Ginger should be ginger, ginger soup can follow the doctor’s instructions decoction soup for wind-cold cold. However, it is important to note that the effect of a single Chinese medicine is weak, and other medicines can be used together under the guidance of a TCM doctor to achieve the best therapeutic effect. Ginger is effective in relieving cold (removing cold from the surface of the muscles), warming the spleen and stopping vomiting (treating vomiting caused by stomach cold by warming the spleen and stomach).
Ginger is pungent and warming, and it can relieve cold by sweating, dispel wind and cold, but its effect is weak, so it is suitable for mild cases of wind-cold cold, and can be decocted with brown sugar and scallion. Ginger is generally used as an adjuvant for wind-cold flu, together with Gui Zhi, Qiang Wu and other pungent and warm remedial medicines to achieve the effect of sweating and relieving the symptoms of the cold.
Ginger is pungent and warm, it can warm the stomach and disperse cold, harmonize the middle and lower the rebelliousness, and it is good at stopping vomiting, so it is known as the holy medicine for vomiting. Because it is a warm stomach product, it is most suitable for vomiting with cold stomach, and can be combined with galangal and cardamom.
Ginger is pungent, warm and dispersing, which can warm the lungs, dispel cold, resolve phlegm and stop cough, suitable for coughing with cold lungs, regardless of whether there is external wind-cold, or phlegm and phlegm, can be used. It can be used to treat cough with or without external wind-cold, or with excessive phlegm and little phlegm. It is often used together with Chen Pi.
Ginger adverse reactions, contraindications are not yet clear. When using ginger, it should be noted that it is contraindicated for hot body and yin deficiency with internal heat.
Chinese medicines and proprietary Chinese medicines are recommended to be used under the guidance of a professional Chinese medicine practitioner, and should not be used blindly by individuals to avoid adverse effects.