🏯Khmer Traditional Medicine
Kway Herb (Kaempferia)
Kaempferia galanga
About Kway Herb (Kaempferia)
Kway Herb (Kaempferia) (Kaempferia galanga) is a herb used in the Khmer Traditional Medicine tradition to help with Digestive Issues, Respiratory Issues, Pain, and Fever, among 1 other condition it addresses. The leaves are the part traditionally used, taken internally.
Botanical background
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.
Source: Wikipedia, via iNaturalist
Parts used
Leaves · internal