Alpinia Zerumbet

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Other Names : Shell ginger, pink porcelain lily, light galanga, variegated ginger, butterfly ginger, gettō' (ゲットウ), sannin, yàn shānjiāng (艳山姜), yuetao (月桃).
Alpinia zerumbet is a tropical perennial plant native to eastern Asia and part of the ginger family.

Special Precautions of Alpinia Zerumbet

Health Benefits and uses of Alpinia Zerumbet

  • Its tea has hypotensive, diuretic and antiulcerogenic properties.
  • Decoction of leaves has been used during bathing to alleviate fevers..
  • The leaves and rhizomes have been proven effective against HIV-1 integrase and neuraminidase enzymes, and has also shown anti-diabetic effect through inhibitions of formation of advanced glycation end products.
  • Hypotensive and antioxidant activity in the leaves, rhizomes and extracts of the plant.
  • increases HDL-Choleserol (good cholesterol).
  • Atherosclerosis : Alpinia zerumbet has antiatherogenic properties.

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