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Alpinia oxyphylla, also known as Alpinia oxyphylla kernel, Alpinia oxyphylla seed, and Alpinia oxyphylla seed. It has the effects of warming the spleen, stopping diarrhea, and relieving saliva, warming the kidneys, reducing urine, and consolidating semen. It can be used to treat spleen and stomach deficiency and cold, vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal coldness, excessive salivation, kidney deficiency and enuresis, frequent urination, spermatorrhea, leukorrhea and other symptoms.

According to the Compendium of Materia Medica, "Yizhi is a medicine that promotes yang and suppresses yin. It is suitable for people with weak triple burner and life gate qi. Yang Shiyuan's Zhizhi Fang says: 'The heart is the mother of the spleen. Eating is not only about harmonizing the spleen. Fire can produce qi. The heart medicine should be added to the spleen and stomach medicine so that they can complement each other.' Therefore, the ancients often used Yizhi in food medicine, which is the fire in the earth."

Alpinia oxyphylla is one of the commonly used yang-tonifying medicines. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that Alpinia oxyphylla is pungent and warm in nature, and belongs to the kidney and spleen meridians. It has the effects of warming the kidney, consolidating semen, reducing urine, warming the spleen and stopping diarrhea. It is often used to treat symptoms such as lower abdominal deficiency and cold, spermatorrhea, enuresis, frequent urination, spleen and stomach deficiency and cold, abdominal pain, vomiting and diarrhea. Alpinia oxyphylla is a good dietary remedy for frequent urination at night in the elderly and enuresis in children, and it is also effective when used alone. If you have frequent urination at night, take 30 grams of Alpinia oxyphylla, add appropriate amount of salt and boil them in water and drink it. It has the effect of nourishing the kidney and reducing urination. Modern pharmacological research shows that Alpinia oxyphylla has the effects of strengthening the stomach, resisting diuresis and reducing saliva secretion.

Alpinia oxyphylla has the effects of warming the spleen, stopping diarrhea and restraining saliva. "Bencao Beiyao" says that it "can astringe the essence and consolidate the Qi, warm the middle and promote eating, restrain saliva, and reduce defecation." It is also a good foodie medicine for treating diarrhea due to spleen and stomach deficiency and cold, and excessive drooling in children. If a child does not stop drooling, you can mix Alpinia oxyphylla with Codonopsis pilosula, Atractylodes macrocephala, Tangerine peel, etc. to make a medicinal diet. In addition, Alpinia oxyphylla is also suitable for consumption by patients with Alzheimer's disease, and can be prepared as a medicinal diet together with Codonopsis pilosula, walnuts, etc.

It should be noted that Alpinia oxyphylla is warm in nature and can damage yin and stir up fire, so it should not be used by people with yin deficiency, hyperactivity of fire, or heat syndrome such as frequent urination, spermatorrhea, and excessive salivation.