Ginger has the effect of resolving phlegm, but single ginger boiled in water and decocted, the role of a single, can not play a good role in eliminating dampness.
Ginger is pungent in flavor, slightly warm in nature and belongs to the lung, spleen and stomach meridians. It has the effects of relieving cold (removing cold from the muscle surface), warming and stopping vomiting (treating vomiting caused by stomach cold by warming the spleen and stomach), resolving phlegm and relieving cough, and detoxifying fish and crab. It is mainly used in the treatment of wind-cold cold, stomach-cold vomiting, cold phlegm cough, fish and crab poisoning.
In Chinese medicine, dampness, drink and phlegm are all pathological products caused by water metabolism disorders. Dampness gathers into water, water accumulates into drink, and drink coagulates into phlegm, therefore, phlegm is in the category of eliminating dampness.
Ginger has the effect of resolving phlegm and relieving cough, so it can dispel dampness. However, the single flavor of ginger boiling water decoction, the role of a single, can not play a good role in expelling dampness, can not replace the drug treatment of related diseases.
If the patient is not feeling well, it is recommended to go to the hospital to consult a professional physician, and under the guidance of its treatment, do not self-medication.