Botanical Index No. 435

Galanga

kaempferia galanga

Medicinal Actions

Carminative, Cholagogue, Cicatrizant, Diuretic, Expectorant, Narcotic, Pediculicide, Stimulant, Stomachic, Tonic

Primary Conditions Treated

Hallucinogen Insectifuge Pectoral Boil Bruise Cancer Childbirth Chill Cholera Cough Dandruff Dyspepsia Enterosis Fever Furuncle Gas Headache Inflammation Lameness Lice Lumbago Malaria Myosis Ophthalmia Pain Rheumatism Rhinosis Scabies Sore Throat Sting Swelling Toothache Tumor Water Retention Wound

Safety & Contraindications

Class 1, but giving it the same common name as Alpinia galanga, greater galangal. Not covered, at least under the generic name Kaempferia.

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