Table 1 Black ginger (Krachaidam in Thai Kaempferia parviflora) is an herbaceous plant belonging to the Zingiberaceae family, and it has traditionally been used as a health promoting, stimulating and vitalizing agent, since ancient times

Black ginger

Various benefits for human health

Krachaidam in Thai Kaempferia parviflora belonging to the Zingiberaceae family

∙ Adaptogenic activity∙ Anti-allergic activity∙ Anti-gastric ulcer effect∙ Anti-inflammatory∙ Anticholinesterase activity (prevent and cure Alzheimer’s disease)∙ Antiobesity effects∙ Antiplasmodial, antifungal and mild antimycobacterial∙ Anxiolytic and antidepressant effects∙ Aphrodisiac activity (enhance sexual desire, sexual motivation and sexual performance)∙ Excellent antioxidant∙ Increasing sperm density and increasing condensation of lysosome in the basal part of Sertoli cells

Source : Trisomboon, 2009; Mekjaruskul et al., 2012; Wattanathorn et al., 2012