Galanga Galangal Fruit

Primarily produced in the Chinese provinces of Hainan, Guangdong.

Long round, slightly shrunk in the middle, 0.7~1.5cm long, 0.4~1cm diameter; externally reddish-brown or pale reddish-brown, smooth or wrinkled; apex has raised remnants of perianth, base has scar of fruit stem; fruit skin is thin and easily broken. Seed is a triangular polyhedron, with 3 chambers, each has 2 seeds. Seed is irregular tetrahedron, 4~6mm long, 3~6mm diameter, externally dark brown or brown, slightly lustrous, with irregular wrinkles, externally covered with a pale yellow or grayish-yellow aril, back has indented hilum, ventral side has chalaza, raphe is one shallow longitudinal groove. Potent aromatic odor; acrid and spicy taste.

Superior medicinal material is large, full, with potent aroma.

Acrid; warm

Warms center, dries dampness, dispels cold, arouses the spleen, disperses food. Apply to abdominal cold pain, food stagnation and fullness, vomiting and diarrhea, over drinking, dysphagia and nausea.