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Botanical Name: Elettaria cardamomum
Plant Part: Seeds
Extraction Method: Steam
Origin: India
Description: A perennial, reed-like herb, Cardamom grows wild and is cultivated in India and Sri Lanka. It grows up to 4 meters (13 feet) and has long, green silky blades, small yellowy flowers, with a violet tip and a large fleshy rhizome, similar to ginger. Oblong gray fruits follow the flowers, each containing many seeds.
Color: Pale yellow
Common Uses: It is listed in the British Herbal Pharmacopoeia as a 'specific' for flatulence and dyspepsia. Cardamom is particularly helpful for the digestive system. It works as a laxative and soothes colic, wind, dyspepsia and nausea, even nausea caused by pregnancy. It warms the stomach and helps with heartburn. As a massage oil or diluted in the bath, Cardamom oil can assist with: digestive system, coughs and a general tonic.
Consistency: Light
Note: Top
Strength of Aroma: Strong
Blends well with: Rose, Orange, Bergamot, Cinnamon, Cloves, Caraway and Cedarwood
Aromatic Scent: Cardamom essential oil is sweet, spicy and almost balsamic in fragrance.
History: Cardamom, sometimes called Grains of Paradise, is a pungent, aromatic herb first used around the eighth century, and is a native of India. The Romans used it for their stomachs when they over-indulged. The Arabs used it grounded in their coffee and it is an important ingredient in Asian cooking.
Cautions: Non-toxic, non-irritant and non-sensitizing.
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