Chinese Bulk Herbs – Chinese Cardamon (Bai Dou Kou)

Chinese Bulk Herbs Chinese Cardamon (Bai Dou Kou)
It is aromatic in flavor and is the effective herb for resolving damp-turbidity, moving stagnant qi and harmonizing spleen-stomach.
It is fragrant, pungent and warm but not dry. It is good at dispersing and resolving dampness from upper and middle energizer. For the early stage of damp-warm disease manifested as chest stuffiness and no feeling of hungry, it is usually combined with the lung-ventilating and dampness-draining herbs.
It can move qi and soothe the middle energizer, warm stomach and arrest vomiting. Its action is similar to Sha Ren, but it is fragrant and better at arresting vomiting, so it is most suitable for qi stagnation due to obstruction of damp-turbidity in interior manifested as gastric stuffiness and vomiting.

Latin Name:
Amomum compactum
Alpinia nutans

Chinese Name:
Bai Dou Kou

Common Names:
shellflower, dwarf cardamom

Parts Used:
Seed Pod

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Culinary Uses:
Cardamon is featured in many dishes around the world as a spice and as a healing herb.

Folk Lore:
N/A

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Cautions:
GRAS: Generally Recognized as Safe. This herb can be safely consumed when used appropriately.

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