Kaempferia galanga/Kachoram/Kacholam Plant

Name – Kaempferia galanga/Kachoram/Kacholam Plant

Binomial Name – Kaempferia galanga L.

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Kaempferia galanga, commonly known as Kachoram, Kacholam, kencur, aromatic ginger, sand ginger, cutcherry.

Kaempferia galanga 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.

Kaempferia galanga is used as a spice in cooking in Indonesia, where it is called kencur (‘cekur’ in Malaysia), and especially in Javanese and Balinese cuisines.

Kaempferia galanga included in the Zingiberaceae family is one of the potential medicinal plants with aromatic rhizome. In traditional medicine in Asian countries, this plant is widely used by local practitioners.

Its leaves are also used in the Malay rice dish,

This plant is traditionally used as an expectorant, stimulant, diuretic, carminative, and antipyretic remedy.

In addition, K. galanga is used for treatment of diabetes, hypertension, cough, asthma, joint fractures, rheumatism, urticaria, vertigo, and intestinal injuries.

It is also a reputed remedy for respiratory ailment like cough, bronchitis and asthma.

Chewing kacholam rhizome along with betel leaf cures cough and other breathing problems.

It is also useful as carminative and expectorant.

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