Is galangal hotter than dried ginger?
According to Baidu Health Information, Alpinia officinarum and Zingiber officinarum are both warm traditional Chinese medicines, which are often used to treat spleen and stomach cold syndrome, epigastric cold pain, vomiting and diarrhea, but the degree of sexual heat of Alpinia officinarum is higher than that of Zingiber officinarum. Alpinia officinarum is suitable for treating stomach cold vomiting, stomach cold pain, lumbago due to kidney deficiency, dysmenorrhea due to palace cold, wind-cold cold, etc. Ginger is suitable for treating wind-cold cold cold, stomach cold vomiting and cough due to cold phlegm.