1. Summary of classics

1. "Famous Doctors": "Maintains temperature, abdominal pain, vomiting, and removes bad breath."

2. "Kaibao Materia Medica": "It is mainly responsible for accumulating cold air, stopping vomiting and regurgitation, and eliminating glutinous qi."

3. "Materia Medica Tongxuan": "White cardamom, its function is all in the aromatic gas. Stir-fried on fire, it will reduce the potency; add it to the soup, but grind it finely and take it at the boiling point. "

4. "Medicinal Methods": "Disperse the stagnant Qi in the lungs and widen the diaphragm to eat. "

5. "Compendium of Materia Medica": "Cure choking and diaphragm, remove malaria, cold and heat, and relieve alcoholism.

6. "Compendium of Materia Medica": "Disperse stagnation of qi and eliminate alcoholism." Accumulation, removing cold and drying dampness, transforming food into wide and swollen. It can be used to treat malaria due to spleen deficiency, cold and abdominal pain, vomiting and nausea (disabled for those with excessive lung and stomach fire and qi deficiency), white eye nebula (white eyes belong to the lungs and can disperse lung stagnation), and red tendons in the eyes of the Taiyang Meridian (the Taiyang Meridian causes eyesight). ”

7. "Bencao Bendu": "It is hot in nature and fragrant. It enters the lungs to expel evil and break stagnation. It has a pungent taste and dry texture. It acts on the stomach to stop vomiting and remove cold." ”

8. "Ben Cao Cheng Ya Ban Gao": "It mainly controls the accumulation of cold air, relieves vomiting and regurgitation, eliminates grains and lowers Qi." ”

9. "Compendium of Materia Medica": "Dissipates stagnation of qi, eliminates alcohol accumulation, removes cold and dampness, transforms food into bloated food, treats spleen deficiency, malaria, cold and abdominal pain, vomiting and regurgitation, and white eyes and film." . (White eyes belong to the lungs and can dispel lung stagnation.) The red veins in the eyes of the Taiyang Meridian. (Taiyang pulse, Qimu.) When the fire rises and causes nausea, abdominal pain due to heat, and Qi deficiency, it should be avoided. "

10. "Compendium of Materia Medica": "The special function is to dissipate stagnation and break up accumulation, spleen deficiency, malaria, cold and abdominal pain, white eyes, cloudy membranes, and red tendons. Use amomum villosum and licorice to treat vomiting in children. Get amomum villosum, cloves and tangerine peel to treat nausea. It should be avoided by those who are sick due to heat. Cold stomach and nausea, vomiting after eating. Grind three pills into powder and drink. "

11. "Compendium of Materia Medica": "This medicine is popular in triple burners, warms the spleen and stomach, dissipates stagnation of qi, eliminates alcohol accumulation, removes cold and dampness, and dissolves food and expands it. ”

12. "Compendium of Materia Medica": "Maintains the accumulation of cold qi, relieves vomiting and regurgitation, and eliminates qi from the valley." ”

13. "Mengquan Materia Medica": "Disperses cold stagnation in the chest and benefits Yuanyang above the diaphragm." The earth in the spleen is warm but painful, and the clouds in the eyes are removed to remove obstacles. Stop stomach upset and vomiting, eliminate accumulated food bloating. ”

14. "Materia Medica Seeking Truth": "This is the same as shrinking sand dense." The smell is the same. There is no difference in merit. However, there is also a refreshing and wonderful atmosphere. It goes up to the lung meridian qi division. And for the Feijia to disperse qi, medicine is needed. And its pungent, warm and fragrant flavor. Popular triple focus. Warms the spleen and stomach. And make cold dampness expand. Malaria and vomiting. Nausea and abdominal pain. Combined with the nebula film (it must be used to treat white eyes and white nebula.) All symptoms such as red veins in the eyes will be eliminated. It is not like shrunken sand, which is dense, pungent, warm, fragrant and bitter at the same time. The special function is to harmonize the stomach, wake up the spleen and regulate the middle. But when it comes to other parts of the lungs and kidneys, it stops at the same time. Therefore, there is fire in the lungs and stomach. It should be avoided if the lung and stomach qi are weak. Therefore, medicine is used to treat diseases. It is best to examine the smell. Distinguish form and quality. Thought it was a test. Not to be ignored at all. There is no difference between the ears. ”

15. "Ben Cao Tu Jing": "Zhang Wenzhong treats cold stomach qi and the urge to vomit after eating. Take three white cardamom seeds, pound and sieve them, grind them finely, and add a cup of good wine to warm it slightly. Mix it and drink three or two cups. For treating vomiting, Atractylodes and other Liuwu decoctions also use white cardamom, which is probably suitable for treating cold stomach, so it is suitable to be taken. ”

