noun
dried ginger root (traditional medicine)
Specifically refers to dried ginger rhizome used in Kampo and traditional Chinese medicine, distinct from fresh ginger (生姜/しょうが).
See also: 生姜 (しょうが)
漢方では、生姜は体を温める生薬として使われる。
In Kampo medicine, dried ginger root is used as a crude drug to warm the body.
しょうが is the common word for fresh ginger used in cooking, while しょうきょう specifically denotes the dried root used in traditional medicine.
From Chinese 生薑 (shēngjiāng), referring to dried ginger root. The reading しょうきょう is the Sino-Japanese on'yomi.