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<record type="herb" updated="2026-09-18T16:34:31.253362+00:00">
  <source>Bencao Index</source>
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  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">gao liang jiang</name>
    <name type="chinese">高良姜</name>
    <name type="latin">Rhizoma Alpiniae Officinarum</name>
    <name type="english">galangal</name>
    <name type="japanese">koryokyo</name>
    <name type="korean">koryanggang</name>
  </names>
  <category>Warm Interior, Expel Cold</category>
  <channels>
    <channel>Stomach</channel>
    <channel>Spleen</channel>
  </channels>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Warms the Middle Jiao, disperses Cold and relieves pain</summary>
      <indication>Cold in the Middle Jiao with epigastric or abdominal pain, vomiting, hiccup or diarrhea</indication>
      <indication>Cold-type stomach and abdominal pain that is worse for cold and eased by warmth and pressure</indication>
      <indication>Sudden, localised cold-type pain of the stomach or abdomen, often in someone otherwise healthy</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Descends rebellious Stomach Qi and stops vomiting</summary>
      <indication>Stomach Cold with nausea, vomiting, belching or hiccup</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Moves Qi and aids digestion (secondary)</summary>
      <indication>Poor appetite and food stagnation linked to Stomach Cold</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
</record>
