What Is Lempuyang? Let's Find Out Its Health Benefits!
What is Lempuyangan?
Lempuyang (Zingiber zerumbet) is a spice plant that comes from the same genus or group as galangal, ginger, and aromatic ginger (kencur). Uniquely, this plant has beautiful, bright red flowers. This is why many people prefer to use lempuyang as an ornamental plant rather than a medicinal herb.
According to a number of studies, this medicinal herb contains the substance zerumbone, which has antioxidant, antibacterial, and anticancer effects (Alodokter). Furthermore, lempuyang is also rich in various substances and nutrients, such as polyphenol and flavonoid antioxidants, carbohydrates, protein, fiber, potassium, magnesium, calcium, and vitamin C.
Health Benefits of Lempuyangan
The various substances and nutrients mentioned above allow lempuyang to provide a number of health benefits, such as:
1. Inhibiting Cancer Cell Growth

The first health benefit of lempuyangan is as an agent that inhibits the growth of cancer cells. Lempuyang possesses this property due to the presence of zerumbone, an anticancer substance, within this medicinal herb. This claim is also supported by various laboratory studies showing that lempuyang extract can inhibit cancer cell growth.
2. Controlling Blood Sugar Levels

Controlling blood sugar levels is a good habit that everyone should practice, especially those with diabetes. This is because a rise in blood sugar levels can make a person easily thirsty and hungry, fatigued, prone to headaches, experience blurred vision, have difficulty concentrating, and struggle with wound healing. In diabetics, this condition can even trigger organ or nerve damage.
This medicinal herb has the property of helping to control blood sugar levels in the body and maintaining stable blood sugar levels. This means lempuyang has potential as a herbal remedy that can prevent insulin resistance and diabetes.
3. Preventing and Overcoming Microbial Growth

Another study found that extract of fragrant lempuyang rhizome—a subspecies of lempuyang—contains antibacterial properties that have the potential to treat a number of infectious diseases.
Reported by the Hello Sehat website, the screening test results showed a positive effect against the bacterium Bacillus subtilis, which can cause meningitis, endocarditis, eye infections, and more. Additionally, the extract of this medicinal herb appears to be able to eradicate and inhibit the growth of Streptococcus bacteria.
4. Relieving Joint Pain

Besides the anti- properties mentioned above, lempuyang also possesses natural anti-inflammatory and analgesic (pain-relieving) effects. These two properties make lempuyang effective for relieving pain, including joint pain that commonly occurs due to inflammation in the joints. This benefit is also why lempuyang is used as one of the ingredients in Teh Tolak Angin, a herbal remedy for "masuk angin" (cold/flu-like symptoms) that can also relieve pain and soreness.
After learning what lempuyang is and its benefits, are you interested in trying it and experiencing its efficacy? Don't worry, you can obtain it through Teh Tolak Angin, which is hygienically processed to refresh the body while providing health benefits. Not only that, for those of you currently experiencing symptoms of a cold, consuming Teh Tolak Angin can also help overcome them.
With a composition of lempuyang, galangal, Javanese long pepper, curcuma, nut grass, leaf of phyllanthus niruri, sambung nyawa leaf, ginger, aromatic ginger, pulasari, fennel, and ginseng, this traditional herbal remedy can refresh the body as well as relieve aches, pain, lower back pain, and soreness.
You can purchase this product at drugstores, pharmacies, modern outlets, or buy it online via www.sidomunculstore.com or the official Sido Muncul store on Tokopedia, Shopee, Bukalapak, Blibli, Lazada, and JD.id.