What are the benefits of cardamom?

Cardamom is the mature seed of cardamom, which is spherical in shape with a relatively rough surface and is often used as a medicine in traditional Chinese medicine. Many areas make a living by growing medicinal herbs, and cardamom is made when it matures in summer and autumn, is picked and exposed to the sun, and is made when the moisture content is reduced to a certain level. Combined with other Chinese medicines, it can effectively treat a variety of diseases. Today I will tell you about some of the benefits of cardamom.

There are several types of cardamom: grass cardamom, white cardamom, and red cardamom. Cardamom, also known as grass fruit, is spicy and aromatic with a mild nature; white cardamom, also known as white cardamom and cardamom kernel, has yellow-white skin, oily texture, spicy and soft aroma; red cardamom, also called jade fruit and nutmeg, is dark red in color, has spicy taste and strong aroma. They can all be used as seasonings for dishes, meat products and pickles.

Cardamom is rich in volatile oils such as cardamomine, camphor, and borneol, so it is rich in aroma. It can remove the fishy smell of fish, stimulate appetite, increase appetite and promote digestion. Cardamom extract can enhance the body's immune function against tumors, destroy the peripheral protective factors of cancer cells, and make cancer tissue more susceptible to damage. Traditional medicine believes that cardamom has the functions of drying dampness and cold, warming the stomach and strengthening the spleen, relieving pain and removing phlegm, and detoxifying; white cardamom has the effects of aromatic turbidity, relieving bloating and promoting qi, removing dampness and strengthening the stomach, and stopping vomiting and invigorating the spleen; red cardamom has the effects of aiding digestion, relieving drunkenness, warming the middle and lowering qi, and digesting food and strengthening the intestines.

Cardamom can also stimulate appetite and help digestion. It enters the lung, spleen and stomach meridians. It can eliminate dampness and relieve abdominal distension, promote qi circulation and warm the middle middle, stimulate appetite and aid digestion. It is used for dampness and turbidity blocking the middle part of the body, loss of appetite, the initial onset of damp-heat, chest tightness without hunger, vomiting due to cold and dampness, distension and pain in the chest and abdomen, and indigestion. Using cardamom in combination with other herbs such as pepper, star anise and cinnamon as a food seasoning can remove the odor of foods such as fish and meat. In addition, the stems of cardamom are very tough and permeable, making them excellent weaving materials. The woven cushions are warm in winter and cool in summer, and have the function of preventing and treating seat sores.

Western medicine usually extracts the key factors from herbs to make medicines, while Chinese medicine only retains the herbs as a whole and extracts the key factors through stewing methods. The two methods are different and the effects will be different. Cardamom is a traditional Chinese medicine and is usually used as a whole. Although it tastes slightly bitter, all good medicines taste bitter.