16. "New Compilation of Materia Medica": "Disperses cold and stagnant Qi in the chest, replenishes the yang of the pericardium, warms the spleen and stomach, relieves vomiting and turns the stomach, and eliminates food accumulation in the eyes." However, this product is particularly difficult to identify. Most shops use grass and cardamom to make it, so it is ineffective if used too much. In short, it must be white, and there is no need to ask whether it is true or false. ”

17. "Book of Materia Medica Yi Read": "It promotes the movement of temperature and stomach, digestion and hangover, relieves vomiting and distention, nourishes the lungs and nourishes the spleen." It can treat choking and diaphragm, eliminate cold and malaria, treat nausea and relieve gas. Reduce the white film of the eyes and remove the red tendons in the eyes. ”

18. "Compendium of Selected Materia Medica": "Disperses stagnant Qi in the lungs, widens the diaphragm to enter food, warms the spleen and stomach, relieves cold and abdominal pain, relieves vomiting and reverses stomach upset." Remove the big red tendons in the eyes of the Taiyang Meridian, bring out the pure and noble Qi, and make up for the lack of Jiao Yuan Qi. ”

19. "Ben Jing Feng Yuan": "The spicy aroma of white cardamom rises and enters the spleen and lung meridians to disperse stagnant qi in the lungs." It can be used to treat malaria due to spleen deficiency, vomiting, cold and heat, which can eliminate energy and cause wear and tear, and popular triple energizer. Once the Ying and Wei are reversed, all symptoms will subside. Ancient prescriptions are suitable for treating cold stomach and gas accumulation, vomiting and regurgitation, eliminating gas due to glutinous rice, widening the diaphragm for eating, and relieving alcohol poisoning. Do not take it if the fire rises and makes you vomit, or if the accumulated heat causes pain. ”

20. "Depei Materia Medica": "Disperses stagnant Qi in the chest, relieves cold and abdominal pain, and warms the spleen and stomach." To treat red eye outbreaks, remove the large red veins in the Taiyang Meridian.

Yang Shiying said that white cardamom can treat malaria due to spleen deficiency, vomiting, cold and heat, and can eliminate energy and burn out the body, which can cause triple burners. Once the Yingwei is transferred, all symptoms will be relieved. ”

21. "The medicinal properties of Lei Gongpao": "It tastes pungent, warm in nature and non-toxic. It enters the three meridians of the lung, spleen and stomach." It is mainly used to eliminate cold phlegm, stagnant Qi, reduce nebula in the eyes, stop vomiting, stimulate appetite, and relieve cold diarrhea, dysentery and abdominal pain. Fry it to remove the clothes and grind it. The white and round ones are better. ”

22. "Medicine Cage Sketch": "The popular triple burner warms the spleen and stomach, dissipates stagnant qi, removes cold and dampness, and transforms food into expanded food." Treats chronic malaria, spleen deficiency, cold and abdominal pain. If you have abdominal pain due to heat, deficiency of qi and rising fire, you should avoid taking it. ”

23. “Properties and Uses of Medicine”: “It is pungent and warm in nature and flavor, popular in triple burners, and can quickly relieve diaphragm and dissipate stagnation. It is a primary medicine of Feijia, and it also acts on the spleen and stomach.” Peel and stir-fry. The shell is responsible for widening the stomach, and its strength is thinner than the ears. ”

24. "Yade Catalpa Medicinal Solution": "It tastes pungent and smells fragrant. It enters the stomach of Foot Yangming and the lung meridian of hand Taiyin." It reduces lung and stomach congestion, is good at relieving vomiting, relieves stasis in the chest and diaphragm, helps reduce food intake, is effective for choking and diaphragm, is also good for malaria, removes miasma on the eyes, and relieves distension and pain in the abdomen. ”

25. "General Commentary on the Medicinal Properties of Zengguang Heji Bureau": "Maintains the accumulation of cold air, relieves vomiting, nausea, eliminates grains, and lowers Qi." ”

26. "Zheng Lei Materia Medica": "It tastes pungent, warm, and non-toxic." Mainly used for accumulating cold air, stopping vomiting and regurgitation, eliminating glutinous rice and lowering qi. ”

27. "Pearl Sac Supplementary Medicinal Properties": "It breaks the qi stagnation in the lungs; removes the bad smell in the mouth; disperses the cold air in the chest; replenishes the vital energy." ”

