The Differences in Efficacy Among Various Types of Ginger: Fresh Ginger, Dried Ginger, Roasted Ginger, Ginger Charcoal, and Galangal

The Differences in Efficacy Among Various Types of Ginger: Fresh Ginger, Dried Ginger, Roasted Ginger, Ginger Charcoal, and Galangal

Ginger is not only a seasoning but also an important medicinal herb in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). The earliest record of ginger as a medicinal substance is found in the Shennong Bencao Jing, which states that dried ginger (gan jiang) “is used for chest fullness, cough, counterflow of qi, warming the middle, stopping bleeding, inducing … Read more