Dried ginger porridge

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Dried ginger porridge

This type of prescription is mainly composed of warming and dispelling cold or warming and analgesic drugs, and is suitable for spleen and stomach deficiency and cold syndrome or stomach cold syndrome. The spleen and stomach are located in the middle of the human body, and their duties are to receive, digest, transport, and transform, and to raise the clear and lower the turbid. Excessive consumption of cold food and cold drinks, or external cold directly attacking the Taiyin, or insufficient Yang Qi, and the spleen and stomach are not warm, which can lead to the above two syndromes, such as cold body, fatigue, loss of appetite, vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain, bland mouth without thirst, pale tongue with white fur, etc. The treatment should be to warm the middle, dispel cold and relieve pain, so as to promote and strengthen the digestion and absorption function of the stomach.

Some prescriptions in this category are good at warming and replenishing Yang Qi, some are good at dispelling Yin and cold, some are good at relieving pain, some are good at stopping vomiting, and some are good at invigorating the spleen and stopping diarrhea. Care must be taken to select them accurately when using them.

Introduction to dried ginger porridge

Ingredients: 1-3g dried ginger, 3g galangal, 60g polished rice

Method: First, fry the dried ginger and galangal to extract the juice, remove the residue, then add the polished rice and cook into porridge. Take 1 dose each morning and evening.

Efficacy and indications: Warming the middle and harmonizing the stomach, dispelling cold and relieving pain. Indications: spleen and stomach deficiency and cold, cold pain in the abdomen, vomiting, hiccups, vomiting of clear water, intestinal rumbling and diarrhea.

Explanation: Abdominal pain, vomiting and diarrhea can be divided into cold, heat, deficiency and excess, and qi, dampness and parasites. This prescription treats the condition caused by excessive cold in the middle jiao. Coldness stagnates, qi loses circulation, and pain occurs when qi is blocked; vomiting, nausea and diarrhea occur when the spleen and stomach lose their ascending and descending functions. The treatment should be to warm the middle jiao and harmonize the stomach, dispel cold and relieve pain.

The dried ginger in the prescription is not only a seasoning for food, but also a medicine for warming the middle and dispelling cold. It is pungent and hot in nature and is good at entering the spleen and stomach. "Zhenzhu Nang" believes that "dried ginger has four uses: one is to open the heart and help yang; the second is to remove the deep pain and chronic coldness of the internal organs; the third is to dispel the coldness of the meridians; the fourth is to treat abdominal pain caused by cold." "Compendium of Materia Medica" further points out: "All those who see chronic obstruction of the internal organs, blocked joints, blocked meridians, cold numbness, cold dysentery, and stomach nausea and vomiting due to the entry of cold can all use this to save and eliminate the cold." Because it is good at dispelling cold evil from the spleen and stomach, helping the middle-jiao to invade the real syndrome, or the deficiency syndrome of insufficient yang qi. However, this product is mainly used to dispel cold and dispel evil, and it has no special effects in relieving pain, stopping vomiting, and stopping diarrhea. Therefore, it is often combined with products that replenish yang, replenish qi, stop pain, and reduce adverse reactions and stop diarrhea according to the symptoms to fully address the symptoms.

Alpinia galanga is also good at warming and dispersing cold evil in the spleen and stomach, but its analgesic and anti-vomiting effects are more significant. The combination of the two medicines is the Erjiang Decoction in "Hejijufang". Although this prescription has a strong warming effect, it is also more dry and hot, and has a strong spicy taste. Now it is changed into a diet therapy and cooked into porridge for consumption, which can better promote its strengths and avoid its weaknesses.

Modern research shows that dried ginger contains gingerol, gingerol and a variety of amino acids. Gingerol has a mild stimulating effect on the oral and gastric mucosa, so it can promote the secretion of digestive juices, increase appetite, inhibit abnormal fermentation in the intestines and promote the discharge of accumulated gas. Alpinia officinarum can stimulate the nerves of the stomach wall and make the digestive function hyperactive.

Usage Notes:

1. For people who suffer from stomach deficiency and cold for a long time, this prescription should be started with a small dose, gradually increased, and adhered to in order to achieve good results.

2. This prescription has a strong warming nature and can only be used to treat symptoms of excessive cold, especially in autumn and winter. It should not be used for patients with abdominal pain, vomiting and diarrhea caused by heat evil.

Additional prescription

1. Pepper porridge (Puji Fang)

3-5g Sichuan pepper, 90g white flour, 3 slices of ginger. First grind Sichuan pepper into very fine powder, take an appropriate amount each time and mix it with flour, add it into water to cook porridge, then add ginger and cook for a while. The efficacy and indications are similar to the above, but the effect of warming the middle and dispelling cold, soothing the stomach and relieving pain is stronger. Sichuan pepper is a hot and slightly toxic product with a strong numbing taste, so it should not be used too much when cooking porridge, and it should not be taken for too long.

2. Evodia rutaecarpa porridge (Food and Materia Medica)

2 grams of Evodia rutaecarpa, 2 slices of ginger, 2 stems of scallion, 30-60 grams of polished rice. Grind Evodia rutaecarpa into fine powder, cook porridge with polished rice first, add Evodia rutaecarpa powder, ginger and scallion after the rice is cooked, cook into porridge, 1-2 times a day. Efficacy warms the spleen and stomach, dries dampness, soothes the liver, relieves pain and stops vomiting. It is mainly used to treat cold pain in the abdomen, vomiting and acid regurgitation, diarrhea, headache, hernia pain, etc. Evodia rutaecarpa is a bitter, hot and slightly toxic product. It is good at treating stomach pain, vomiting, acid regurgitation caused by liver and stomach disharmony, as well as cold pain in the abdomen and diarrhea caused by spleen and stomach cold. It is especially effective in relieving pain and stopping vomiting. Because of its strong smell and slight poison, the dosage should not be too large, otherwise it may cause chest discomfort, dizziness, and even visual impairment and illusion.

3. Piper longum porridge (Health Food Guide)

2-4g Piper longum, 1-3g Pepper, 60g glutinous rice. First grind the two herbs into very fine powder. Cook porridge with glutinous rice, add the above two herbs after boiling, and cook into thick porridge. The efficacy and indications are the same as above.

4. Chicken Stewed with Galangal (from "Yinshi Zhengyao")

6g each of galangal and tsaoko, 3g each of tangerine peel and pepper, 1 rooster, appropriate amount of green onion and salt. Remove the hair and internal organs of the rooster, wash it, cut it into pieces, put it into the pot with galangal, tsaoko, tangerine peel, pepper and green onion, add appropriate amount of water, simmer until the chicken is cooked. Function: dispel cold and replenish the middle, mainly treat cold pain in the abdomen and body weakness.