Sheng Jiang / 生姜 [生薑] (Fresh Ginger Rhizome)

Item

Title

Sheng Jiang / 生姜 [生薑] (Fresh Ginger Rhizome)

Doc Hay's Shorthand

萎皮
恙皮
羌皮

Latin name

Zingiberis Rhizoma recens

Herb Category

Release the Exterior

Nature of Herb

Slightly Warm

Flavor of Herb

Acrid

Channels

Lung
Spleen
Stomach

Translator's annotation

Ginger peel is called Sheng Jiang Pi / 生姜皮.
KWC2007.1.372: the box was labeled with Chinese characters that read Jing Fu Si Bing / 鏡茯丝餅 (Fu Ling [茯苓] cake and Si Bing [丝饼] strips cake?). The box contained a bag of Sheng Jiang, and those cakes.

Bibliographic Citation

Bensky, D., Clavey, S. & Stöger, E. (2004). Chinese herbal medicine: Materia medica (3rd ed.). Seattle: Eastland Press. p. 30

SymMap URL

https://www.symmap.org/detail/SMHB00367

Item Type (DCMI Type vocabulary URI)

PhysicalObject

Format of the digital image

image/jpeg

Rights

In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted

Rights Holder

Photograph courtesy of Kam Wah Chung State Heritage Site

Owner of the Collection

State of Oregon

Source (the collection in which this object is found)

Kam Wah Chung Collection

KWC location ID

KWC2007.1.271
KWC2007.1.372

Item sets

Bulk Herbs

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