Zingiber is the dried rhizome of Zingiber officinale (willd. ) Rosc.

Action: To dispel cold from the spleen and the stomach, to promote recovery from collapse, and to eliminate damp and phlegm.

Indications: Epigastric pain with cold feeling, vomiting and diarrhea accompanied by cold extremities and faint pulse; dyspnea and cough with copious frothy expectoration.