"Ginger Charcoal" is a traditional Chinese medicine name, which is a processed product formed by parching the dried rhizome of Zingiber officinale. Its Latin plant and animal mineral name is Zingiber offcinale Rose. It has the effects of warming meridians to stop bleeding, warming spleen to stop diarrhea, and belongs to Zingiberaceae. Indications: vomiting blood due to deficiency and cold; Bloody stool; Collapse and leakage; Diarrhea due to yang deficiency.

Basic introduction of ginger charcoal:

1, function:

Warming the middle and dispersing cold; Huiyang Tongmai; Warming the lung and dissolving the drink. Warming meridian hemostatic; Spleen-warming and antidiarrheal drugs

2. Indications:

Cold pain in epigastric region; Vomiting; Diarrhea, death of yang and syncope; Cold drinking with asthma and cough; Cold-dampness arthralgia.

3. Source:

The dried rhizome of Zingiber officinale. Excavate in winter, remove fibrous roots and sediment, and dry in the sun or at low temperature. Those who dry fresh slices in the sun or at low temperature are called "dried ginger slices".

4. Characteristics:

Bitter taste; Xin; Astringent; Sexual temperature. It is fragrant, unique and spicy. The rhizome is irregular and flat, with finger branches, 3-7cm long and 1-2cm thick.

The surface is grayish brown or yellowish brown, rough, with longitudinal wrinkles and obvious links. Scales often remain at the branches, with stem marks or firm buds at the top of the branches, yellow-white or grayish-white cross-section, powdery and granular, with an obvious ring (endodermis), veins (vascular bundles) and yellow oil spots scattered. It is better to have solid quality, yellow and white cross-section, full powder and strong smell.

5. Usage and dosage:

Oral administration: decoction, 3-10g; Or into the pill powder.

External use: appropriate amount, decocted and washed; Or grinding and dressing.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Ginger Charcoal