Introduction
Cardamom is found in large quantities in our country India and its surrounding warm countries. Cardamom is not found in cold countries. Cardamom is grown in abundance in Malabar, Cochin, Mangalore and Karnataka. Cardamom trees are similar to turmeric trees. Cardamom grows on its own in Malabar. Every year a lot of cardamom is sent from Malabar to England and other countries. Cardamom is tasty. It is usually used in food items.
Cardamom is of two types, small and big. Small cardamom is bitter, cold, sharp, small, fragrant, bile-causing, abortive and rough and destroys Vayu (gas), Kapha (phlegm), Arsh (piles), Decay (T.B.), poisoning, disease of the abdomen (lower portion of the navel), disease of throat, difficulty or burning while urinating, Ashmari (stones) and wounds. Cardamom should not be eaten at night. Eating cardamom at night causes leprosy. Big cardamom is sharp, dry, tasty, fragrant, digestive, cold and increases digestive power. It removes phlegm, bile, blood disease, heart disease, poisoning, vomiting, burning and mouthache and headache.
Properties
Small cardamom destroys phlegm, cough, breathing, piles and urine disorder. It makes the mind happy. It purifies wounds. Removes impurities from heart and throat. Strengthens heart. Removes mental insanity, vomiting and nausea. Removes foul smell from mouth and makes it fragrant and breaks stones. Properties of big cardamom are also similar to properties of small cardamom. Consumption of cardamom is beneficial in jaundice, indigestion, urinary disorder, burning sensation in chest, stomach ache, nausea, hiccups, asthma, stones and joint pain.
Harmful effects
Use of small cardamom in excess quantity is harmful for intestines and cardamom should not be eaten at night. Eating cardamom at night causes leprosy.
Treatment of various diseases
1. Nocturnal emission:
Mixing cardamom seeds and isabgol in equal quantity in amla juice and consuming 1 spoon each in the morning and evening is beneficial in nocturnal emission.
2. In case of burning sensation or blurred vision in the eyes:
Take cardamom seeds and sugar in equal quantity and grind them. Then add castor powder to 4 grams of this powder and consume it. This provides coolness to the brain and eyes and improves eyesight.
3. Menomere, Blood-root-disease:
Take cardamom seeds, saffron, nutmeg, bamboo manna, nagkesar and shankhjira in equal quantity and make its powder. Mix 2 grams of honey, 6 grams of cow ghee and three grams of sugar in this 2 grams of powder and consume it. This should be consumed daily in the morning and evening for about fourteen days. After consuming this at night, add sugar to half a kilo of cow milk, heat it and drink it and go to sleep. This will provide relief in menorrhagia, blood-root-disease (bloody piles) and hematuria. Keep in mind that till then do not eat hot things like jaggery, nuts etc.
4. Phlegm:
Drinking a mixture of cardamom seeds, rock salt, ghee and honey is beneficial.
5. Semen Strengthening:
Consuming a mixture of cardamom seeds, mace, almonds, cow butter and sugar candy every morning strengthens the semen.
6. Difficulty in passing urine (difficulty or burning while passing urine):
Eating powder of cardamom seeds mixed with honey is beneficial in passing urine (burning while passing urine).
7. For Udavarta (Stool Blockage):
Take a little cardamom and roast it on a ghee lamp, then grind it and mix honey in the powder and lick it, it is beneficial in Udavarta disease.
8. For Mouth Disease:
Mix powder of cardamom seeds and roasted alum powder, keep it in mouth and let the saliva fall. After this, wash the mouth with clean water. Doing this 4-5 times a day provides relief in mouth disease.
9. All types of pain:
Make a decoction of cardamom seeds, asafoetida, Indrajav and rock salt and mix it with castor oil and give it. This instantly relieves pain in waist, heart, stomach, navel, back, womb, head, ears and eyes.
10. All types of fever:
Mix cardamom seeds, wood apple and vishakhapara in milk and water and boil it till only milk is left. After it cools down, filter it and drink it to cure all types of fever.
11. Kapha-mutra krichchha:
Mixing cardamom powder in any one of these three things and drinking it is beneficial.
12. Vomiting:
Burning cardamom peels, mixing its ash in honey and licking it provides relief in vomiting.
Mixing a quarter spoon of cardamom powder in pomegranate juice and drinking it stops vomiting immediately.
Mixing 4 pinches of cardamom powder in half cup of pomegranate juice and drinking it stops vomiting.
13. Cholera:
5-10 drops of cardamom juice is beneficial in case of vomiting, cholera, dysentery.
Put 10 grams of cardamom in one kilo of water and boil it, when 250 ml of water is left, take it off and cool it. Drinking this water in sips at short intervals cures the ill effects of cholera, thirst and urinary retention etc.
14. Poison of Jamalghota:
Grinding cardamom seeds in curd and giving it to the patient is beneficial.
