SP, ST, LU, HT (3-12g)
Gan Jiang (Gan Jiang is Fried Ginger)
"Oh Mr. Frodo, Mrs. Ginger was fried this morning when she turned up pregnant (cc: pregnancy) but I can't stop thinking about her! She sure warmed my middle jiao, but ever since then she locked me out in the cold my Yang qi is devastated! I guess I should be careful because she's hot blooded (cc: hot reckless blood), but golly Mr. Frodo I don't know what's the big deal. I think I'll go to the swamp and smoke some pipe weed since I can't sleep (cc: yin deficiency with heat signs). Good night Mr. Frodo, and thanks fer listenin' to an old bother sport like me!"
Explanation of Key Words in this story... |
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| warms my middle jiao... lock me out in the cold | warms middle jiao; expels cold |
| locked me out in the cold... yang qi is devastated | expels cold; restores devastated yang qi |
| swamp... pipe weed | transforms phlegm; warms LU |
Gan Jiang Actions and Indications
- Warms middle jiao; expels cold (epigastric and abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhea due to excess external cold or cold due to SP yang deficiency)
- Restores devastated yang; expels cold (yang collapse with very weak pulse and cold limbs)
- Warms Lung; transforms phlegm (Lung cold with cough, asthma, thin watery white sputum)
- (cc: pregnancy)
- (cc: yin deficiency with heat signs)
- (cc: reckless movement of hot blood)
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Special Notes:
- "Without gan jiang, fu zi is not hot" (refers to mutual accentuation). "Gan Jiang stays and Fu Zi walks".
- Compare Gan Jiang with Sheng Jiang, and Pao Jiang have similar yet different functions.
- Gan Jiang warms SP and LU while Fu Zi warms HT yang, SP yang, and KD yang.
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