There is no definite number of tablets needed to boil water with dry ginger and cinnamon, and the medication should be used according to the doctor’s prescription.
Dry ginger and cinnamon belong to the category of Yang tonic. Dried ginger favors warming the middle and dispersing cold (dispersing cold evils with medicine that warms the spleen and stomach), strengthening the spleen and yang, and treating cold pain in the epigastric region (cold pain in the stomach and abdomen), vomiting and diarrhea caused by cold deficiency, as well as warming the lungs and dispersing cold to treat coughs of a chilly nature. This product is contraindicated for those with Yin deficiency and internal heat, and those with blood-heat paranoia (heat evil causing blood to go out abnormally).
Cinnamon is more powerful cold pain, good treatment of cold pain in the stomach and abdomen, and cold and dampness paralysis (joint pain caused by wind-cold dampness), etc., but also to replenish the fire to help the sun, treatment of kidney yang deficiency. Cinnamon should be used with caution in hot cases, bleeding tendency and pregnant women. It should not be used in conjunction with red stone resin.
The adverse effects of the above drugs are not known. Patients are advised to consult a doctor for specific medication if they feel unwell.