Cardamom
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Scientific name
Elettaria cardamomum (L.) Maton
English Name
Cardamom
Malayalam name
ഏലം
Common name
Queen of Spices
Description
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : Cultivated
- Leaves : bifarious, elliptic-lanceolate.
- Flowers : white with purple color in the center of lip
- Seeds : many, angular, fragrant.
How to use
- Oral Health : Chewing on cardamom seeds can help freshen your breath and promote good oral hygiene.
- For Cough : Take 250 mg cardamom powder with honey twice daily after light meals, or as prescribed.
Uses
Carminative, acrid, sweet, cooling, stimulant, digestive, stomachic, diuretic, cardiotonic, expectorant and tonic.
Parts used
Seeds and oil
Conservation
Propagation & Cultivation
It can be propagated through seeds.Collect fresh seeds (600 g/ha) from healthy, high-yielding plants, treat them with commercial-grade Sulphuric or Hydrochloric acid for 20 minutes, wash thoroughly, and sow in beds prepared with equal parts well-rotted cattle manure, wood ash, and jungle soil, then cover with a thin layer of fine sand.
