Efficacy and role of alpinia galanga extract(alpinia officinarum hance)

EINECS Number: 291-068-2
CAS Number: 90320-42-6
Synonyms: Alpinia officinarum, ext.; ALPINIA OFFICINARUM ROOT EXTRACT; ALPINIA OFFICINARUM
Description: 
 This product Zingiberaceae Alpinia roots. Galangal is a grown agricultural products, its high medicinal value, also can be used for spices (make India incense). Galangal roots were cylindrical, 4-9 cm in diameter from 1 to 1.5 cm. Brown-red or dark brown surface, with longitudinal wrinkles and brown wavy gray areas, for length of 0.5 to 1 cm. Quality tough and difficult to break, section gray brown, fibrous, obviously within the cortex ring, scattered traces of vascular points. Gas smell, taste spicy. The color red brown, thick aroma and taste disorders are preferred.
Galangal Nutritional Analysis: roots contain galangin (Galangin), kaempferol (Kaempferide)? Skin pigment (Quercetin) and volatile oil. The main components of oil 1,8 - cineole (1,8-Cineole) and cinnamic acid methyl ester (Methyl cinnamate). Galangal Galangal spicy component of phenol (Galangol). With the organs, expelling wind and cold, Qi analgesic effect.
Galangal Additional information: 
 Processing:
Taking raw herbs, remove impurities, washed, run through, cut thin slices, dried or low temperature drying. Dry storage containers after processing, cool and dry place, moth.
Galangal for the crowd:
Yin served hot are prohibited. 
 Galangal therapeutic effects: 
 The taste acrid, and warm. The spleen and stomach. Fang Wen San spicy. Temperature in the cold, for the population. Indications Zhongwan abdominal Leng Tong, vomiting, hiccups, diarrhea, dysentery, Han Shan, beriberi, Ye Ge.