Scientific name
Elettaria cardamomumFamily
ZinziberaceaeOrigin
Cardamom is an oriental cultivation plantParts Used
Drug consisting of seeds, from which the essential oil is obtainedChemical constituents
- Essential oil (limonene, alcohols, esters and eucalyptol)
Cardamom in Herbal Medicine: Properties of Cardamom
When chewed, the white seeds of cardamom release a particular smell and taste; for this peculiarity they are used against halitosis and for the correction of the taste of herbal teas.
Folk medicine also indicates it as a functional eupeptic ingredient of infusions or tinctures.
