Dry ginger (Zingiber officinale)
干姜gān jiāngGanjiang
Zingiber officinale · Plant
2
Indications
6
With studies in people
Cautions
May increase bleeding risk; avoid with blood-thinning medications; may stimulate bile production; caution with gallstones.
Indications
What AcuiQ’s herb catalogue lists Dry ginger for. The list carries no source and is an index, not a prescription.
Inflammation SyndromeNausea Syndrome
TCM actions
What the catalogue says Dry ginger does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the herb, not a condition.
Benefit AntimicrobialBenefit AntioxidantBenefit DigestiveBenefit Respiratory
In the literature
PubMed records whose title or abstract names Zingiber officinale and the indication, and how many of those are indexed as studies in people. A record names the two together; it does not show that one treats the other, and most are laboratory or animal work.
- Benefit Antimicrobial284 records, 79 in people
- Benefit Antioxidant556 records, 145 in people
- Benefit Digestive164 records, 60 in people
- Benefit Respiratory92 records, 35 in people
- Inflammation Syndrome469 records, 184 in people
- Nausea Syndrome104 records, 65 in people