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title: "Gao Liang Jiang"
url: "https://books.drcassone.com/21/traditional-medicines-of-east-asia/481/gao-liang-jiang"
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# Gao Liang Jiang

### Alpiniae Officinarum Rhizoma

_acrid, hot_

#### PRIMARY FUNCTION:

_**Warm the Interior and Expel Cold**_

CLASSICAL MANIFESTATIONS:
- Gastrointestinal tract disorders
 - Epigastric pain
 - Abdominal pain
 - Vomiting
 - Hiccough
 - Diarrhea

Gao Liang Jiang is acrid and hot. It enters the stomach and spleen
systems to treat cold patterns. It’s primarily used to treat
gastrointestinal tract disorders.

**Channels:** spleen, stomach

COMMON APPLICATIONS AND CLINICAL
POSSIBILITIES:
- Cold masses in the abdomen
- Stomachache
- Angina pain
- Indigestion
- Hiccough
- Vomiting
- Nausea
 - Antimicrobial

**Formulas:**
- Liang Fu Wan
- Tian Tai Wu Yao San

**Contraindications:** do not prescribe Gao Liang Jiang to
patients that present with heat due to deficiency patterns

**Zoo Image:** a massage therapist lion is working on a lion with a cold blue
middle jiao that barfed green and had brown diarrhea

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