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Cardamom Seed (Elettaria cardamomum)

Cardamom is an excellent digestive enhancer, especially for cold and sweet

food.

Cardamom is an excellent digestive enhancer, especially for cold and sweet

food. Since it is widely consumed as a food, it is regarded

as being quite safe. It is used in herbal medicine to treat gastralgia,

enuresis (involuntary urination), spermatorrhea, phlegm,

indigestion and gas.

 

This herb has a warming, anti-mucus action, so is particularly appropriate to

be used as a component in lung formulas.

 

It is considered to be particularly rejuvenative for the spleen. According to

Ayurveda, it removes kapha from the stomach and lungs, as

well as being good for reducing high vata generally.

 

One compound in cardamom oil, terpinen-4-ol, appears to suggest that cardamom

can be effective in treating yeast vaginitis. Studies

have shown that preparations containing high amounts of terpinen-4-ol have been

as effective against yeast infections as the

pharmaceutical antifungals nystatin (Mycostatin) and clotrimazole

(Gyne-Lotrimin). Cardamom may have twice as much terpinen-4-ol

as tea tree oil.

 

Recent studies have shown that cardamom has pain-relieving, anti-inflammatory,

and antispasmodic effects.

 

(pungent, sweet, hot)

 

References

 

al-Zuhair H, el-Sayeh B, Ameen HA, al-Shoora H Pharmacological studies of

cardamom oil in animals. Pharmacol Res 1996

Jul-Aug;34(1-2):79-82

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