What is the difference between nutmeg and cardamom: cardamom is spherical, 0.8 ~ 1.2 cm in diameter; surface yellowish white to yellowish brown, there are 3 deep longitudinal grooves, the tip of the stigma base, the base of the concave fruiting stalk scar, both ends with light brown tomentum. Nutmeg is an ovary ellipsoid, densely covered with rust-colored tomentum outside, the style is extremely short, the stigma apex 2-lobed; the fruit is usually solitary, short-stalked, sometimes with a remnant of tepals.

Baikou is produced in subtropical areas such as the central and southern peninsulas; Nutmeg is native to Indonesia, Malaysia, the West Indies and Brazil, and has been introduced and cultivated in Guangdong, Yunnan and other provinces in China.

Nutmeg contains nutmeg component, can produce excitement and hallucinogenic effect. This is associated with eating small amounts can produce hallucinations, distortions of time and space, beyond the blissful sense of reality a toxic substance.

The nutmeg is first eaten in the nutmeg. Before eating the pulp first wash the cardamom, to remove impurities. Cardamom alias multi-bone, shell cardamom, cardamom, etc., for the ginger family perennial herbaceous plant cardamom fruit. 10-12 months the fruit is yellowish-green, not yet cracked when taken, remove the residual stalk dried for medicinal purposes.