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: しょうが
In Kampo medicine, dried ginger root is used as a crude drug to warm the body.
Standard kanji spelling for dried ginger root used in traditional medicine.
Variant kanji form using 薑; less common in modern usage.
From Chinese 生薑 (shēngjiāng), referring to dried ginger root. The reading しょうきょう is the Sino-Japanese on'yomi.