What are the effects and functions of ginger and pinellia?

Few people have heard of this medicinal material, Pinellia ternata, but it is quite common in the medical field. It is mainly used to treat some special diseases, such as frequent cough with phlegm. Pinellia ternata can mainly resolve phlegm. The most important thing is that it can nourish the spleen and stomach, regulate qi and blood, and increase physical health. It can also treat internal heat, relieve gastrointestinal discomfort and other symptoms.

1. The efficacy and function of ginger and pinellia

Used for cough with excessive phlegm: Ginger and Pinellia are dry in nature and can resolve phlegm. The phlegm it resolves is mainly caused by the spleen's failure to resolve dampness, which accumulates and forms phlegm. It is an important medicine for treating damp phlegm, and is used for symptoms such as phlegm and dampness stagnation, cough and qi reversal. It is often used in combination with tangerine peel, Poria cocos, etc.; for cough with excessive phlegm, it is often used in combination with Fritillaria. It is warm in nature and can also treat cold phlegm. It can be used together with white mustard seeds, ginger, etc.; because of its good phlegm-resolving ability, it can also treat hot phlegm and wind phlegm. For hot phlegm, it can be used with Trichosanthes kirilowii, Scutellaria baicalensis, etc.; for wind phlegm, it should be used together with Arisaema consanguineum, etc.

2. Used for chest and abdominal distension, chest pain, and chest congestion: Ginger and Pinellia have the effects of dispersing heat, resolving phlegm, and drying dampness. They can be used for internal phlegm obstruction and chest and abdominal distension. If cold and heat are combined, they can be used together with Scutellaria baicalensis, Coptis chinensis, and dried ginger, which can achieve the effects of dispersing stagnation and removing distension (such as Banxia Xiexin Decoction). In addition, it is often used for chest pain, and is used together with Trichosanthes kirilowii, Allium macrostemon, etc.; it can be used together with Trichosanthes kirilowii, Coptis chinensis, etc. to treat chest congestion.

3. Used for goiters, scrofula, swelling and pain of sores, and plum pit qi: Ginger and Pinellia can resolve phlegm and disperse nodules. They can be used to treat goiters, scrofula, phlegm nodules, swelling and pain of genital carbuncle caused by accumulation of phlegm and dampness, or plum pit qi caused by the accumulation of phlegm and qi. For the treatment of goiters, scrofula, and phlegm nodules, it can be used together with seaweed, Coptis chinensis, and Fritillaria thunbergii. For carbuncles that have not yet ulcerated, you can grind raw Pinellia ternata and raw Arisaema consanguineum together, mix with vinegar and apply externally, which has the effect of dispersing the nodules and reducing swelling. It can be used to treat plum pit qi, and can be used together with Magnolia bark, Perilla frutescens, etc.

4. How to eat ginger and pinellia

Ginger and Pinellia soup is a commonly used way to consume ginger and Pinellia. Use 9 grams of ginger and pinellia and 15 grams of ginger juice to treat chest wheezing, vomiting, hiccups, and a feeling of confusion and helplessness in the heart. Wind and phlegm attack the upper part of the body, causing dizziness, cough due to phlegm accumulation, and edema of the face. Use ginger and pinellia to harmonize the stomach, transform fluid, and relieve nausea and vomiting.