Elettaria cardemomum / Karadamunu / කරදමුංගු / Sukshma Ela/ Sukshmā/ Upakuncika/ Tuccha/Korangi/ Drāvidi/Truti

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Botanical name-Elettaria cardemomum
Family-Scitaminaceae
English name-Malabar cardamom
Sanskrit name-Sukshma Ela, Sukshmā, Upakuncika, Tuccha, Korangi, Drāvidi, Truti,
Singhalese name-Heen Enasal\Karadamungu

CARDAMOM is a shrub. Native to southern India (particularly the southern part of Malabar), and to Sri Lanka and Myanmar (Burma), it has small yellow-tipped, blue-streaked flowers. It is also known as Aa’l budu aaa’l (Kashmiri), Aila cheddi (Tamil), Alaichi (Oriya), Aila cheddi (Tamil), Amome (French), Amomo (Italian), Bai dou kou (Chinese), Bala (Burmese), Bastard cardamom, Buah pelaga (Malay), Cardamome (French, German, Italian), Cardamome blanche (French), Cardamome de Ceylan (French), Cardamome du Malabar (French), Cardamomen (German), Cardamome verte (French), Cardamomier (French), Cardamomo (Italian, Portuguese, Spanish), Cardamomo medio (Italian), Cardamomo minore (Italian), Cardamompflanze (German), Cardamom seeds, Cardamon (English, Finnish, German), Cardamone (Italian), Cardamungu (Tamil), Ceylon cardamom, Chhota elaichi (Bengali, Hindi), Chhoti elachi (Bengali), Chhoti elaichi (Hindi), Cluster cardamom, Echte kardamom (Dutch), Ela (Sanskrit), Elachi (Bengali), Elakkai (Tamil), Elakkayi (Telugu), Elathari (Malayalam), Elaychi (Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Punjabi), Elettariia kardamon (Russian), Elichi (Urdu), Ellka (Sanskrit), Ensal (Singhalese), Enasal (Singhalese), Gardamungu (Indonesian), Grbat (Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian), Green cardamom, Grüner Kardamom (German), Hail (Arabic), Hal (Arabic), Hel (Hebrew, Persian), Hel bava (Arabic), Hemame (Turkish), Hhabbahân (Arabic), Hhabb el hâl (Arabic), Hhamâmâ (Arabic), Hirvi velchi (Marathi), Hiyl (Turkish), Hvid kardemomme (Danish), Ilaayacii (Hindi), Ilaychi (Urdu), Kakilahe-khurd (Persian), Kakule (Serbian, Turkish), Kapulaga (Indonesian, Malay), Kapulaga sabrang (Indonesian, Malay), Karadamomo (Japanese), Kardamo (Greek), Kardamom (German, Hungarian), Kardamomi (Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian), Kardamomo (Esperanto), Kardamon (Russian), Kardamona (Serbian), Kardamon malabarski (Polish), Kardemom (Dutch), