Ginger Root

 

 

This type of ginger root is available in grocery and drug stores.  It is the one herb I would take with me to a deserted island.  It does so many things.

It is used for:

• Morning Sickness
• Indigestion
• Inflammation
• Increases stomach acid secretion

 

Chinese Medicine Indications:

Warms the middle, expels cold.  Warms spleen and stomach both in conditions of excess due to externally contracted cold, as well as cold from deficiency due to deficiency of yang Qi.

Rescues devastated yang, expels interior cold.  Very weak pulse and cold limbs..

Warms the lungs and transforms phlegm.  For lung cold with expectoration of thin, watery, or white sputum.

Warms the channels and stops bleeding.  For cold from deficiency that may present with hemorrhage, especially uterine bleeding