Preparation method of Chinese medicine dried ginger

Many Chinese medicines are often used in our lives, such as dried ginger. It has the effects of warming the middle and dispersing cold, restoring yang and unblocking meridians, warming the lungs and transforming fluid. It is used to treat cold pain in the abdomen, vomiting and diarrhea, cold limbs and weak pulse, cold fluid and wheezing and cough, so it is often used. The method of making dried ginger is also very simple and can be made at home. So, what is the preparation method of Chinese medicine dried ginger?

There are many ways to prepare Chinese medicinal dried ginger. The most common method is to slice it, remove impurities, soak it briefly, wash it, moisten it thoroughly, cut it into thick slices or blocks, and dry it. Irregular flakes, 0.2 to 0.4 cm thick. If you have a lot of ginger at home, you can slice it and store it.

The Chinese herbal medicine dried ginger is in the form of a flat block with finger-like branches, 3 to 7 cm long and 1 to 2 cm thick. The surface is grayish yellow or light grayish brown, rough, with longitudinal wrinkles and obvious links. There are often remnants of scale leaves at the branches, and stem scars or buds at the branch tips. The texture is solid, the cross section is yellowish white or grayish white, powdery or granular, the endodermis has obvious annular patterns, and the vascular bundles and yellow oil spots are scattered. The aroma is unique and the taste is spicy.

The effects of dried ginger are

: 1. Contains volatile oil, the main components of which are gingerol, zingiberene, bisabolene, α-curcumene, linalool, eucalyptol and α-borneol; it also contains the pungent ingredient gingerol and its decomposition product gingerone; it also contains a variety of amino acids, etc.

2. The methanol or ether extracts of dried ginger have sedative, analgesic, anti-inflammatory, antiemetic and transient hypertension effects; the water extract or volatile oil can significantly prolong the experimental thrombosis time in rats; the alcohol extract of dried ginger and the gingerol and gingerolene contained in it have significant snail-killing and anti-schistosomiasis effects.

3. It is used for internal cold syndrome caused by spleen and stomach yang deficiency, with symptoms such as indigestion, vomiting of clear water, loose stools, cold and painful abdomen, pale tongue with white coating, and deep and thin pulse.

4. Effectively treat spleen and stomach deficiency, loss of appetite, dizziness and vomiting.