Chinese ginger

OCN Chinese galangal Chinese ginger Part rhizome... 

Chinese cinnamon leaf oil. See Cinnamon (Cinnamomum zeylanicum) leaf oil Chinese cinnamon oil. See Cinnamon (Cinnamomum cassia) oil Chinese ginger. See Galanga Chinese Gum Rosin. See Rosin Chinese isinglass. See Agar Chinese red. See Lead chromate oxide Chinese seasoning. See MSG Chinese tea extract. See Tea (Tbea sinensis) extract... 

Synonyms Alpinia galanga Alpinia officinarum Chinese ginger Galangal Galangal root Definition From Alpinia spp. 

Volatile compounds of ginger were collected and determined by gas chromatography and GC-MS. Slices of ginger were boiled for making a traditional Chinese ginger soup for panel triangle test. 

This oil is the product of distillation of the rhizome of Zingiber officinale, a native of tropical Asia, which is also cultivated in both East and West Indies, and in Africa, and to a small extent in Australia. Possibly, also, it is found in China, although the greater part of the Chinese ginger appears to be the product of Alpinia Gaianga. 

The most ancient uses of spices appear to be therapeutic in nature. The use of spices was common in China but tittle, if any, authentic Chinese records exist to confirm this. According to Chinese myths and legends, Shen Nung, the Divine Cultivator, founded Chinese medicine and discovered the curative powers of many herbs. He is said to have described more than 100 plants in a treatise reportedly written in 2700 BC. It has been shown, however, that no written language was available in China at that time. Although some of the herbal uses in the treatise go back several centuries BC, the work seems to have been produced by unknown authors in the first century AD. Other records on the use of cassia and ginger are known to have been written in the fifth and fourth centuries BC, in the latter case by Confucius. 

Z0184 Al-Yahya, M. A., S. Rafatullah, J. S. Mossa, A. M. Ageel, N. S. Parmar, and M. Tariq. Gastroprotective activity of ginger. Zingiber officinale Rose., in albino rats. Amer J Chinese Med 1989 17(1/2) 51-56. 

On the evaluation of the preparation of Chinese medicinal prescriptions (V). Diterpenes from Japanese ginger kintoki . Shoyakugaku Zasshi 1990 44(1) 55-57. 

Alpinia oxyphylla Miq. YiZhi (Chinese lily ginger) (fruit) Cincole, zingiberene, zingiberol.58 Diuretic, tonic, treat vomitting, and digestive discomfort. 

Chinese and Australian ginger are light brown, and contain about 2.5% volatile oil (vol/wt). 

The Chinese utilized ginger for stomachaches, diarrhea, nausea, cholera, bleeding, asthma, heart conditions, respiratory disorders, toothache, and rheumatic complaints. In China, the root and stem... 

Naora et al. (1992) evaluated the potential of ginger as a cardiotonic and analgesic. Preparations of the rhizomes are used in traditional Chinese medicine as an antipyretic, cardiotonic, anticonvulsive or... 

Sho-saiko-to is a so-called kampo medicine, a mixture of herbs, including Chinese date, ginger root, and licorice root. It is reportedly contraindicated in patients taking interferons, patients with liver cirrhosis or hepatoma, and patients with chronic hepatitis and a platelet count of 100 X 10 /1 (http //www.kamponews.com). Sho-saiko-to has repeatedly been imphcated in interstitial or eosinophihc pneumonias. 

According to an overview on various origins (5), the dried rhizomes contained around 2% of oil (from 1.4 to 2.6%). Our values were lower and showed the limits of our hydrodistillation conditions. In another study 4), the amount of oleoresin ranged from 3 to 11%, which met the observed yields. The Indonesian ginger showed the highest yields for both extracts. While, the Indian and the Malagasy exhibited lower values, and the Chinese rhizomes gave the lowest yields (Table I). 

These values showed that there are significant variation in the essential oil and oleoresin content, showing that the Malagasy ginger contained the lowest levels of oleoresins, but higher amounts of essential oils as compared with the Chinese and Indian gingers. 

McCaleb, Rob. "Fresh Ginger Juice in Treatment of Kitchen Bums." HerbalGram, no. 16, spring 1988, page 6, citing Cai Liang-Ping. J New Chinese Med, 2 22, 1984. 

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