Today let's talk about a common treasure in the kitchen and an indispensable treasure in pharmacies - dried ginger.

Do you think that dried ginger is just spicy, used to make soup and soak your feet? Then you underestimate it. In the hands of traditional Chinese medicine, the dosage of this thing changes slightly, and the effect is simply worlds of difference. There are three ways to use medicine, from driving away a small cold to saving people's lives, the key depends on how many grams you use.

Entry-level: 2-5 grams, "invisible jacket" to carry around

Applicable scenarios: Just blew a little cold wind, the back of the neck is cold, sneeze, start to run, and feel a little "cold".

How does traditional Chinese medicine look at it: At this time, it is called "wind and cold bundle table". It means that the little thief of cold air has just slipped to the surface of your body and has not yet drilled in. Your body's righteousness is still "fighting" with it, so you will feel afraid of the cold.

How to make dried ginger: Use 2-5 grams of dried ginger, soak it in water or boil it into porridge. This dose of dried ginger, with mild firepower, is like gently putting on an invisible coat for you. Its function is to "dissolve the surface and disperse the cold", gently and gently "persuade" the cold air that has just come in, the body sweats slightly, and the signs of cold are extinguished, which is not harmful to the body and is very effective.

Advanced level: 5-10 grams, the "small heater" of the spleen and stomach

Applicable scenarios: I am usually afraid of the cold, my hands and feet are not warm, and my stomach always feels cold. Especially if you don't dare to eat cold food, your stomach hurts and gurgles as soon as you eat, and then you have to run to the toilet, and the stool you pull out is also thin.

How does traditional Chinese medicine look at it: This is called "spleen and stomach deficiency and cold" or "middle jiao deficiency cold". "Medium coke" can be understood as the "boiler room" of our body's digestive system, this boiler is not enough firepower, naturally it cannot digest raw and cold things, and it is easy to have problems when eaten.

How to make dried ginger: At this time, the dosage must be increased to 5-10 grams. This firepower of dried ginger, the power goes inward, no longer only acting on the surface, but directly adding firewood to your spleen and stomach "boiler room", which is called "warming and dispersing cold". It can warm up the cold air accumulated in the spleen and stomach, allowing your digestive system to regain power. If you stick to it for a while, you will find that your stomach is much more comfortable and you are not so afraid of eating cold.

Master level: 15-30 grams, life-saving "cardioton"

Applicable scenarios: This kind of scenario is basically rare for ordinary people and usually occurs in critical and severe cases. For example, the patient suddenly sweats profusely (the sweat is cold), his hands and feet are as cold as stones, his lips are purple, and his pulse is so weak that he can't be touched.

How does traditional Chinese medicine look at it: This is called "dead yang syndrome", which means that the yang energy in the body is about to dissipate, and the fire of life is about to be extinguished, and the situation is extremely critical.

How to make dried ginger: At this juncture, it is necessary to use a large dose of dried ginger, 15-30 grams or more, with aconite and other medicines, and decoct it into a decoction for emergency administration. This dose of dried ginger has extremely rapid medicinal properties, and can be called a fierce general of "returning to the sun and saving the rebels". It is equivalent to suddenly adding a large handful of dry firewood to the fire of life that is about to go out, forcibly pulling back the yang energy that wants to dissipate, and buying precious time to save life. This is the core usage in Zhang Zhongjing's "Treatise on Typhoid Fever" and other prescriptions.

Special reminder, if you press the bottom of the box:

Seeing this, do you think the dried ginger is too divine? But remember!

Small and medium doses, we can use it occasionally after understanding our physique, but the 15-30 grams of "life-saving" usage is an operation at the emergency department and ICU level, and ordinary people absolutely, absolutely, absolutely cannot try it at home!

Why? Because there is a saying in traditional Chinese medicine called "strong fire and eating qi", which means that if the fire is too big, although it can be used to save an emergency, it will also consume our body's own energy (righteous qi) after burning for a long time. Therefore, it is a "hammer trade" used to save lives, not for health and food.

To sum up: Medicine does not distinguish between expensive and lowly, and the amount is large for the monarch and ministers. Small dried ginger is a treasure when used correctly, and grass when used incorrectly. I hope today's sharing will give you a deeper understanding of the subtleties of traditional Chinese medicine. Next time you use dried ginger, don't underestimate it!