Green Cardaomom (Elaichi), for Cooking, Restaurants, Packaging Type : PP Bags

Listing ID #5552760

green cardamom is regarded as the third most expensive spice after saffron and vanilla. It is the dried fruit. When dried it is the seed that is the source of essential oil and sweet aroma. Seeds contains 6 to 7% of essential oil i.e. Terpineol and linalool both free alcohols and esters along with 1-8 cineole gives an unwelcome camphoraceous note. It is sun-dried (preferred in india).

cardamom reduces the air and water elements, increases appetite and soothes the mucous membrane. It relieves gas and heart-bum caused by garlic and onion. Ground cardamom seed mixed with ginger, cloves and coriander, is an effective remedy for indigestion. A tea made from cardamom is valuable in headache caused by indigestion. Its powdered seeds mixed with a tablespoon of banana leaf and amla juice taken thrice a day, will serve as an excellent diuretic for the treatment of gonorrhoea, cystitis, nephritis, burning micturation or urination and scanty urination. This can be used as a remedy in the treatment of depression.