Botanical name: Zingiber officinale
Other names: Ardraka (fresh), shunthi (dry)
Family: Zingiberaceae
Part used: root
Taste (rasa): Pungent
Characteristic (guna): Fresh is unctuous and heavy, dry is dry, light and penetrating
Energy (veerya): Heating
Post-digestive effect (vipak): Sweet
Dosha effect: VK-, P+ 
Action (karma):
Dose:
Contraindications:
 
Ref: ‘Ayurvedic Medicine’ by Sebastian Pole; ‘Ayurvedic Pharmacology & Therapeutic Uses of Medicinal Plants’ by Vaidya V.M. Gogte; ‘Yogi of Herbs’ by V. Lad & D. Frawley; ‘Herbs Are Special’ by Isabel Shipard.