■Editor: Liu Lan Fresh ginger (Sheng Jiang) is an essential seasoning in daily life, a cost-effective health product, and has significant medicinal value. Fresh ginger is warm in nature, pungent in flavor, and has the effects of releasing the exterior, dispersing cold, stopping vomiting, and detoxifying. However, many people mistakenly believe that dried ginger (Gan … Read more
【Properties】Spicy, Hot 【Meridians】Heart, Spleen, Stomach, Kidney, Lung (Changing style) Opening the chapter on “warming herbs”, the first to be encountered is the old friend of the past (the 2016 article on ginger)— Ginger. Previously understood as a herb for releasing the exterior, it is likely that this understanding will be reinterpreted six years later, and … Read more
Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) has a long history, and since “Shennong tasted hundreds of herbs,” the concepts of “medicine” and “food” have been inseparable. This has led to the unique culture of “food and medicine sharing the same source,” which posits that many foods can serve as both food and medicine, capable of preventing and … Read more
Click above to follow “Learn TCM“! Source Gan Jiang (干姜) is derived from mature ginger, and it shares the same plant and medicinal part as Sheng Jiang (生姜), which is its rhizome. This product has a fragrant aroma and a spicy taste. The best quality is characterized by large size, white color, firm texture, and … Read more
Many people believe that fresh ginger and dried ginger are the same, differing only in their freshness and drying process; however, this is not the case. “Fresh ginger, the fresh rhizome of the plant Zingiber officinale Rosc, is pungent and warm, dispersing cold and relieving the exterior, warming the middle and stopping vomiting, transforming phlegm … Read more
Alias: Gan Jiang Pian (Dried Ginger Slices), Bai Jiang (White Ginger), Jun Jiang (Uniform Ginger), Gan Sheng Jiang (Dried Fresh Ginger) Overview: Gan Jiang (Dried Ginger) is a warming herb used in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), derived from the dried rhizome of the Zingiber officinale plant. Main Functions: Warming the middle, dispelling cold, restoring yang, … Read more
Overview Gan Jiang (干姜) refers to the dried rhizome of the ginger plant (Zingiber officinale). The best quality is characterized by a firm texture, a yellowish-white cross-section, a strong aroma, and a sufficient powdery consistency. In ancient China, the famous physician Tao Hongjing mentioned Gan Jiang: “For making Gan Jiang: soak in water for three … Read more
“Dried ginger, known in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) as Gan Jiang. Other names include Gan Sheng Jiang, Bai Jiang, and Jun Jiang. It is the dried rhizome of the plant Zingiber officinale Rosc. from the ginger family. It has the effects of warming the middle, dispersing cold, restoring yang, unblocking the meridians, warming the lungs, … Read more
1. Aliases Dried Ginger, White Ginger, Jun Ginger. 2. Plant Morphology Perennial herb. The rhizome is fleshy, with a white cross-section, powdery, and has a strong spicy aroma. Leaves are arranged in two rows, sessile and embracing the stem, with lanceolate to linear-lanceolate leaf blades. Flower stalks emerge from the rhizome, with an oval spike … Read more
Herb Name: Dried Ginger (Gan Jiang) Harvesting and Processing: Harvested in winter, removing fibrous roots and soil, then sun-dried or dried at low temperatures. Freshly sliced and dried is referred to as “ Dried Ginger Slices”. Medicinal Part: Rhizome Origin: Mainly produced in Sichuan, Guizhou, and other regions Family: Zingiberaceae Original Plant: Ginger (Zingiber officinale) … Read more