What are the benefits, effects and side effects of sand ginger?

Sha Jiang, known as Kaempferia galanga, has the effects of promoting qi and warmth, eliminating food and relieving pain, and is used for treating cold pain in the epigastrium (feeling cold pain in the stomach and abdomen), and intestinal chirping and diarrhea, with side effects that are still not clear. Kaempferia galanga is the dried rhizome of Kaempferia galanga, family Zingiberaceae. It is pungent in taste, warm in nature and belongs to the stomach meridian, with the efficacy of promoting qi and warming the middle, eliminating food and relieving pain. It is used in treating chest and diaphragm distension and fullness, cold pain in the epigastrium and abdomen, intestinal chirping and diarrhea caused by cold condensation and stagnation of qi, as well as poor appetite and inability to think about food caused by food stagnation (food that is indigestible and stagnates in the stomach). Adverse effects and contraindications of Kaempferia galanga are not known. If there is a need for medication, it is recommended to use under the guidance of a professional physician, not blindly self-medication.