Ginger powder, turmeric powder for the Chinese medicine ginger, turmeric powder, the two are two different kinds of Chinese medicine, in flavor, efficacy, indications, etc. are different.
1. In terms of taste and flavor, ginger is pungent, slightly warm, and belongs to the lung, spleen and stomach meridians; turmeric is pungent and bitter, warm, and belongs to the liver and spleen meridians.
2. In terms of efficacy, ginger has the efficacy of resolving phlegm and relieving cough, relieving cold (removing cold from the surface of the muscle), detoxifying fish and crab, stopping vomiting and warming the middle; turmeric has the efficacy of breaking blood and moving qi, and relieving menstruation and pain.
3. In terms of indications, ginger can be used for wind-cold cold, stomach cold and vomiting, cold phlegm and cough, fish and crab poisoning, etc. Turmeric can be used for chest and ribs tingling, chest paralysis and heart pain (chest pain), dysmenorrhea and menstrual occlusion, obstruction of the mass in the abdomen, rheumatism, shoulder and arm pain, pain in bruises and swelling, etc. The adverse effects of both of them are not clear.
The adverse effects of both are not clear. Ginger is contraindicated in cases of heatiness and internal heat of yin deficiency, turmeric is contraindicated in cases of blood deficiency without qi stagnation and blood stasis, and pregnant women are advised to take it with caution. Please do not use the drug by yourself, need to follow the doctor’s instructions for rational application.