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Elettaria cardamomum (Xiaodoukou)

Distribution:
Mainly in Vietnam, Sri Langka, Malabar coast of Southern India and some in Nepal and Bhutan.

Properties (characteristics):
Acrid, warm

Channels (meridians) entered:
Spleen, stomach

Medical functions:
cancer prevention
reduces blood pressure
enhances fibrinolysis
improves antioxidant status
regulate inflammatory responses and prevent/attenuate carcinogenesis.

Actions & Indications:
Being used in indigestion, ridding of intestine gas, and as stimulant.

Chemical ingredients:
Evaporating oil, small amount of saponin, pigment, and starch. The evaporating oil is about 2 to 10%, mainly consists of d-borneol, d-camphor, cineole, cymene etc.

Cautions:
Do not use in cases of blood deficient or qixu (qi deficiency) and fire is high in lung and stomach with no cold dampness (as in chronic yeast infection).

elettaria cardamomum (xiaodoukou)

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