The efficacy and function of dried ginger[picture]

I wonder if you have ever heard of dried ginger [picture]. Dried ginger [picture] has great benefits for regulating our body and can also play a good role in treating some diseases. Today let us look at the relevant knowledge about dried ginger [picture].

[Source] This product is the dried rhizome of ginger, Zingiber officinale Rosc., a plant of the ginger family. Dig up in winter, remove the fibrous roots and mud, and dry in the sun or at low temperature. Ginger slices that are sliced ​​while fresh and then dried in the sun or at low temperature are called "dried ginger slices".

[Properties] Dried ginger: flat block with finger-like branches, 3 to 7 cm long and 1 to 2 cm thick. The surface is grayish yellow or light grayish brown, rough, with longitudinal wrinkles and obvious links. There are often remnants of scale leaves at the branches, and stem scars or buds at the branch tips. The texture is solid, the cross section is yellowish white or grayish white, powdery or granular, the endodermis has obvious annular patterns, and the vascular bundles and yellow oil spots are scattered. The aroma is unique and the taste is spicy.

【Identification】 (1) The powder of this product is light yellow-brown. There are numerous starch granules, which are oval, elliptical, triangular-oval, quasi-circular or irregular in shape, with a diameter of 5 to 40 μm. They have hilums located at the smaller end, and some are in the shape of cracks, with some having obvious stratification. Oil cells and resin cells are scattered in the parenchyma, containing light yellow oil droplets or dark reddish-brown substances. The fibers are bundled or scattered, with blunt tips, a few forked, and one side wavy or serrated. They are 15 to 40 μm in diameter, with slightly thick walls that are non-lignified, with oblique fine pores, and thin transverse septa are often visible. Ladder-like, spiral and reticulated ducts are common, and a few are annular ducts with a diameter of 15 to 70 μm. Tubular cells containing dark reddish-brown substances can sometimes be seen next to the ducts or fibers, with a diameter of 12 to 20 μm.

[Content determination] Take an appropriate amount of the coarsest powder of this product, add 700 ml of water, and determine according to the volatile oil determination method (Appendix Ⅹ D). This product must contain no less than 0.8% (ml/g) volatile oil.

[Preparation] Dried ginger : remove impurities, soak briefly, wash, soak thoroughly, cut into thick slices or blocks, and dry. This product is in irregular flake shape, 0.2 to 0.4 cm thick. Determined by the above-mentioned total ash method, it shall not exceed 5.5%.

【Nature and flavor】Pungent, hot.

[entry into meridians] Enter the spleen, stomach, kidney, heart and lung meridians.

[Functions and indications] Dried ginger warms the middle and dispels cold, restores yang and unclogs the meridians, dries up dampness and eliminates phlegm. It is used for cold pain in the abdomen, vomiting and diarrhea, cold limbs and weak pulse, and cough with phlegm and fluid.

【Usage and Dosage】 3～9g.

【Storage】 Store in a cool and dry place to prevent moth damage.

【Preparation】 Ginger fluid extract.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Pharmacopoeia

[Source] "Ben Jing"

Through the above description, we know what dried ginger [picture] is and what effects it has. Dried ginger [picture] has high medicinal value and is beneficial to improving the immune system, making it a worthy choice for us.