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Kaempferia galanga - Chandramoolika

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Chandramoolika, Kaempferia galanga


Chandramoolika, commonly known as kencur, Kaempferia galanga, aromatic ginger, sand ginger, cutcherry, or resurrection lily, is a monocotyledonous plant in the ginger family, and one of four plants called galangal. It is found primarily in open areas in Indonesia, southern China, Taiwan, Cambodia, and India, but is also widely cultivated throughout Southeast Asia.


Here are some amazing medical benefits of Kaempferia galanga

  • Medicines for colds - Rinse the rhizome kencur, eat Kaempferia galanga with salt and drink warm water. Do it twice a day to prevent colds.
  • Eliminate the dirty blood - Prepare four Kaempferia galanga rhizome, two leaves of Cassia fistula, two dried cloves and fennel seeds to taste. Rinse all ingredients, then boiled with one liter of water to boiling, then filtered. Drink twice a day regularly.
  • Treating inflammation of the stomach - Two rhizome Kaempferia galanga washed. Peel Kaempferia galanga then chewed. Swallow the water and discard the waste. Perform this treatment until cured.
  • Treating a sprain - One rhizome Kaempferia galanga then wash clean. Soak a handful of rice and mix rhizome Kaempferia galanga. Mash the two together until smooth. Apply on the body of a sprain.
  • Treating heartburn in the stomach - Wash the Kaempferia galanga rhizomes until clean. Grate the Kaempferia galanga and add two tablespoons of cooking water and a little salt. Then filter the mixture and take the water. Drinking water 2-3 times a day.
  • As a cough medicine - Two rhizome Kaempferia galanga washed. Kaempferia galanga grate and mix with a glass of warm water. Stir well and filtered, and then take the water. Add a little salt and drink the potion water until exhausted. For treatment, do one time a day.
  • Treating diarrhea - Mash two Kaempferia galanga rhizome with two cloves of red items until smooth. Prepare a wrap in banana leaves and herbs that have been crushed. Toasty warm up the potion. Apply these ingredients in the abdomen.

common name

  • English - Aromatic Ginger
  • Kannada - ಕಚ್ಚುರ
  • Hindi - चँद्रमूला

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