Pepper and ginger belong to the same source of medicine and food, for the removal of body dampness has a certain effect, generally can be used for cold dampness. The use of medication should follow the doctor’s instructions.
Pepper has the effect of warming the middle and relieving pain (relieving pain by warming the spleen and stomach), killing insects and relieving itching. It is mainly used for treating abdominal pain in the middle cold, vomiting and diarrhea in cold and dampness, abdominal pain in insect accumulation, itching in eczema, and itching in women’s vagina. Not to be taken if there is a deficiency of yin and fire. Pregnant women should be taken with caution.
Ginger has the effect of relieving surface cold (removing cold from the surface of the muscle), warming the stomach and stopping vomiting (treating vomiting caused by stomach cold by warming the spleen and stomach). It is used for treating wind-cold cold, stomach-cold vomiting, lung-cold cough, and can also detoxify fish and crab. It is not to be taken by those with heatiness and internal heat of yin deficiency.
The above medicines should be used under the guidance of Chinese medicine practitioners.