Cardamom, a perennial evergreen herb, grows in Shannan. Tall, banana-shaped, with large leaves, needle-shaped flowers and pale yellow flowers, the fruit is oblate in autumn, with pomegranate seeds, which can be used as medicine and has fragrance. Can be used for eliminating dampness and swelling, warming air, stimulating appetite, and promoting digestion. It can be used for damp and turbid obstruction, anorexia, onset of damp and warm, chest distress and hunger, vomiting due to cold and dampness, chest pain and abdominal pain, and dyspepsia. Born in a shady and humid place in a ravine, it is cultivated in the shade of trees in China. Hainan, Yunnan and Guangxi are all cultivated. Originated in Indonesia.

Alias: cardamom, cardamom, cardamom nutmeg, cardamom nutmeg, cardamom nutmeg, cardamom nutmeg, cardamom nutmeg, cardamom nutmeg, cardamom nutmeg, Lei Zi nutmeg.

Sexual taste: Xin Wen.

Meridian tropism: lung meridian, spleen meridian and stomach meridian.

Function: eliminating dampness and swelling, warming middle warmer, stimulating appetite and promoting digestion.

Indications: It is used for obstruction of collaterals due to dampness and turbidity, anorexia, initial onset of dampness and temperature, chest distress and hunger, vomiting due to cold and dampness, chest pain and abdominal distension, and dyspepsia.