Wild Ginger (Zingiber officinale)

野姜yě jiāngYejiang

Zingiber officinale · Plant

Zingiber officinale
Photo: Franz Eugen Köhler, Köhler's Medizinal-Pflanzen, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Indications
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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 Wild Ginger for. The list carries no source and is an index, not a prescription.

Inflammation SyndromeNausea Syndrome

TCM actions

What the catalogue says Wild 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.