Spice, bestowing a clear mind

 

By purchasing cardamom once, you will be charmed by the delicate aroma and a rich, sweet-tart taste with a lot of colors, appreciate its beneficial effects on the body and discover the tremendous opportunities for application of medicinal properties of this spice in cooking, medicine and aromatherapy.

Cardamom calms the Vata and Kapha doshas, but the owners of the Pitta body-type is not recommended increasing pitt black cardamom, they are ideal of the more popular green cardamom, which is beneficial to all three doshas.

 





Green grows mostly in India and Malaysia. Black cardamom, with more complex and strong flavor with resinous notes, is cultivated in all parts of Australia and tropical Asia it is often called Javanese or Bengali. Cardamom fruit is a small capsule with seeds inside. Some experts believe that the value of green cardamom is higher than black, while others believe that black is inferior to green cardamom by medical properties. Whatever it was, but since ancient times, cardamom is a highly valued spice. However, the cultivation of cardamom and getting spices — expensive, time consuming and complex process, so cardamom is one of the most expensive spices in the world, the price for it lower price only to saffron and vanilla. On Indian market spices cardamom is the second by quantity of sale and export of spice after black pepper.

Cardamom seeds contain:

— 3-8% valuable essential oils rich in such substances as amidon, terpineol, cineol, limonene and borneol, fatty oils and esters;
— carbohydrates, protein and dietary fiber;
— vitamins B1, B2, B3 and vitamin C;
— zinc, phosphorus, magnesium, calcium, sodium, potassium, copper, manganese and iron.

According to Ayurveda, cardamom contributes substantially to activity and mental clarity, improves cerebral blood circulation, stimulates the heart, gives the feeling of lightness and well-being, and in Britain and the United States cardamom officially recognized by pharmacists as an aromatic tonic of the digestive system.

Green cardamom is the best breath freshener, just chew on 2-3 seed. It is also useful to relieve morning weakness and lethargy, and to facilitate with overeating, especially if food was greasy.

Cardamom, or as they call it in the East, "heavenly grain" — one of the most effective spices that help to combat excess weight, to heal even long-standing chronic obesity and get great results in a short time. In order to achieve a visible effect, you just need to sprinkle these grains of food which You take in throughout the day.

Cardamom has a sharp and sweet taste. Nourishes plasma, blood, bone marrow, nerve cells, affects the digestive, urinary, respiratory, circulatory, nervous system. It gently stimulates digestion, is part of anti-cold teas.

In cooking, as a rule, do not use the whole fruit, and small seeds inside. The aroma of cardamom to a large extent depends on its seeds, so when buying, you must make sure in good quality cardamom. Boxes must not have cracks, must not be empty, wrinkled or too small (immature).

Add the cardamom to the dish should be cautious, because it is a strong spice. One quarter teaspoon of ground cardamom is enough to flavor dishes for 5-6 people.

In Ayurveda, cardamom is used for colds, coughs, bronchitis, asthma, hoarseness, loss of taste, bad digestion, indigestion. It is used to treat prostate and strengthening the spleen. Essential oil of cardamom disperse accumulated in the spleens and lungs of mucus.

Aromatic tea from a mixture of ground cardamom, ground dry ginger and clove, helps to cope with pain in the stomach (from overeating or indigestion) and contributes to the good work of the intestine. Added in coffee, cardamom eliminates the toxicity of caffeine.

A few seeds of cardamom can eliminate the nausea and stop the vomiting, and, according to a recent research, doctors are also a wonderful tonic for the heart.

Chewing of cardamom seeds, it is possibleto get rid of bad smell in the mouth, relieve morning sickness and lethargy. It also cures severe salivation (pyrosis).

Rinsing mouth with infusion of cardamom and cinnamon cures pharyngitis, dry throat, hoarseness. Daily rinsing of the mouth and throat infusion of cardamom is a reliable protection from the flu.

Daily eating 4-5 black seeds of the cardamom with a teaspoon of honey, you will improve your eyesight, strengthen nervous system and prevent getting into your body of harmful microbes.
Cardamom reduces the water content and mucus in the body. To do this, it is usually added to the fruit, such as roasted pears.

A tea made from cardamom helps with urinary incontinence, cystitis and urethritis, anti-inflammatory effects.

Cardamom helps with digestive disorders in children (on the basis of neural diseases). In these cases it should be combined with fennel.

A pinch of ground cardamom, brewed with tea (especially herbal), gives it a very pleasant fresh scent. This fragrant tea is also used as a remedy for dysentery, indigestion, with a strong heartbeat, and also as a good tonic, relieving depression and fatigue after a busy day.

A pinch of cardamom boiled in milk makes it very delicious, digestible and neutralizes his ability to create slime.
He also has an analgesic effect – relieves tooth and Earache.

Oil of cardamom is used for baths when the pain in the body, inhalation and aromatherapy.

About the cardamom can talk endlessly. And even when it seems that everything about this spice you know, suddenly opens up new facts and interesting information. Thus, experts VILAR (Russian research Institute of medicinal and aromatic plants) carried out research to identify the properties of cardamom. The plant was placed in a closed box, the air which is infected with dangerous microorganisms, which provide ideal conditions for breeding. After the termination of the experiment revealed that the boxes with cardamom, the number of microorganisms was significantly less than in the pits, where not to put plants.

Maximum volatile properties of cardamom are in the period of active growth of plants, i.e. in spring and summer. published

 

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