Eating ginger or galangal better?

Ginger and galangal with their peppers but spicy, galangal less heat so most people eat, except pregnant women.

Dr. Le Quang Hao, National Institute of Nutrition, said that ginger and galangal are spices and remedies that are useful for health, but each type has its own nutritional value.

Galangal root usually uses the tubers, seeds, leaves. The root of galangal has a strong, aromatic, pungent odor, hot, used as a condiment to cook civets, fish sauce or cook crab and fish soup. Galangal enhances the flavor of dishes, abundant supply of sodium, iron, fiber, vitamins A, C and flavanoid .

And ginger root makes food spices such as sautéed beef, buffalo meat, wild meat, duck meat ., cook cold vegetables, cook cold fishy foods such as fish, crabs, snails, mussels. , tortoise ., bleach fish ball, make sauce for spicy, jam, tea drink. Leaves use stock, cook fish soup . In ginger also contains 2-3% oil, 5% oil, grease 3.7%, starch, spicy .

According to physician Bui Dac Sang, gentlemen who want to increase the capacity of a mat should also use it, increasing the amount of sperm. Galangal has antispasmodic effect due to reducing sputum and bronchiectasis to reduce the level of asthma. This herb is also beneficial in relieving cough and sore throat, diarrhea, indigestion or gastrointestinal disease.

Ginger also helps fight inflammation, sputum, helps digestion, treats abdominal pain, diarrhea . Ginger acts as a blood thinners and reduces blood pressure immediately. You can add some honey to ginger juice to enhance the flavor. Ginger water also works to prevent pain such as toothache, migraine, soothe joint pains, reduce swelling, inflammation in people with thyroid disease or arthritis.

"However, galangal root is spicy, has less heat and heat than ginger, and ginger is a suitable spice for many diverse dishes than galangal," said Dr. Hao.

In addition, most people can eat galangal, except for pregnant women. Galangal patients can eat galangal, including cancer patients because galangal can prevent aging and improve health.

Particularly ginger with high heat so people with hot organs, or mouth sores, constipation, people with sweat or are sweating should not eat much. Herbalist Sang said, eating a lot of ginger for a long time can cause eye irritation, live tears.

In addition, you should use the right parts of ginger such as ginger leaves, fresh ginger, ginger shell with the appropriate dosage for each type of disease to achieve the highest prevention and treatment effect.

Picture 1 of Eating ginger or galangal better?
Galangal (left) and ginger (right).(Photo: Eastmeets kitchen)

Herbalist Sang suggested some dishes and remedies from ginger and galangal as follows:

For galangal, you can use sliced and galangal root to store fish or spread flour, drink 6-10 g once a day, 3 times. People with abdominal pain, coldness, vomiting, diarrhea use warm galangal, dry ginger, bear root equally divided, powdered, drink 6 g once a day 3 times.

People with abdominal distension, pain on both sides of the ribs use galangal, pelvis bone, equal weight and then spread fine powder, drink 8 g sharp with ginger water and salt drink three times a day. Galangal seed powder, drink 6-10 g once a day, cure cold spells three times a day due to forest cold air, indigestion, nausea.

For hot ginger, cold, wind or fever, use 7 slices of fresh ginger, 7 onions and a bowl of sharp water to drink hot, cover the blanket to sweat. For a productive cough, difficulty breathing can boil 7 slices of fresh ginger, 1 teaspoon of Chinese tea, a fresh lemon squeezed with water, medicine, a spoon of spirits and a spoon of honey.

People with malaria, hot and cold, cough with phlegm use ginger grilled thoroughly, peeled, cut pieces, swallow water. Or people cough for a long time, they have phlegm, then use crushed ginger, distillation with honey to suck. Children cough for a long time can not help but use 200 g of fresh ginger to cook water from the bath . Or use a piece of ginger, chew slowly swallow to avoid toxic wind when outside early in the morning.