28. "Medicine Origin": ""Secret Indications of Indications" says that the medicine of Feijin can disperse the stagnant Qi in the chest, cold and abdominal pain, warm the spleen and stomach, red eyes, red eyes. ”

29. "Compendium of Materia Medica": "It is mainly responsible for the accumulation of cold air and injury, vomiting, and nausea due to cold." Warmth can eliminate things, so it is responsible for eliminating grains; warmth can circulate, so it is responsible for lowering Qi. Dongyuan is used to disperse the stagnant Qi in the lungs, widen the diaphragm and eat, and remove the white eye film, which has the effect of dispersing the stagnant Qi. "

30. "Feng's Tips and Secrets": "White cardamom, start with Taiyin Lung. It does not have Qing Gao Qi, dispersing cold stagnation in the chest, replenishing the yang in the diaphragm, warming the spleen and earth but removing pain, relieving eye clouds and removing obstructions, stopping stomach upset and vomiting, and eliminating food bloating. It should not be taken if the fire rises and causes nausea, abdominal pain due to heat, or lung fire and phlegm cough. ”

31. "Gu Songyuan Medical Mirror": "It can relieve vomiting by warming the body, whet the appetite and eliminate food. It is suitable to take medication for malaria and treatment for abdominal pain." ”

33. "Introduction to Medicine": "White cardamom tastes pungent and warm. It can cool the upper burnt qi and replenish the original energy. It can dispel stagnation in the lungs and reduce clouds and clouds, help the lungs eliminate accumulation and stop stomach upset." ”

34. "Dictionary of Chinese Medicine": "Promotes qi, warms the stomach, digests food, and relaxes the heart." Treat qi stagnation, food stagnation, chest tightness, abdominal distension, choking, choking, vomiting, nausea, and malaria. ”

35. Yang Shiying: “Cure spleen deficiency malaria, vomiting, cold and heat, can eliminate energy and grind, and popular triple burner.” "

36. Wang Haogu: "Nourishes lung qi, benefits the spleen and stomach, regulates vitality, and removes stagnation." "

37. "Chinese Materia Medica": "Reducing dampness and promoting qi; warming and stopping vomiting; appetizing and digesting. Mainly caused by dampness and qi stagnation; disharmony between the spleen and stomach; distension of the epigastrium; inability to eat; initial onset of dampness and temperature; chest tightness without hunger; cold stomach and vomiting; and persistent food accumulation. ”

38. "Materia Medica Tongxuan": White cardamom, its power lies entirely in the aromatic gas. Once stir-fried, its power will be reduced; it can be put into the soup, but it should be grinded finely before all the medicines are fried. , it is especially useful when taken at the boiling point.

39. "Yilin Zhuan Yao": White cardamom is pungent and heat-warming and nourishes the fire of life. It is also cooling. ... Pungent and moisturizing can purge the evils of dryness, so it is mainly used to treat cold malaria, relieve stagnation and relieve hangover, relieve vomiting, and relieve diarrhea. It can also warm the spleen and stomach, transform food, and remove cold accumulation.

2. Modern research

1. Ingredients: Mainly containing volatile oil components such as eucalyptol, β-pinene, α-pinene, clovene, bornyl acetate and so on. The volatile oil content of the kernels shall not be less than 5.0%, the cardamom kernels shall not be less than 4.0%, and the cardamom kernels shall contain not less than 3.0% eucalyptol.

2. Function: This product can promote the secretion of gastric juice and enhance the stomach function. It can prevent abnormal intestinal fermentation, eliminate gastrointestinal gas, and has good aromatic effects on stomach and antivomiting. Volatile oil can enhance the effect of small doses of streptomycin on guinea pig experimental tuberculosis.

3. Pharmacology: It has a good aromatic stomachic effect, can promote gastric juice secretion, increase gastrointestinal motility, prevent abnormal intestinal fermentation, expel gastrointestinal gas, and can stop vomiting. However, even if it is stored well, its aromatic oil is easily lost. , loses fragrance and affects the therapeutic effect. Its volatile oil can enhance the effect of small doses of streptomycin on experimental tuberculosis in guinea pigs.

Note about the name of cardamom. "Chinese Materia Medica" points out: In ancient times, there were two types of cardamom, one was imported, which is today's white cardamom; the other was domestically produced, which is today's grass cardamom. The "Chinese Pharmacopoeia" (2015 edition) lists them as two separate drugs, which is in line with the actual clinical use. However, naming white cardamom as "cardamom" can easily cause confusion.