From series 'Healthy Weirdo':

GALANGAL 

Used in the Thai kitchen as well as other Southeast-Asian cuisines.

 Galangal looks similar to ginger, but is more sour and peppery.

 

Galangal is an aromatic stimulant, carminative and stomachic. It is used against nausea, flatulence, dyspepsia, rheumatism, catarrh and enteritis. It also possesses tonic and antibacterial qualities and is used for these properties in veterinary and homeopathic medicine.

From time to time I use galangel for smoothies (as an alternative for ginger).  

It's warming root.

You can use it for curries, dipping sauces, paste, tom yum soups (really yuuuum), rendang, stir fries, prawns, scallops & squid, desserts, puddings, tarte...

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 All pictures (except the last one)  don't belong to me. 

Sources: google, pinteres, tumbl.