Gan Jiang
Zingiberis Rhizoma
acrid, hot
PRIMARY FUNCTION:
Warm the Interior and Expel Cold
CLASSICAL MANIFESTATIONS:
- Cold sensation
- Extremities
- Mucus
- Bleeding
- Gray complexion
- Weak pulse
- Floating
- Thin
Gan Jiang is acrid and hot. It enters the spleen, stomach, lung, and heart systems to treat cold patterns. Its stomach and spleen functions allow it to treat cold in the middle jiao coming from both deficiency and excess patterns.
Gan Jiang enters the lung system to treat conditions presenting with cold mucus that is typically thin and watery.
Gan Jiang can also treat hemorrhagic disorders when the cause is a yang deficiency pattern.
Channels: lung, stomach, heart, spleen
COMMON APPLICATIONS AND CLINICAL POSSIBILITIES:
- Lung disorders
- Pneumonia
- Bronchitis
- Gastrointestinal tract disorders
- Indigestion
- Diarrhea
- Loose stool
- Loss of appetite
- Pain
- Cold extremities
- Cold bi syndrome
- Arthritis
- Abnormal uterine bleeding
Formulas:
- Bai Tong Tang
- Ban Xia Xie Xin Tang
- Chai Hu Gui Zhi Gan Jiang Tang
- Da Jian Zhong Tang
- Fu Zi Li Zhong
- Gan Cao Gan Jiang Fu Ling Bai Zhu Tang
- Gan Cao Gan Jiang Tang
- Gan Cao Xie Xin Tang
- Ge Hua Jie Cheng San
- Gui Zhi Ren Shen Tang
- Hou Po Wen Zhong Tang
- Hu Qian Wan
- Huang Lian Tang
- Li Zhong An Hui Tang
- Li Zhong Wan
- Ling Gan Wu Wei Jiang Xin Tang
- San Wu Bei Ji Wan
- Shao Fu Zhu Yu Tang
- Sheng Jiang Xie Xin Tang
- Shi Pi Yin
- Shi Wei Bai Du San
- Si Ni Jia Ren Shen Tang
- Si Ni Tang
- Tao Hua Tang
- Tong Mai Si Ni Tang
- Wen Pi Tang
- Wu Ji San
- Wu Mei Wan
- Xiao Qing Long Tang
- Zheng Qi Tian Xiang San
- Zhi Shi Xiao Pi Wan
Contraindications: do not prescribe Gan Jiang to patients that present with heat patterns due to deficiency especially with concomitant bleeding, prescribe Gan Jiang with caution to pregnant patients
Zoo Image: a uterus bleeding lion with devastated yang is rescued by a Harry Potter lion that is putting warm lungs into his cold middle and upper jiao