The herb Alpina Galanga is found in the south east asia. The herb is known for its healing properties in this part of the world from long time. Research done on this herb in recently (dated May 2009) reports that the herb is a Phenylpropanoid. This article tries to understand the implications of this research finding.
Benificial Facts about the herb Alpinia Galanga:
- The herb is used in homeopathy as a stimulant. It is because the herb can tone up the tissues of the body.
- It is helpful in facilitating the process of digestion and prevent eating disorders and flatulance.
- The herb is used to treat colds and flu symptoms by including it in the preparation of the snuffs which provide relief through sneezing.
- The herb is found to be effective aganist bad breath, ulcers, throat infections and preventing vomitting too.
- The roots of the herb can increase sperm count and enhance motility.
Knowledge Gained from Research on Alpinia Galanga:
- A study was conducted on this herb at the Department of Natural Medicinal Chemistry, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, China last year.
- The extracts from the herb were examined to find out the chemical components present in them.
- The study revealed that the herb is a phenylpropanoids.
- A plants is called Phenylpropanoids when it can perform wide variety of functions.
- These function include providing protection against harmful disease causing bacteria.
- The walls of the human cells are made up of Phenylpropanoids.
- In this way, they can provide from the protection from bacteria.
- They are also the pigments which provide protection to the skin from the harmful ultra violet rays of the sun.
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