Gan Jiang Dried Ginger Root - Chinese Herbal Medicine

• Nausea with possible vomitting from combination of damp with liver qi stagnation causing rebellious qi.
• Dizziness, migraines, and vertigo from damp and liver wind rising.
• Heavy or oppressed sensation of the chest.

This formula should not be used to treat dizziness or vertigo due to liver yang rising patterns.

• Spleen yang deficiency resulting in coldness of the limbs and/or interior, borborygmus, and possible loose stools or diarrhea.
• Feeling full even with small amounts of food, bloating, epigastric/abdominal pain, possible decrease in appetite.
• Vomitting and nausea especially if it occurs shortly after eating.

• A combination of jia wei xiao yao wan and gui pi wan - similar effects but with more spleen qi and blood tonification.
• A range of stress related issues - essentially mixes of stagnation with underlying deficiencies.
• Potential uses with immune / idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) and other bruising/bleeding issues with appropriate diagnostic factors.

• Qi and blood stagnation in the lower jiao - lower abdominal masses, fibroids, ovarian cysts, endometriosis.
• Fertility issues in both men and women with the right underlying signs - amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, irregular cycles, uterine bleeding.
• Can be used to dispel ectopic pregnancy.
• Ulcerative colitis, urinary stones.

• Avoid during pregnancy.
• Not generally applicable to heavy menstrual bleeding coming from deficiency.

• Aversion to cold, very cold limbs, sensations of deep cold, fatigue, lethary resulting from kidney yang deficiency.
• Diarrhea with undigested food, vomiting, abdominal pain.

• Irregular menstruation, amenorrhea, excessive uterine bleeding or spotting between cycles. 
• Infertility, history of miscarriage. 

• Use with caution with patients that present with heat signs.

• Generally used with roundworms - abdominal pain, irritability, stifled chest w/heat, vomiting after eating, cold hands and/or feet.  
• Chronic diarrhea, IBS, or other digestive disorders characterized by both heat and cold.

• Arthritis from damp heat in Chinese Medicine terms.
• Knee issues with kidney and liver systems involvement.
• Lower body pain and/or inflammation - hips, knees, ankles, toes especially when the pain moves around due to interior wind.
• Connective tissue disorders.

• Cold/flu like symptoms such as aversion to cold, cough, clear watery phlegm -from exterior wind cold invasion.
• Wheezing, heavy sensation, edema due to interior water accumulation.

• Not meant for long term use.