Ginger, as a traditional Chinese medicine, is divided into raw ginger and dried ginger, but both are not suitable for people with heatiness and yin deficiency, and damp-heat body is damp-heat inside, so damp-heat body is generally not recommended to eat ginger.
Ginger is mildly warm in nature, and its effects include 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), and resolving phlegm and relieving cough, etc. It can be used in the treatment of wind-cold colds, stomach-cold vomiting and cold phlegm and cough. However, ginger can help fire and hurt yin, so it should not be taken by those who are hot and have yin deficiency and internal heat.
Dried ginger is hot in nature, with the effects of warming the middle and dispersing cold (using medicine to warm the spleen and stomach to disperse cold), returning Yang to the veins, warming the lungs and transforming drinks (promoting the operation of stagnant fluid by warming the lungs), and can be used in the treatment of epigastric and abdominal cold pain (cold pain in the stomach, epigastric and abdominal areas), vomiting and diarrhea, cold limbs with weak veins, and asthma and coughing with cold drinks. However, dry ginger is pungent, hot and dry, so it is contraindicated for people with Yin deficiency, internal heat and blood heat.
Damp-heat constitution people have dampness and heat in the body, so generally can not take ginger and dry ginger. Damp-heat constitution people if the symptoms are serious, can follow the doctor’s advice to take heat and dampness medication. In addition, people with hot and humid constitution should avoid living in the wetland for a long time, and try to keep the room dry and full of sunshine.
The use of Chinese herbs should be under the guidance of a doctor’s diagnosis, and should not be used indiscriminately, in order to prevent the emergence of harm.