Galangae, Galangal, Gao Liang Jiang 高良姜 Gao Liang Jiang (‘High Mountain Ginger’) (TCM)Kulanjana (Ayurveda)Perarattai (Siddha)Khulanjaan (Unani)Don gra  དོང་གྲ  (Tibet) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Parkinson, Theatrum Botanicum, 1640 Lesser Galangal, Alpina officinarumBotanische wandplaten (1904–1914) Kaempferia galangaRedouté, P.J., Les Liliacées, (1805-1816 Greater and Lesser Galangal rootHerbarium, Matthioli (Polish), 1596 ALIPNA1. Annulate, wavy leaf bases or scars. 2. Simple rhizome. 3, Branched rhizome.4, Transverse section of rhizome showing scattered circular conducting strands.Squibb’s Atlas of the Official Drugs, Mansfield, 1919 Galangal roots (Alpina) used in Tibetan Medicine (Dharamsala, 2009) Botanical name: A number of plants have supplied ‘Galangal’: Greater Galangal: Alpina galanga (syn. A. calcarata, Maranta galanga, Languas galanga); Kulanjana (Ayurveda);  Khulanjaan (Unani); Da Gao Liang Jiang (TCM); Don gra (Tibetan) Lesser Galangal, Chinese Ginger: Alpinia officinarum; Gao Liang Jiang (TCM); Don gra (Tibetan); Ayurveda and Unani also recognise this as the small variety of Greater Galangal and name it such. Kaempferia Galanga; Kaempferia galanga; Sga skya (Tibetan); Sugandha-vacha (Ayurveda) Parts used: Root Temperature & Taste: Very Warm (Lesser is hottest), dry. Pungent, aromatic.“It is Hot and Dry in the Second degree”. (Avicenna) Classifications: 2H. CARMINATIVE.  2Q. ANODYNE.  2S. STRENGTHENING3F. LITHONTRIPTIC.  3I. APHRODISIAC.  3K. EXPECTORANT.  3M. ARTHRITIC4c. CARDIAC.  4e. STOMACHICTCM:M. Warm to Expel Cold Uses:…

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