Its distribution extends from Yunnan south to Indonesia, west to India, and Sri Lanka. Ginger is a type of herb whose rhizomes are used as a cooking spice and its young shoots as a steamed vegetable. Eating ginger can leave the body feeling warm and refreshed. In South Korea, ginger is used as a cosmetic ingredient.

This plant is commonly found in tropical lowland areas with an average temperature of 18-30 °C, dense forests up to an altitude of 1,000 m above sea level, and rainfall of 1,200-3,000 mm/year. It grows well in areas with full sunlight, moist soil, a pH of 6-7, and relatively fertile soil with good air exchange and water management.

• As the roots mature, they differentiate into rhizomes, which are long, tapering downwards and rounded.

• The rhizomes are yellow-brown with a smooth, long, slender, and finger-like surface.

• The stems are the original underground rhizomes, yellow-brown in color, aromatic, and thickened.

• The leaves have 2-7 leaves, with the lower leaves being sheaths.

• The flowers are indefinite spikelets, located in the leaf axils, protected by two spathes, and the stalks are 41 cm long. The corollas are three-petaled, pink or yellow-white, tubular, with the upper crown divided and lanceolate.

• Propagation is done by cutting the rhizome into several parts (each part has at least 2 buds), planting distance 30 cm.

Expels phlegm or treats coughs, expels gas, increases appetite, diarrhea, cures mouth ulcers, vaginal discharge, stimulates the production of breast milk (ASI).

• Resin, saponins, flavonoids pinostrolerin, alipinetin, essential oils (camphor, cineol, methyl cinnamate, hydromirsen).