Efficacy and Benefits of Galangal

Efficacy and Benefits of Galangal - Galangal (Alpinia galanga, Linn) is a tuber plants that live in the lowlands and the highlands, approximately 1200 meters above sea level. Galangal including plants upright stems reach 2 to 2.5 meters high.

Galangal was white, some are red. The red one was bigger and usefulness for more medicine.


Galangal is usually used for the treatment is a type of red ginger (Alpinia purpurata K Schum). In the tradition of Chinese and other traditional medicines, red ginger is believed to have antifungal. Pharmacological effects are generally obtained from rhizomes that contain basonin, eugenol, shipyards and galangol.

Efficacy and ginger for health benefits for the treatment of

1. Treating various skin diseases such as scabies, sores, and ulcers
Rhizome ginger garlic plus 4 times rhizome finely ground and used as porridge (pasta). Attach the pasta is in the hospital. For chronic ringworm, add a little vinegar to the paste. In addition, the chopped fresh ginger to arise fiber and a little vinegar can be used to rub on the skin tinea versicolor.

2. Used as Ear drops
Rhizome young pounded and squeezed its water. Water is an ear medicine

3) Drug rub, facilitating urinary and biliary tonic
Rhizome of ginger sliced ​​and soaked in alcohol, then rubbed on the stomach

4) Treat Arthritis
Boiled galangal rhizome. The water is still warm used for bathing.

5) Increase appetite
Rhizome lempuyang bitter as much as 150 g washed thoroughly. Then grate until smooth. Boil the grated it with 2500 cc of water until the water is staying half. To eliminate the bitter taste can be added brown sugar 50 g. Strain before drinking. This water is taken 3 times a day just 1 tablespoon

6) Treat Whooping cough or whooping cough
Rhizome lempuyang bitter cinnamon mixed china and roasted red onions. The mixture is crushed and squeezed, then drink juice yield

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