Can pregnant women eat galangal?

　　This product is the rhizome of galangal, a plant of the Zingiberaceae family. Galangal is a cultivated agricultural product with high medicinal value and can be used in spices (making incense). Galangal rhizome is cylindrical, 4 to 9 cm long and 1 to 1.5 cm in diameter. The surface is brown-red or dark brown, with longitudinal wrinkles and gray-brown wavy links, and the length of the internode is 0.5 to 1 cm. It is tough and not easy to break. The cross section is grey-brown and fibrous. The endodermis ring is obvious and there are scattered vascular bundle marks. It smells fragrant and tastes spicy. The ones with reddish brown color, strong aroma and bad taste are better.

　　Edible effect

　　It tastes pungent and is warm in nature. Returns to the spleen and stomach meridians. Spicy and warm. Warming, dispersing cold, regulating qi and relieving pain. Mainly used to treat cold and pain in the epigastrium and abdomen, vomiting and hiccups, diarrhea and dysentery, and cold hernia. beriberi , choking.

　　Applicable people

　　It is forbidden to take it if there is yin deficiency and heat.