Galangal
Rhizome
(gao
liang jiang)
Rhizoma
Galangae
Properties:
The herb is pungent in flavour, and hot in nature. It acts
on the spleen and stomach channels. Being pungent and hot
for dispersing cold and mainly acting on the middle-jiao
to warm it , dispersing interior cold of excess type,
alleviating pain and arresting vomiting, the herb is
indicated for Qi stasis due to cold, stomachache and
vomiting.
Effects:
Warming the middle-jiao and alleviating pain.
Indications:
The herb is often
used in combination with nutgrass flatsedge rhizome for
warming the middle-jiao, dispersing cold, promoting the
circulation of Qi and alleviating pain, to treat Qi stasis
due to cold, gastric distention and pain; with dangshen,
dried ginger, white atractylodes rhizome and other herbs
for supplementing Qi, strengthening the spleen, warming
the middle-jiao and dispersing cold, to treat cold of
insufficiency type in the middle-jiao, cold and pain in
the stomach and abdomen, anorexia and loose stool; and
with pinellia tuber, fresh ginger and other herbs for
normalizing stomach function and arresting vomiting, to
treat vomiting due to cold in the stomach.
Dosage and
Administration: 3-10g.
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