143. Galanga: i.e. galangal; hot and dry in the third degree; it retains its efficacy for only five years; it is at its best when it is heavy, brownish red, and knobby, with a sharp taste; it has the consuming, comforting and dissolving virtues. If it be put to the nose, it will comfort the animal virtue. Item, if powder of galangal be given with juice of borage, it will help with heartburn and swooning. If regular use be made of galangal, it will make the person's breath good. The following are equivalent in their operation: cloves, galangal, and lignum aloes, because each of them is used in place of each of the others. Take powder of galangal and boil it in wine with powder of caraway and anise, and drink it, and it will help with indigestion and pain of the stomach caused by windiness.