There are three kinds of spices named "cardamom". Both cardamom and Alpinia katsumadai are native products and seeds of two ginger plants, but nutmeg is an exotic product, native to Southeast Asia, and is the kernel of evergreen trees. Cardamom, also known as cardamom, smells bitter and fragrant, tastes bitter and cold. It can remove odor and add spices in cooking, and is often used in brine and hot pot. Alpinia katsumadai is also a spicy condiment, which can remove fishy smell and strange smell and add flavor to dishes. It can be used with cardamom and can also be used instead of cardamom for cooking.

The so-called "cardamom" in ancient times was a woman (thirteen or fourteen years old).

English famous cardamom

Alias round cardamom, white cardamom, purple cardamom and ten cardamom

Nutmeg: It is the kernel of Myrtaceae. Prescription aliases: nutmeg, nutmeg, nutmeg, meat fruit, jade fruit, Jiagoule, stewed nutmeg and stewed jade fruit.

Cardamom is a small white cardamom. Together with Alpinia katsumadai and nutmeg, it is a common spice in cooking. Because everyone has the word "cardamom", it is easy to be misunderstood.

Amomum villosum, also known as Amomum villosum, Amomum villosum, etc. , which is the dried fruit of Amomum villosum of Zingiberaceae. Cardamom is spherical, inconspicuous blunt triangle, with milky white or light yellow surface, brittle skin, easy longitudinal cracking, light and slightly shiny inner wall, and 20 or 30 seeds. Cardamom is bitter and fragrant, pungent and cool, and slightly bitter. In cooking, odor can be removed and spices can be added, which is often used in brine and hot pot.

Alpinia katsumadai, also known as Loukou, Alpinia katsumadai, Alpinia katsumadai kernel and Fereizi, is a dried seed ball of Alpinia katsumadai, a ginger plant, and also a spicy condiment. Alpinia katsumadai is rectangular or oblate, with a sharp top and a slightly triangular base. The surface is grayish brown and hard. If it is broken, the section will be white, such as wax. Alpinia katsumadai has the functions of removing odor and peculiar smell and increasing the special flavor of dishes, and can be used together with or instead of Alpinia katsumadai for cooking. In addition, it is worth noting that some people think that Amomum villosum is just Amomum tsaoko, which is not correct. Tsao Tsao-ko is big, black and shiny, with hard shell and fine seeds inside, also known as Tsao-ko, which is the fruit of Tsao-ko, a ginger plant.

Nutmeg, also known as meat fruit and jade fruit, is commonly known as nutmeg. It is the nut of an evergreen tree in Myristicaceae. This kind of nut is made by peeling off the nutmeg coat (nutmeg coat is also a common spice), crushing the hard shell, taking out the nuts, soaking them in lime water, and then drying them. Nutmeg is oval, about 3 cm long and 2 cm wide. Its surface is gray or grayish yellow, and there are different parallel lines on the whole. Frost hangs over wrinkles, hard but not fragile. There is a brownish-yellow marble pattern after being broken. Nutmeg can be directly used as brine or defatted and processed into powder.

Chinese name: nutmeg

Drug name: nutmeg

Spelling: ROUDOUKOU

English name: nutmeg

Source: It is the seed of nutmeg.

Efficacy: warming middle warmer, promoting qi circulation, promoting digestion, resolving phlegm, strengthening intestine, sobering up and detoxifying.

Indications: It can be used to treat abdominal distension and pain caused by cold coagulation and qi stagnation, diarrhea, vomiting, dyspeptic abdominal pain, headache due to kidney deficiency, headache due to spleen deficiency and stagnation of spleen yang, abdominal fullness, bitter and sticky mouth, and excessive vomiting and phlegm.

Nature and taste: pungent, bitter and warm. ① Theory of medicinal properties: "Bitter and bitter." ② Materia Medica of sea medicine: "pungent, warm and nontoxic." 3 "Herbal Zheng Zheng": "Bitter and astringent, warm in nature." Enter spleen, large intestine, lung and stomach meridians. (1) Herbal soup: "It begins with Yangming Classic." (2) Explanation of the nature of Lei Gong's processed drugs: "Into the lung and stomach." (3) The Classic of Materia Medica: "Enter the Taiyin, Yangming, Yangming and large intestine."

Administration and dosage: oral administration: decoction, 0.5 ~ 2 yuan; I still took the pills and dispersed them.

Medication should be avoided: ① On canned tripterygium wilfordii: "Don't make it copper anyway." ② "Materia Medica": "The large intestine meridian is characterized by midsummer heat, purging fire, bleeding due to intestinal wind, toothache due to stomach fire, and stagnation of damp heat, which is not suitable for taking at first."

Drug compatibility: 1, used together with Psoralea corylifolia, one spleen and one kidney, one warm and one astringent, invigorating spleen and tonifying kidney, used to treat diarrhea due to spleen deficiency, kidney deficiency and cold. 2, with pepper, the two drugs are both spleen and stomach classics, and they are matched with each other. They are warm and astringent, and warm and astringent, mainly indicating spleen and stomach deficiency and cold, abdominal pain and chronic diarrhea. 3, use woody, one liter and one drop, up and down straight, qi and middle, the power of swelling and pain relief is enhanced. 4, with ginger, warming and stopping vomiting, the power of qi and pain relief is enhanced.

Other names: Jia Jile (Compendium of Materia Medica), Cardamom (Continued Letter), Meat Fruit (Outline)

Prescription Name: Nutmeg, Nutmeg, Nutmeg, Nutmeg, Nutmeg, Nutmeg, Nutmeg, Nutmeg, Nutmeg, Nutmeg, Nutmeg, Nutmeg and Nutmeg. To clean nutmeg, fry it with bran until it turns yellow. Reduce the irritation to the stomach after degreasing. Nutmeg cream is clean nutmeg, which is squeezed to remove oil and then ground into fine powder ...