Dried Ginger - Gan Jiang | Premium Raw Herb

Amount: 2oz / 57g What it is: Dried Ginger - (Gan Jiang) is a very, very heating herb used in Chinese medicine to warm the core of the body when there are significant digestive difficulties: abdominal coldness and pain (relieved with application of heat), incomplete digestion, watery diarrhea (w/undigested food bits), nausea, and vomiting-- so not your run of the mill sluggish digestion and periodic bloat but rather much deeper, chronic difficulties. It is also added to formulas to help when a cold, phlegmy cough has settled into the lungs (n.b. use only when the phlegm is clear or white). This is an herb to use carefully and in low doses and is not recommended for ingestion during pregnancy. Which concerns is it good for? ✔ chronic digestive difficulties ✔ weak, chronic cough with copius white phlegm. ✔ weak cough, wheezing, and shortness of breath Key benefits: - warms the core - strengthens weak digestion - expels cold and (white) phlegm from the lungs - relieves abdominal bloating (and other digestive symptoms) Traditional Chinese medicine benefits: - dispels cold and warms the middle jiao - restores depleted yang and expels cold - warms the Lung and dissolves phlegm What else you need to know: Whereas fresh ginger (Sheng jiang) is diaphoretic (warming the exterior and venting heat), dried ginger goes into the core and generates heat to address more deeply rooted conditions of cold. Suggested usage: This herb should be used in small quantities (3- 10 grams is the textbook dosage) and be combined with other herbs or food that balance out its hot qualities (the way you might add black pepper to a dish)... in Chinese medicine as a small part of a larger medicinal formula and not as a food ingredient as such. Not recommended for use during pregnancy. Ingredients: Dried ginger (Gan jiang) Premium Raw Herb