pill from the Analytic Co) nǔan gān jīan (Warm the Liver Decoction) píng wèi sǎn (Calm the Stomach Powder) qīng shī huà tán tāng (Clear Dampness and Transform Phlegm Decoction) rén shēn bài dú sǎn (Ginseng Power to Overcome Pathogenic Influences) rén shēn hú táo tāng (Ginseng and Walnut Decoction) rén shēn yǎng yíng tāng (Ginseng Decoction to Nourish the Nutritive Qi) sān ǎo tāng (Three-Unbinding Decoction) sān huáng shí gāo tāng (Three-Yellows and Gypsum Decoction) shè gān má huáng tāng (Belamcanda and Ephedra Decoction) shēn sū yǐn (Ginseng and Perilla Leaf Decoction) shēng jiāng xiè xīn tāng (Fresh Ginger Decoction to Drain the Epigastrium) shì dì tāng (Persimmon Calyx Decoction) shí pí yǐn (Bolster the Spleen Decoction) shí quán dà bǔ tāng (All-Inclusive Great Tonifying Decoction) shí wèi wēn dǎn tāng (Ten-Ingredient Decoction to Warm the Gallbladder) sì qī tāng (Four-Ingredient Decoction for the Seven Emotions) sì shén wán (Four-Miracle Pill) sū zǐ jiàng qì tāng (Perilla Fruit Decoction for Directing Qi Downward) tōng qiào huó xuè tāng (Unblock the Orifices and Invigorate the Blood Decoction) wēn dǎn tāng (Warm the Gallbladder Decoction) wēn jīng tāng (Warm the Menses Decoction) wǔ hǔ tāng (Five Tiger Decoction) wū tóu guì zhī tāng (Aconite and Cinnamon Twig Decoction) wú zhū yú tāng (Evodia Decoction) xiāng bèi yǎng yíng tāng (Cyperus and Fritillaria Decoction to Nourish the Nutritive Qi) xiāng shā píng wèi sǎn (Cyperus and Amomum Powder to Calm the Stomach) xiāng shā yǎng wèi tāng (Nourish the Stomach Decoction with Aucklandia and ) xiǎo chái hú tāng (Minor Bupleurum Decoction) xiǎo jiàn zhōng tāng (Minor Construct the Middle Decoction) xiǎo xù mìng tāng (Minor Prolong Life Decoction) xìng sū sǎn (Apricot Kernel and Perilla Leaf Powder) xúan fù dài zhě tāng (Inola and Hematite Decoctioon) yán hú suǒ tāng (Corydalis Docoction) yì gōng san (Extraordinary Merit Powder) yín qiáo bài dú sǎn (Honeysuckle and Forsythia Powder to Overcome Pathogenic Influences) yùe bì jiā zhú tāng (Maidservant from Yue Decoction Plus Atractylodes) yùe bì tāng (Maidservant from Yue Decoction) zhēn wǔ tāng (Black Turtle Decoction; True Warrior Decoction) zhì gān cǎo tāng (Honey-Fried Licorice Decoction) zhī zǐ shēng jiāng chǐ tāng (Gardenia, Fresh Ginger, and Prepared Soybean Decoction) zhōng mǎn fēn xiāo tāng (Separate and Reduce Fullness in the Middle Decoction)

Family:

Zingiberaceae

Alternate Names:

Pharmaceutical: Rhizoma Zingiberis Officinalis Recens

Botanical: Zingiber Officinale (willd.) Rosc.

Japanese: shōkyō

Korean: saenggang

Common: fresh ginger rhizome

Temperature: Slightly Warm

	+2 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Releases the Exterior and Disperses Cold add comment

	+2 Andrea Murchison (Rootdown Editor) Reduces the toxicity of other herbs add comment

	+2 Rootdown Staff (Rootdown Staff) Warms the Middle Jiao and Stops vomiting (for Cold Stomach type vomiting) add comment

	+2 Benjamin Satterfield (Rootdown Staff) Wind-Cold add comment

	+2 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Cold in the Stomach add comment

	+2 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Overdose of herbs (ban xia or fu zi) add comment

	+2 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Seafood poisoning add comment

	+1 Benjamin Satterfield (Rootdown Staff) Cough add comment

Sheng Jiang生薑 shēng jiāng, "fresh ginger"

Sheng Jiang
生薑 shēng jiāng, "fresh ginger"