Zinziberis Siccum, Dry Ginger, Gan Jiang 干姜 Gan Jiang (TCM) Shunthi (Ayurveda)Chuku (Siddha)Zanjabil, Zanjabeel Khushk (Unani)Sman Sga སྨན་སྒ (Tibetan) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Flora Sinensis, Boym, 1653 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Medical Botany, Woodville, Hooker, 1832 Chinese Ginger Culcutta Ginger Jamaica Ginger African Ginger Squibb’s Atlas of the Official Drugs, Mansfield, 1919 Botanical name: Zingiber officinalis Parts used: Dry Rhizome Temperature & Taste: Hot, dry. Pungent Classifications: 2B ATTENUATER.  2F. PURIFYING.  2H. CARMINATIVE. 3F. LITHONTRIPTIC.  3H. LACTAGOGUE.  3L. ANTI-TUSSIVE.  3P. MASTICATORIES & STERNUTATORIES. 3K. EXPECTORANT3I. APHRODISIAC.  3J. INCREASE SEMEN (candied Ginger)4e. STOMACHIC.   4g. HEPATIC.  4h. NEPHRITICTCM:M. Warm to Clear Cold Uses: Warms the Yang, Clears Cold: (West, TCM, Ayurveda, Tibetan) poor circulation due to coldness, or lack of body heat; coldness of the limbs, weak pulsepoor circulation, chilblains, cramp, fibrositis and muscle strain.impotence from cold (Ginger with Honey, or Candied Ginger); and to stimulate erectionpoor Heart function from Cold manifesting as Palpitations.Amenorrhoea and Dysmenorrhea from coldexhaustion during or after Childbirth.‘Profitable for the Old’.Muscle and Joint pain; Rheumatic and Arthritic pains and swellingsDiabetes; Hypoglycemia, and to lower Cholesterol. Warms the Stomach, Promotes Digestion: (West, TCM, Ayurveda, Tibetan) ‘strengthens and fortifies the stomach’ (Galen)vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain, dyspepsia, flatulence, colic from Coldnausea from cold: motion…

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