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Galangal Root

Galangal is a perennial plant, varieties of which are found wild and cultivated in China, Southeast Asia, Indonesia, and Iran. The creeping rootstock is cylindrical and branched, ringed with the leaf sheaths of the past, rust brown or red outside, and gray-white and mealy inside. Its odor and taste are reminiscent of its relative, ginger. Aside from the basal leaves, procumbent stems also bear linear- lanceolate leaves as well as white flowers growing in racemes. During flowering, the plant reaches a height of 3 to 5 feet.

	5lb	10lb	25lb
Galangal Root c/s	@ $10.77/lb	@ $9.69/lb	@ $8.72/lb
Galangal Root Powder	@ $14.74/lb	@ $13.27/lb	@ $11.94/lb

Properties/Uses - Stimulant and carminative. It is especially useful in flatulence, dyspepsia, vomiting and sickness at stomach, being recommended as a remedy for sea-sickness. It tones up the tissues and is sometimes prescribed in fever. Homoeopaths use it as a stimulant. Galangal is used like ginger. In the Middle Ages, it was used as an aphrodisiac by lovers.

Botanical Name - Alpinea galanga

Part Used - Root

Common Names/Synonyms - Catarrh root, Galanga, Large Galanga, China Root, India Root, East India Catarrh Root, Lesser Galangal, Rhizoma Galangae, Gargaut, Colic Root, Kaempferia Galanga.

Cautions - No side effects or contraindications with normal use.

Galangal in smaller sizes


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