Ginger and Turmeric Compatibility
"On whether ginger and turmeric can be used together"
Doctors use drugs and often study the compatibility of drugs. Ginger and turmeric, the nature of the two, doctors often explore whether they can be used together.
Ginger, warm in nature, has the power of dissipating cold and relieving the table, warming in the middle to stop vomiting, reducing phlegm and cough. It is quite commonly used in daily health care. Turmeric, its taste is refreshing, bitter, warm in nature, can break blood and circulate qi, pass menstruation and relieve pain.
Looking at the nature and taste of the two, they are both warm in nature. However, the way of medicine, not only depends on the nature and taste, but also needs to examine the disease and pathogenesis in detail. If the patient has cold coagulation and qi stagnation in the body, and the appearance of blood stasis, use ginger to warm and pass, with turmeric breaking blood and qi, or can complement each other, and play the effect of dissipating cold and removing blood stasis, passing through menstruation and relieving pain.
However, if the patient has a positive constitution, or has real heat in the body, the two are used together, which may help heat to make fire, cause excessive evil heat, and cause various heat syndromes, such as sores on the mouth and tongue, swelling and sore throat, dry stool, etc.
Therefore, whether ginger and turmeric can be used together cannot be generalized. When the specific physical condition of the patient, the actual cold and heat of the disease, detailed syndrome differentiation, and careful medication can be used to cure the disease and avoid the risk of drug harm. Doctors should not use drugs carelessly.
