Not the same, each has its own efficacy, hairy ginger is warm, bitter flavor.

To tonify the kidney and strong bones, continue to injuries and pain. Used for kidney deficiency lumbago, kidney deficiency diarrhea, tinnitus, deafness, loose teeth, fall flickering frustration, tendons and bones broken; external treatment of baldness, vitiligo. Ginger

Octane, slightly warm, attributed to the lung, spleen and stomach meridian

, the main treatment of sweating and symptomatic relief, warming and stopping vomiting, warming the lungs to stop coughing, detoxification of fish and crab, detoxification of medicines.