Gao Liang Jiang
Name: Galanga (高良薑)
Pinyin: Gao Liang Jiang
Pharm. Name: Rhizoma Alpiniae Officinarum
Properties:
|
Taste |
Characteristics |
Organs |
Dosage |
|
Acrid |
Warm middle energizer to alleviate pain, arrest vomiting |
Spleen, Stomach |
1.5-10g |
Description:
This herb is commonly used for stomach colds, gastro-abdominal cold pain for its actions of warming middle-energizer and dispersing cold to alleviate pain. It is usually combined with Gan Jiang to reinforce each other's actions. For instance, they are combined in Er Jiang Wan described in the book of Tai Ping Hui Min He Ji Ju Fang. It has the actions of warming middle energizer and harmonizing stomach to arrest vomiting. For vomiting due to stomach cold, it is usually combined with Sheng Jiang and Ban Xia. For vomiting due to deficiency-cold, it is combined with the qi-tonifying and spleen-invigorating herbs such as Bai Zhu, Fu Ling and Dang Shen.