The difference between ginger powder and turmeric powder is mainly reflected in the medicinal source and medicinal properties, efficacy and contraindications.
1. Source of medicine and medicinal properties: ginger powder is dried ginger ground into powder, its medicinal source for the ginger plant ginger dry rhizome, hot. Turmeric powder is turmeric ground into powder, its medicinal source for the ginger plant turmeric dried rhizome, warm.
2. Efficacy: turmeric powder has the effect of warming the middle and dispersing the cold (to warm the spleen and stomach to dispel the cold), returning yang to open the veins, warming the lungs and transforming the drink (by warming the lungs to promote the operation of the water and fluid of the stagnation of the accumulation of water), and it can be used to treat cold pain in the epigastric region (the stomach and the abdomen feel the cold and pain), vomiting and diarrhea, cold limbs and pulse, cold drink, wheezing and coughing, and so on.
Turmeric powder has the efficacy of breaking the blood and promoting the flow of qi, and relieving menstruation and pain, and is used for treating thoracic and hypochondriac pain, chest paralysis (stuffy pain in the chest), heart pain, dysmenorrhea and menstrual occlusion, obstruction of the masses, rheumatism, shoulder and arm pain, and swelling and pain in falling and thumping.
3. Contraindications: ginger powder is hot and dry, Yin deficiency and internal heat, blood heat is prohibited, pregnant women should not be used. Turmeric powder is prohibited for pregnant women.
Ginger powder and turmeric powder are different drugs, use should pay attention to identify, it is recommended to use drugs under the guidance of a doctor.