Benefits And Benefit galangal
Galangal (Lenguas galanga or Alpinia galanga) is often used by mothers in the kitchen as a food flavoring. Another benefit of the Indian plant is as traditional ingredients and cure various diseases, especially skin diseases caused by fungi. However, beyond these two benefits, galangal it also has a role in extending the shelf life or preserve food for microbial decomposition activity. In short, galangal can act as a substitute for formalin functions are now being warmly discussed.
We know there are two types of ginger plants, ie varieties with tubers rhizomes (roots), white and red varieties berimpang tuber that is larger. Galangal berimpang white bulb is generally used as a flavoring dishes, while red galangal root berimpang widely used as a drug. Galangal rhizome tuber than coarse grained also has a distinctive aroma.
Chemical compounds contained in ginger, among others, contain essential oils, oil fly, eugenol, sesquiterpenes, pinen, methyl cinnamate, kaemferida, shipyard, galangol, and yellow crystals. Essential oils that contain, among others galangol, galangin, alpinen, camphor, and methyl-cinnamate. Some galangal usefulness as a medicinal plant from treating rheumatism, spleen pain, arouse appetite, bronchitis, morbili, phlegm, anti-bacterial, cleanse the blood, increase appetite, make expenditures from the wind in the body, liquefy phlegm, scent and even stimulate muscle can generate sex drive.
In addition, galangal red when cooked with vinegar diluted, can be used as a drink for the lady who just had a baby because it can speed up cleaning the uterus. When mixed with garlic that has been crushed by the ratio 4-5: 1 and cooked with a little vinegar, ginger could be ringworm medicine applied to the skin by an infected scab. Even if knead with vinegar and applied as scrubs, galangal able to get rid of skin spots and moles.
Antimicrobial
The role of galangal as a food preservative is not apart from the ability of galangal which have antimicrobial activity. Antimicrobial is a biological or chemical compound that can interfere with growth and microbial activity, especially microbial destruction and decomposition of food. Antimicrobial substances may be bactericidal (kills bacteria), static bacteria (inhibits the growth of bacteria), fungicidal (kills fungi), static function (inhibits the growth of mold), or germisidal (inhibit the germination of bacterial spores).
The results showed that most of the components in the spice is as antimicrobial, so it can preserve food. The components of spices have antimicrobial activity especially is the essential oil.
A study conducted by a team of researchers at the Department of Food Technology and Nutrition, IPB Winiati Pudji led by Rahayu for example has proved that young red galangal has a high antimicrobial activity, ie with an average inhibition of 38.3 percent. Galangal is able to inhibit the growth of microbial pathogens and destroyer of food, especially against Bacillus cereus. Research conducted on mackerel proved to prolong shelf life mackerel at 40 ° C from 5 days to 7 days using galangal powder 2.5 percent combined with 5 percent salt.
This research has managed to find a natural preservative to make the food stays fresh and durable. Utilization of galangal is expected to extend the shelf life of food and beverages without compromising quality and more importantly not bad for health. This natural preservative clearly less expensive and easy to get around us.
This proves that nature has provided a cheap and safe solution for health. Formalin is the past that we must immediately leave the way as a food preservative. There are many safe and natural ways to manage food and beverage so durable and long lasting without override security aspects for human health.
the tubers of plants that can live in the highlands and lowlands.
The trunk consists of the composition of the leaf midrib. The leaves are oval in which the bottom consists of leaf-midrib midrib course is complete with the top strand of the leaf. The flowers appear at the end of the plant.
Galangal or there is a berimpang laos white, some are red berimpang. A larger red and efficacy for drug Iebih lot.
This plant has a pseudo stem like ginger, but the height can be up to 2 m. The leaves are even more wide. Galangal lush leaves can be five feet long and 15 cm wide.
Ingredients and Benefits galangal:
Containing essential oils include: galangol, galangin, alpinen, camphor, methyl-cinnamate. Galangal efficacious anti-fungal, anti bacterial, warm, clean the blood, increase appetite, make expenditures from the wind in the body, thin the sputum, scent, stimulates muscles and reputedly efficacious aprodisiak.
Some Benefits of galangal can be used as a healer of diseases, including:
Liniment
Composition:
Rimpah galangal and Alcohol
How to present:
Iris rhizome galangal, soak it in alcohol
Treatment:
Digosokan on the pain area
Rheumatism
First way:
Composition:
Rimpah galangal taste.
How to present:
Rinse and galangal rhizome, then boiled
Treatment:
Pour boiled water while still warm to the joints that hurt.
Second way:
Composition:
3 galangal rhizome of thumb, half a teaspoon pepper powder, 1 slice of brown sugar and 2 cups coconut water.
How to present:
boiled together until the water to 1 cup
Treatment:
Drunk little by little over 1 week.
Headaches, chest pain, Strengthens Stomach and Improve Digestion
Method:
By mengkomsusinya as a mixture of everyday cuisine.
Ringworm
Composition:
1 Rimpah galangal, 4 cloves of garlic and vinegar to taste
How to present:
Milled all ingredients until smooth and then given a little hot water
How to Use:
in kompreskan in place of the sick.
Panu
Composition:
Rimpah fresh galangal.
How to present:
chopped sideways for outgoing fiber
How to Use:
Rubbed on the sick.
