Ginger in Chinese medicine may refer to ginger or dried ginger, but there is no clinical evidence to show that rubbing ginger or dried ginger works for hair loss. Therefore, if you have hair loss, it is recommended that you consult your doctor for scientific treatment under his or her guidance.
Ginger is pungent in flavor and slightly warm in nature. It belongs to the lung, spleen and stomach meridians. It has the effects of relieving cold (removing cold from the surface of the muscles), warming the stomach and stopping vomiting (treating vomiting caused by stomach cold by warming the spleen and stomach), resolving phlegm and relieving cough, and detoxifying fishes and crabs. It is used in treating wind-cold cold, cold stomach and vomiting, cold phlegm and cough, fish and crab poisoning.
Dried ginger, pungent in flavor, hot in nature. It belongs to spleen, stomach, kidney, heart and lung meridians. It has the effects of warming the middle and dispersing cold (dispersing cold evils by warming the spleen and stomach), returning yang to the veins, warming the lungs and resolving drinks (promoting the flow of stagnant fluid by warming the lungs). It is used in treating cold pain in the stomach and abdomen (cold pain in the stomach and abdomen), vomiting and diarrhea, cold limbs and weak pulse, and wheezing and coughing with cold drinks.
If you need to take the above medication, it is recommended to follow the doctor’s advice.