The Benefit Of Galangal For Our Health

Galangal or laos (Alpinia galanga) is a type of plant tubers that can live in the highlands and the lowlands. Generally people use it as a mixture of spices and traditional medicine. Utilization for cooking with ginger rhizome mememarkan way then just dipped into a mix of cuisine, while for traditional medicine that is widely used is red Alpinia galanga purpurata K Schum.

Galangal contains essential oils include: galangol, galangin, alpinen camphor, methyl-cinnamate. These herbs berkasiat as an anti-fungal, anti-bacterial, warms, cleanses the blood, adding nafsumakan, facilitate spending winds of the body, thin phlegm, scent and stimulate muscles.

One of the famous is processed laos Laos Jamu Kudu, which is efficacious as a refresher (tonic), health care, and maintaining stamina man. To make it, here are the steps:

1. Prepare ginger, noni, garlic, pepper, Kedaung, tamarind, palm sugar and sugar to taste, and salt to taste.
2. Noni puree and ginger together.
3. Fried garlic roaster or couples, pepper, and beans Kedaung.
4. Combine ginger, noni, garlic, pepper, and beans Kedaung become one with tamarind. Add sugar and salt, then squeeze and strain.
5. Drinking water. Note, do not keep this herb Loas Kudu more than 24 hours because it will change and usefulness is lost.

Several other properties of ginger are as follows:

• Treat stomach aches. Way, take half the grated ginger rhizome fingers and squeeze the water. Add a little salt and 1 cup of boiled water, then drink to strengthen the digestive tract as much as 1 cup per day.
• Treating ringworm. Way, take galangal rhizome, then mash together the garlic finely. Add lemon juice / vinegar, stir well, then rub on the affected skin ringworm.
• Treat tinea versicolor. Way, take ginger rhizome, then mash finely. Add salt, stir well, then rub on the affected skin tinea versicolor. After that, soak for a while in the sun.