By Linda Lee Smith
Cardamon (Elettaria cardamomum) is in the Zingiberaceae (ginger) family. The oil comes from steam distillation of the seeds. Cardamon is a tall herbaceous, reed-like perennial that can grow up to 12-13 feet in height. It has long, silky, blade-shaped leaves with small yellowish flowers with purple tips. The seeds are reddish-brown in color. This is a perennial, reed-like herb that can grow up to 4 feet in height. It has long, silk blade-shaped leaves and produces small yellowish flowers with purple tips followed by oblong red-brown seeds.
Traditionallly, cardamon has been used in China and India for well over 3,000 years for pulmonary disease, fever, digestive and urinary complaints. It was one of the most prized spices in ancient Greece and Rome and history relates that the king of Babylon cultivated it around the 7th century BC. It was a highly prized herb for the Greeks and Romans and in the Middle Ages it was called "Grains of Paradise" since it had so many healing uses. Hippocrates recommended it for sciatica, coughs, abdominal pains, spasms, nervous disorders, retention of urine and for bits of venomous creatures. It is still current in the British Herbal Pharmacopoeia as a specific for flatulent dyspepsia.
How Can We Use Cardamon Today?
Cardamon is observed today as having antispasmodic, expectorant and antiparasitic properties. It is used for lung and sinus infections, for indigestion, senility and headaches. Cardamon can be taken internally, used topically by diluting 50-50 with a vegetable oil and then applied on location, the stomach, solar plexus, or thighs, it can be applied to the chakras/vita flex points, directly inhaled, or diffused. It blends well with rose, olibanum, orange, bergamot, cinnamon, cloves, caraway, ylang ylang, labdanum, cedarwood, and orange blossom. As for safety, cardomon is non-toxic, non-irritating, and non-sensitizing.
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