Botanical Name :	Zingiber　offiinale
Parts Used :	Rhizoma
Possible English Names :	fresh ginger
Japanese Name :	shoukyou
Chinese Name :	sheng jiang

Property :	slightly warm

Taste :	pungent

Affinity :	the channels of the LIS, DAS and stomach


Effects :	1. relieving exterior syndrome by diaphoresis
	2. warming abdomen to arrest vomiting
	3. activating the digestive and absorptive function to promote appetite
	4. detoxication : pinellia tuber, arisaema tuber and seafood poisoning

# "Exterior syndrome" refers to the symptoms and signs along with the cold and flu, such as chills, fever, headache, etc.

Indications :
Signs, Symptoms and Illnesses	Pattern Analysis	Combination	Formula
(1) chills, fever, headache, nasal congestion, etc	exterior syndrome due to exopathic wind-cold	cinnamon twig	Keishi-Tou * 1
(2) vomiting	cold obturation in the stomach	pinellia tuber	Shou-Hange-Tou

Note : "Combination" shows medicinal herbs usually or often used in combination with fresh ginger. "Formula" shows the one which contains the group of herbs on the left.

* 1 For mild cold you should take the decoction of fresh ginger, adding brown sugar.

Applications:
	1. the early stage of the common cold and flu 2. vomiting due to stomach flu and indigestion 3. poisoning caused by pinellia tuber, arisaema tuber and seafood
Dosage :	3-9grams
Administration :
	to be decocted with water for oral administration ( # see below ) to be taken with hot water after being ground down into powder

# Decoction
(1) Tools: sauce pan ( non-metal ), bamboo basket ( “Take-zaru” ), bowl ( non-metal ), gauze
(2) How to make :
1. Pour 4 glasses of cold tap water ( about 800ml ) into the pan.
2. Remove the medicinal herbs from the paper bag ( packaging ).
3. Add them to the water.
4. Boil and stir for about 30 min, until the total volume of the water has been reduced to half.
First heat with a full flame, then once it’s boiled, reduce the flame to simmer.
5. Place the bamboo basket with 2 sheets of gauze onto the bowl.
6. Pour the boiling water and medicinal herbs through the filter.
* Gauze is sold at pharmacies ( 5m,10m,20m ).
You should cut the gauze into a suitable sized square.
7. Divide soup into 2 cups equally.