Ginger is effective in treating wind-cold and flu, cold phlegm and cough, stomach cold and vomiting, and fish and crab poisoning.
Ginger is the fresh rhizome of ginger, family Zingiberaceae. It is pungent and slightly warm in nature, and belongs to the lung, spleen and stomach meridians. Ginger is effective in relieving cold (removing cold from the muscle surface), resolving phlegm and cough, warming the stomach and stopping vomiting, and relieving fish and crab poisoning.
Ginger can be used to treat colds and flu caused by wind-cold attack, with symptoms such as chills, fever, head and body aches, chills, and runny nose, etc. It can also be used to treat cough and phlegm caused by lung cold, as well as vomiting and abdominal pain caused by stomach cold, and it can be used to detoxify fish and crab poisons.
The adverse effects of ginger have not been clarified, and it is contraindicated for those who are allergic to ginger.
Patients should use this drug under the guidance of a professional Chinese medicine practitioner’s diagnosis, and should not use the drug blindly, so as not to cause damage to the organism.