Cardamon, Elettaria cardamomum Cardamomum, Lesser Cardamom Sukshmaila (Ayurveda)Heel Khurd (Fruit, Unani)Dana Heel Khurd (Seed, Unani)Sug smel སུག་སྨེལ (Tibetan) Ortus Sanitatis, Cube, Johann von, 1501 Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Lesser CardamonIcones Plantarum Medcio-oeconomico, Vietz, 1800 Indiae Utriusque re Naturali et Medica, Pisonis, 1658 Lesser, Medium and Greater Cardamons New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Lesser Cardamon (Adam, 2016) Botanical Name: Lesser Cardamon: Elettaria cardamomum; Ela (Ayurveda); Heel Khurd (Unani); Sug Smel (Tibetan) Greater Cardamon: Amomum subulatum; Sha Ren (TCM); Bahula, Bhadra (Ayurveda); Heel Kalan (Unani) Grains of Paradise: Aframomum melegueta; Heel Habshi (Unani) Cardamon species are varied and complex. Numerous species supply the various ‘Cardamons’ Parts used: Fruit Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent, Sweet“It is hot and dry in the third degree” (Avicenna) Classification: 3C. ALEXIPHARMIC.   3D. CORDIALS & CARDIACS4a. CEPHALIC.   4c. CARDIAC.   4e. STOMACHIC.   4j. NERVINE Uses: Moves Qi, clears Damp, Warms the Stomach: poor appetite (Commission E), nausea, distention, indigestion, vomitinggood for Hiccup“It strengthens the Stomach.” (Avicenna)Liver and Gall Bladder complaints (Commission E) Clears Phlegm, Stops Cough: Phlegm obstructing the Chest; tightness of the ChestCough, Bronchitis (Ayurveda, Commission E); Asthma in AyurvedaRhinitis, Catarrh (Ayurveda)Fevers, Common Cold (Commission E) Warms the Kidneys, Promotes Urine: Cold Kidneys with copious pale urine, lower…

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