The efficacy and function of sand ginger

Many people don't know much about sand ginger. It has many aspects in use and in the treatment of diseases, and it is also very helpful to choose it to treat common diseases. Sand ginger is easy to buy, and such medicine has no harm to human health, so it is a safe choice. So what are the effects and functions of sand ginger? You should understand these before choosing it.

What are the effects and functions of sand ginger? The following is a detailed introduction so that we can have a better understanding of it. When choosing it to treat diseases, we will also know how it can help us and use it correctly.

The effects and functions of sand ginger :

Effects of sand ginger :

Sand ginger is the dried rhizome of the ginger family plant galangal. Its aliases include galangal, galangal, galangal, and galangal. The effects of sand ginger are to promote qi and warm the middle, help digestion, and relieve pain. The function of sand ginger is to treat chest distension, cold pain in the abdomen, and indigestion. The contraindications of sand ginger are that people with yin deficiency and blood deficiency and stomach fire should not take sand ginger.

Name: Sand ginger

Category: Warming medicine

Other names: Kaempferia galanga, Sannaizi, Sanlai, and Shanla.

Medicinal part: rhizome.

Nature and flavor: warm; spicy.

Meridian: Stomach Meridian

Efficacy: Promotes qi and warms the middle, helps digestion and relieves pain.

Indications: Used for chest distension, cold pain in the abdomen, and indigestion.

Dosage and Administration: For oral administration: decoct in water, 6-10g; or make into pills or powder. For external use: take appropriate amount, grind into powder and apply; or mash and apply; or sniff the nose.

Source: Sand ginger is the dried rhizome of Kaempferia galanga, a plant of the ginger family.

The role of sand ginger :

Sand ginger is spicy and warm in nature, and enters the stomach meridian. It has the effects of warming the middle and dispersing cold, stimulating appetite and digestion, regulating qi and relieving pain. Sand ginger is suitable for people with cold stomach, cold pain in the heart and abdomen, intestinal rumbling and diarrhea, poor appetite, loss of appetite, or indigestion.

1. Sand ginger treats cold pain in the heart and abdomen: galangal, clove, angelica, and licorice in equal parts. Grind into powder, make into pills with vinegar paste, the size of walnuts. Take 30 pills each time, with wine. (Binghu Collection of Prescriptions)

2. Sand ginger treats toothache caused by wind and worms: Take a soap, remove the pulp, add three parts each of Sanlai and Nardostachys grandiflora, and any amount of pepper and salt, until the soap is full. Use bread, refine it until it turns red, grind it into powder, and use it to brush your teeth every day. (《Wonderful Recipes for Preserving Health》)

3. Sand ginger can cure all toothaches: 2 qian of galangal seeds (wrapped in flour and simmered), 0.5 qian of musk. Grind it into fine powder, take three words at a time, hold warm water in your mouth, inhale it into your nose along the toothache, rinse your mouth with water and spit it out. (Musk One-Word Powder from Hai Fang)

Li's Compendium of Materia Medica says that shajiang is pungent and warm, and can warm the middle, ward off malaria and bad air, and treat cold pain in the heart and abdomen, and cholera caused by cold and dampness. It tastes pungent and warm and has a fragrant aroma, and can ward off cold and promote qi circulation. Because it is similar to amomum villosum and cardamom, the treatment is also roughly similar. It is also said that it can treat toothache caused by wind and insects, and it also specifically acts on the Yangming meridian. It can be used as a meridian-guiding medicine and is used together with sweet pinellia. It is definitely not a pungent and warm substance, and it can treat the wind and fire of the Yangming meridian alone.

Through the above introduction, we have some understanding of the effects and functions of sand ginger. When choosing it, we should also be careful not to do it casually, and choose the best according to our own needs. This will be of great help to our own health, improve all aspects of our body, and prevent diseases from occurring.