In traditional herbal medicine: It has a bergamot flavour. Used as an ancient medicinal plant in China (vermifuge (earliest recorded), antimalarial, insect-bites, etc.).

In the past, ginger with a strong scent was considered male and mioga with a mild scent was considered female, and ginger was called Senoka (elder brother's scent) and myoga was called Menoka (younger sister's scent). It is believed that Menoka passed through the old kana spelling Meuga and then became the modern kana spelling Mioga. Yutaka Sashida (Doctor of Pharmacy), Professor Emeritus at Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences

There is another popular myth about the origin of the name myoga that still exists today. One of the Buddha's disciples had a bad memory and could not even remember his own name, so he carried a load of his name written on it on his body. "Carry" means to carry on one's person. The mioga plant was also growing on the grave of the person when he died, so it was named mioga, and the name was changed to mioga by adding the Kusakanmuri. Note: Kusakanmuri is a part of Japanese kanji. It means plants. In my opinion, kanji is a bit like Latin. Yutaka Sashida (Doctor of Pharmacy), Professor Emeritus at Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences

It has a bergamot flavour. Used as an ancient medicinal plant in China (vermifuge (earliest recorded), antimalarial, insect-bites, etc.).

The young spring shoots are first picked and then later in the year the slightly scented flower buds are eaten.The flower buds are pickled and used as a spice. The buds are used in mizo soup and tempura.

The flower stalks in Figure 2 have a fragrant, spicy taste and a crunchy texture when bitten, so they are edible under names such as "mioga," "flower myoga," or "child of mioga." They are finely chopped and used as a condiment in various dishes, but because they contain lye, they are soaked in water for a while before using. They are also pickled in sake lees, miso, and used in tempura. The young shoots are also edible under the name "miogatake" because their shape resembles bamboo shoots. It seems that myoga is only edible in Japan. Yutaka Sashida (Doctor of Pharmacy), Professor Emeritus at Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences

Zingiber officinale contains methyleugenol, an alkenylbenzene. It is carcinogenic and genotoxic in mice. No data on Z.mioga.