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Alternate English names: greater galangal fruit Siamese ginger fruit

Kingdom: Plant

Origin in unofficial sources: Alpinia galanga Willd.; Alpinia galanga (L.) Sw.

Use: Medicinal

Properties: Acrid; warm; nontoxic.^✽

Channel entry: Spleen and lung channels.✽

Actions and indications: Disperses cold, dries dampness, and disperses food. Treats cold pain in the stomach duct and abdomen; vomiting and diarrhea; dysphagia-occlusion (yē gé); stomach reflux; malarial disease; dysentery.

Quality: Plump seeds with a sharp acrid smell are the best.

Production area: Guǎngdōng, Guǎngxī, Yúnnán.

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