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Pao Jiang炮姜

Zingiberis Rhizoma praeparatum · Blast-fried Ginger · Quick-fried Dried Ginger

Herbs that Warm the Interior 温里药《珍珠囊》

Overview

Dried ginger fried hard until the surface scorches and the flesh browns through. The processing blunts ginger's outward rush and turns it inward: where Gan Jiang 干姜 warms fast and hard enough to rally a collapsing yang, Pao Jiang works more slowly and more deeply, warming the channels so that cold-deficiency bleeding settles and cold cramping in the abdomen eases.

Nature & Flavor

Bitter, astringent · Warm

Channels

Spleen · Liver

Typical Dosage

3–6 g in decoction
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Actions

3 core actions

  • Warms the channels, stops bleedingBleeding of deficiency cold — uterine bleeding, blood in the stool, pale thin blood in a tired, cold patient who feels better for warmth.
  • Warms the middle, relieves cold painCold cramping abdominal pain and long-standing loose stool from Spleen-Stomach deficiency cold.
  • Compared with Gan Jiang and Jiang TanGan Jiang 干姜 warms more forcefully and reaches devastated yang; Pao Jiang is gentler, slower and better at holding blood; Jiang Tan is charred further still and used almost solely to stop bleeding.

In Formulas

Formulas containing Pao Jiang

No published formula lists this herb yet — the library is growing.

Indications & Clinical Uses

  • Uterine bleeding of deficiency cold
    - Blood in the stool with cold signs
    - Cold cramping abdominal pain and chronic diarrhea
    - Postpartum abdominal pain from cold with stasis

Western Medical Keywords

Searchable condition terms

Abnormal uterine bleedingChronic diarrheaAbdominal painPostpartum pain

Contraindications

Cautions

Warm and drying: not for bleeding driven by blood heat, nor where yin deficiency with heat signs is present. Not toxic at customary doses.

Contraindicated in pregnancy: No specific restriction — practitioner judgment applies; it is a warming herb long used in postpartum prescriptions rather than during pregnancy

For licensed practitioners’ reference only

References

  1. Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing《神农本草经》, under Gan Jiang 干姜 (classical source, public domain).
    2. Bensky, Clavey & Stöger. Chinese Herbal Medicine: Materia Medica, 3rd ed.
    3. 《中华人民共和国药典》.

Professional reference notice. Entries are scholarly references for licensed TCM practitioners and students — not medical advice, and not a recommendation to self-prescribe. Chinese herbal formulas should be used under the guidance of a qualified practitioner. Content is an original editorial compilation by Cura x Cura, cross-checked against the cited references.