![]() It is also recommended against hangovers and flatulence. ![]() Its major asset is its richness in bactericidal essential oil and antioxidants. If one might believe that the shell ginger is a plant dedicated to ornament, the plant is better known for its medicinal properties such as improving the flu-like condition, digestion, and balancing blood pressure. It is a tropical plant but which resists winter temperatures down to -10☌. Moreover, it is often said that " there is not a house in the West Indies that does not have the atumo plant nearby." It is a plant very present in Martinique and in the Lesser Antilles. The flowers are yellow with red streaks inside and bloom protective white with a pinkish tip. ![]() It is a tropical rhizome with the scent of cinnamon that grows in clumps of 30 to 60 cm. It owes its local name Atoumo ("A-tous-maux" that means in english to all ills) to its many virtues in particular to fight all kinds of flu. It is also called the tropical tuberous rhizome. Shell ginger or atumo from its scientific name Alpinia zerumbet is a perennial plant of the Zingiberaceae family native to eastern Asia.
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