Medicinal Value of Galangal

Alpinia galanga is warm in nature and has the effect of benefiting the spleen. It is especially suitable for those with poor spleen and stomach, or those who are too weak. It can be said that Alpinia galanga is a health product with high edible value and health-preserving effects. Or if you are bitten by an animal in daily life, Alpinia galanga can be used to achieve a very good therapeutic effect. It can be said that Alpinia galanga has a very high medicinal value.

So what are the medicinal values ​​of galangal? How does traditional Chinese medicine use galangal to treat diseases? And what should we pay attention to when using galangal to treat diseases in daily life?

Nutritional Value of Galangal

Galangal is the rhizome of the ginger family plant Galangal. Galangal is an agricultural product grown for its medicinal value and can also be used as a spice (to make Indian incense). The rhizome of galangal is cylindrical, 4 to 9 cm long and 1 to 1.5 cm in diameter. The surface is brown-red or dark brown, with longitudinal wrinkles and gray-brown wavy segments, and the internodes are 0.5 to 1 cm long. The texture is tough and not easy to break. The cross section is gray-brown and fibrous. The endodermal ring is obvious and there are scattered marks of vascular bundles. Fragrant smell, spicy taste. The best ones are reddish-brown in color, with a strong aroma and a mild taste.

Nutritional value of galangal:

Contains galangin, kaempferide, quercetin and volatile oil. The main components of the oil are 1,8-cineole and methyl cinnamate. The spicy component of galangal is galangol. It has the effects of warming the spleen and stomach, dispelling wind and cold, promoting qi and relieving pain.

Galangal Supplement Information:

Processing: Take the original medicinal materials, remove impurities, wash, soak, cut into thin slices, dry in the sun or dry at low temperature. After processing, store in a dry container in a cool and dry place to prevent moth damage.

Galangal's therapeutic effects:

This medicine is spicy and warm in nature. It enters the spleen and stomach meridians. Aromatic, spicy, warm and dispersing. Warming the middle and dispelling cold, regulating qi and relieving pain. It is mainly used to treat cold pain in the abdomen, vomiting and hiccups, diarrhea, dysentery, cold hernia, athlete's foot, and choking.

For those with cold stagnation in the middle burner, or injury by cold objects, and cold pain in the abdomen, it can be used together with dried ginger. If the spleen and stomach are weak and there is cold pain in the abdomen, it can be used together with ginseng and white atractylodes to replenish the deficiency, warm the middle and stop the pain. For those with liver depression, qi stagnation, cold stagnation in the stomach, and symptoms of epigastric pain, it can be combined with Cyperus rotundus.

Cooking uses: Can be used as brine seasoning. Galangal powder is one of the raw materials for "five-spice powder".