Ginger health, do not over “fire” In folklore circulated “eat ginger in the morning, better than eating ginseng soup; eat ginger at night; equal to eating arsenic.” Ginger is widely used in Chinese medicine, Zhang Zhongjing “typhoid” works inside a lot of ginger herbal formula, TV health programs involving health content is currently very hot, many friends follow the health program with ginger health. In fact, although ginger is food, can be used in medicine are generally biased, improper use is easy on the “fire” it! My old patient Ms. Tang, 50 years old, became a friend because of the doctor, recently because of the stomach feel uncomfortable, sticky stool is difficult to get down, pain in the right shoulder, legs cold, squatting down when it is hard to get up, light tongue moss thin, weak pulse came to me to see the doctor. After asking some questions, I advised her to drink water with three slices of ginger and three jujubes every day, boiling the jujubes for 10 to 15 minutes before putting the ginger in for 5 minutes. When she came over again she felt her stomach and said, “Dr. Deng, my stomach is always cold and I cough white phlegm.” “After I looked at her carefully, I said, “I told you to eat ginger dates, have you eaten them?” Ms. Tang said shyly and embarrassingly, “I got fire after eating ginger! I didn’t eat it!” I asked, “How did you eat it?” Ms. Tang said with a look of excitement, “I cooked porridge in the morning.” I asked her again, “How did you put it in the porridge?” She thought for a moment and said, “I put five slices of ginger.” I asked her, “How many slices of ginger did I ask you to eat?” She tilted her head and grinned: “You told me to boil water and eat three slices, I cooked porridge without boiling water and did not eat the ginger, so I put five slices of ginger. After eating I got fire, dry mouth and dry nose.” As the ginger and dates were right for her, I instructed her to pay attention to the next time she used them and to cook them for a longer time, put less ginger and reduce the amount. When she came back the third time, she told me with a smile on her face, “The fire is much better, my mouth is not so dry, my nose is basically not dry, my stomach is much more comfortable, and my hands and feet are warmer than before. You know, Dr. Deng, I used to have cold feet like ice every winter, but this year I’m much better after your treatment.” Ginger jujube soup to treat the stomach and epigastric cold, according to different people, if they are prone to fire can be used once every two or three days ginger three slices, jujube three or or the amount of daily dosage is reduced to a piece of ginger a jujube, according to their own situation, can not be over-supplemented, but should be slowly supplemented. The spleen and the stomach are the foundation of the day, the prevention and treatment of many diseases depend on the health of the spleen and stomach, the efficacy of drugs can not be played without the promotion of the stomach, when treating diseases need to pay attention to strengthening the spleen and stomach, to protect the stomach, the strength and weakness of the spleen and stomach has a decisive significance on the regression and prognosis of the disease. Ginger is pungent, slightly warm, yellow in color, and enters the spleen and stomach meridians. It is most suitable for those who have cold evil offending the stomach, deficient cold in the middle jiao, phlegm and drink obstruction, and internal watery qi. Jujube is sweet in taste, warm in nature, enters the spleen and stomach meridians, has the effect of tonifying the middle and benefiting the qi, nourishing the blood and calming the mind, jujube enters the Ying from Taiyin. The combination of ginger and jujube is a classic pair of Zhang Zhongjing’s “Treatise on Typhoid”, mainly used to reconcile Ying and Wei, generally people with Ying and Wei disharmony use ginger or jujube alone easily on fire, but together they have the effect of line and warmth, Zhang Zhongjing in Gui Zhi Tang, Chai Hu Gui Zhi Tang and Xiao Chai Hu Tang and other prescriptions have the use of both. The combination of ginger and jujube, ginger pungent through, pungent to disperse, after getting jujube is not too through, help Ying Yin biochemical, in order to cure Ying weak; jujube sweet slow, sweet to slow down, there is a congestion of the bias, after getting ginger is not too guarded, get ginger pungent through the dispersal and slow down, sweet in the pungent. The two are used together, taking its pungency to harmonize the spleen and stomach, getting the sweetness of jujube to nourish the heart and Ying, the combination can both regulate Ying and Wei, and also support the spleen and stomach, the spleen and stomach is the essence of the health and chemistry of Ying, the stomach is full of Wei Qi, Wei Qi flows to protect the body, which is conducive to dispel evil out, so it has the advantage of dispersing evil without hurting the right, for nourishing Yin and Yang, harmonizing Ying and Wei, relieving the muscles and generating sweat of the general formula. In addition, the stomach cold and cold lower limbs of friends should pay more attention to keep warm, avoid eating cold cold things, usually appropriate activities to let the body warm up, whether standing, sitting, walking as much as possible to stretch the body can not be shrunken into a ball, winter in addition to drinking ginger jujube soup, you can also use ginger jujube soup more decoction of water used to soak feet. In addition, warmly remind everyone to pay attention to follow the doctor’s instructions, clinically often encounter unauthorized aggravated dose or change the prescription of people, this time Ms. Tang aggravated the amount of ginger and reduce the amount of jujube led to fire, there are people who think that the doctor told me that ginger dates are food, then I eat more will be faster, the result is also on fire, clinically if the patient does not understand the doctor does not comply with medical advice to carry out medical advice, it is easy to lead to In clinical practice, if a patient does not understand the doctor’s instructions and does not follow them, it can easily lead to a variety of results that are contrary to the doctor’s initial treatment.