Black Ginger: Aphrodisiac And Anti-Inflammatory Properties. Prevention Of Malaria And Fungal Infections.

Black Ginger (Kaempferia parviflora) is an herbaceous plant belonging to the Zingiberaceae family. Since ancient time, it has traditionally been used as a health promoting, stimulating and vitalizing agent. It is also known as black galingale, Krachaidam, Krachaidum or Kra chai dam or even Krachai dam.

This plant is very popular for using stimulate sexual performance mostly in male, have various products form viable in the market. In Thai traditional medicine this plant is one of all popular plant have been use for a long time (avaplant para 1).

Black Ginger contains substantial amounts of PDE5 inhibitors, which act like Viagra, and it also enhances sex performance by increase blood-flow to the testis and stimulates dopaminergic function in hypothalamus. Black Ginger can help increasing sperm density and promotes health by its other effects such as adaptogenic activity, reducing triglycerides, preventing diabetes.

Benefits: •Increases libido •Improves endurance and vitality •Increases strength and energy •Reduces fatigue •Reduces risk of muscle pain, headache / stomach •Improves concentration. •Regulates blood sugar and blood circulation. •Prevention of malaria and fungal infections.

Scientific Evidence:

Kaempferia parviflora Wall. Ex Baker (KP) has been used as a folk medicine in Laos and Thailand to lower blood glucose levels, improve blood flow, and increase vitality. This study investigated the preventive effects of KP on obesity and its downstream symptoms (various metabolic disorders) using Tsumura, Suzuki, Obese Diabetes (TSOD) mice, a multifactorial genetic disease animal model in which metabolic diseases develop spontaneously, similar to metabolic syndrome in humans, and Tsumura, Suzuki, Non-Obesity (TSNO) mice as the corresponding control mice. When feed that was mixed with KP (1 or 3%) was given ad libitum to TSOD and TSNO mice for 8 weeks, body weight increase, visceral fat accumulation, lipid metabolism abnormalities, hyperinsulinemia, glucose intolerance, insulin resistance, hypertension, and peripheral neuropathy were suppressed in TSOD mice, but no marked differences were observed in TSNO mice. Because KP had preventive effects on metabolic diseases, including antiobesity effects, only in obese animals, we propose that KP will be extremely valuable as a medicine or component of food in alternative health care.

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