Kaempferia galanga, commonly known as kencur, aromatic ginger, sand ginger, cutcherry, or resurrection lily, is a monocotyledonous plant in the ginger family, and one of four plants called galangal. It is found primarily in open areas in Indonesia, southern China, Taiwan, Cambodia, and India, but is also widely cultivated throughout Southeast Asia.
Culinary and medical use
Kaempferia galanga is used as an herb in cooking in Indonesia, where it is called kencur (‘cekur’ in Malaysia), and especially in Javanese and Balinese cuisines. Beras kencur, which combines dried K. galanga powder with rice flour, is a particularly popular jamu herbal drink. Its leaves are also used in the Malay rice dish, nasi ulam.
Unlike the similar Boesenbergia rotunda (Thai กระชาย krachai), K. galanga is not commonly used in Thai cuisine, but can be bought as a dried rhizome or in powder form at herbal medicine stalls. It is known in Thai as proh horm (เปราะหอม) or waan horm (ว่านหอม), and in Khmer as prâh (ប្រោះ) or prâh krâ-oup (ប្រោះក្រអូប). It is also used in Chinese cooking and Chinese medicine, and is sold in Chinese groceries under the name sha jiang (Chinese: 沙姜; pinyin: shajiang),[1] while the plant itself is referred to as shan nai (Chinese: 山柰; pinyin: shannai).[2]Kaempferia galanga has a peppery camphorous taste.[1]
Nutrition, Traditional Use and Research
The statements below describe nutrition facts, traditional use and published research. They are not health claims for our products.
Kencur (Kaempferia galanga, aromatic ginger, hasior in Batak) is a rhizome used as a spice and as the main ingredient of the traditional Indonesian herbal drink beras kencur (jamu).
In traditional folk practice, kencur has been used for complaints such as colds, coughs, stomach and digestive complaints, and sprains. Typical preparations are the rhizome with warm water and a little salt, the grated rhizome in warm water, or a paste with soaked rice applied to the skin. These are traditional uses only. They have not been confirmed by sufficient scientific evidence, and they are not a replacement for medical care.
Laboratory and animal studies have examined kencur extracts for antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial properties. These are early findings, and no health effect in people can be concluded from them.
#How to plant it is by taking an old kaempferia galanga tree and sprounting by putting it in a pot or paybag .
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