Onion whiskers and ginger boiled in water have the effect of dispelling wind and dispersing cold (removing wind and dispersing cold), and are mainly used for treating wind-cold colds and coughs with cold lungs. The therapeutic effect of green onion whiskers and ginger is limited, and it is recommended that people with wind-cold colds and coughs seek medical attention in time to avoid delaying their condition.
Scallion is the root of green onion in the genus Allium, family Liliaceae. It has the effect of dispelling wind and cold (dispersing wind evil), promoting qi and dissipating blood stasis (clearing qi and dispersing blood stasis). It is used in the treatment of wind-cold headache, throat sore (refers to the flesh between the throat is red in color, layers overlap each other, food and drink swallowing is impeded, and foul-smelling gas comes out of the mouth), hemorrhoids, and frostbite. Adverse reactions are not clear.
Ginger is the fresh rhizome of Zingiber officinale, family Zingiberaceae. It has the effects of relieving cold (removing cold from the muscle surface), warming the spleen and stomach to stop vomiting (treating vomiting caused by stomach cold by warming the spleen and stomach), warming the lungs to stop coughing (stopping coughing by warming the lungs), and detoxifying the toxin.
Ginger is used to treat wind-cold cold, cold spleen and stomach, cold stomach and vomiting, cold lung and cough, and can also detoxify fish and crab. This product helps fire and harms yin (fueling the fire evil and damaging the yin fluid), so it is not recommended for people with heatiness and yin deficiency.
Combined, it can dispel wind and cold, and treat wind-cold cold and cough. It is recommended to take onion and ginger water under the guidance of a doctor in order to avoid misunderstanding or adverse reactions.