Gan Jiang/ Dried Ginger/ Rhizoma Zingiberis/ Zingi

Preparation The drug is collected in winter. After the aerial parts have been removed, the rhizomes are cleaned, dried in the sun or at low temperature, and cut into slices. Rhizomes can also be processed. Nature Warm, pungent, attributive to stomach, spleen, heart, lungs and kidneys. Efficacy Warming spleen and stomach for dispelling cold. restoring yang, eliminating dampness and eliminating phlegm, warming lung for resolving fluid retention.