Fresh ginger is used as a warming remedy for wind-cold chills. Dried ginger has a more tonic action. The peel of fresh ginger root is used as a diuretic. It is suggested in Asian traditions that long-term use will "enable one to communicate with the spirit". Ginger is widely used in Indonesian traditional medicine to reduce the toxicity of other herbs.
:: BOTANICAL NAME : Zingiber officinale Roxb.
:: COMMON NAME : Ginger
:: FAMILY : Zingiberaceae
:: PART USED : Leaves
:: TASTE : Pungent
:: CHARACTER : Warm
MERIDIANS
Heart, lung, spleen, stomach
:: ACTIONS
Combats nausea and vomiting, antispasmodic, antiseptic, relieves flatulence and indigestion, circulatory stimulant, induces sweating, expectorant, relaxes blood vessels, topically: increases blood flow to the skin causing reddening.
:: TRADITIONAL INDONESIAN USES
+ Fresh Ginger
- releases the exterior,
strengthens defensive energy,
- and disperses cold
- warms the middle 'triple burner' part of the body.
- reduces toxicity of other herbs
+ Dried Ginger
- restores yang
- warms spleen, stomach and the lung, and resolves phlegm
:: TYPICAL INDONESIAN DOSE
3-9 grams (1/10 - 1/3 ounce)
:: RECOMMENDED JAMU
Jamu Ngeres Linu (Body aches, rheumatism, insomnia)
:: COMBINATIONS
Used with Liquorice and Ginger for cold deficient stomach syndromes; with White atractylodes for deficient spleen; and with Pinellia and Panax ginseng for deficient cold. Ginger is used with Pinellia for vomiting and damp phlegm and with Jujube for external wind-cold.
Also mixed with Turmeric (Curcumae rhizome), Key turmeric (Panduratae rhizome), and other herbs for both men and women who work hard, it eliminates body aches, such as: backaches, inability to sit for a long time, premature fatigue, and insomnia.
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