White Turmeric - Aromatic Rhizome Herb , Essential Oil Rich For Indigestion Relief And Culinary Use

We are engaged in distributing, exporting and supplying excellent quality White Turmerics to our valuable clients in Kochi, Kerala, India. A stemless, small rhizomatous herb; rhizome tuberous, aromatic; root-fibres fleshy, cylindric. Leaves 2, spreading flat on the ground, rotund-ovate, deltoid-acuminate. Flowers white, 6-12 from the centre of the plant between the leaves. Lip broad, deeply 2-lobed, with a lilac spot at the base.
The rhizomes of the plant, which contain essential oils, have been used in Chinese medicine as a decoction or powder for treating indigestion, colds, pectoral and abdominal pains, headache and toothache.
The plant is used as a herb in cooking in Indonesia, where it is called kencur, and especially in Javanese and Balinese cuisines. Beras kencur, which combines dried K. Galanga powder with rice flour, is a particularly popular jamu herbal drink used to treat rheumatism and abdominal pain.Its leaves are also used in the Malay rice dish, nasi ulam.