The medical applications of galangal are in many ways the same as its close relative ginger.
It is a bitter herb that is used to promote digestion and stimulate appetite and production of digestive fluids. The herb is therefore used to treat anorexia, indigestion (dyspepsia), colic and stomach ache.
It is also used traditionally for hiccups, nausea, vomiting, chronic gastritis, and ulcers in the digestive tract.
The herb has analgesic (relieving pain) and antipyretic (reducing fever) properties, and it may also help reduce bacterial and fungal infections.
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Andrew Breen
Andrew is a longtime functional medicine advocate (and patient). Years ago, after many missed diagnoses of his (and his families) auto-immune diseases, Andrew took matters into his own hands along with his functional medicine physician to focus on a diet and natural supplement routine along with lifestyle tweaks to bring it under control. He now works to spread information about natural solutions to others suffering from chronic diseases.
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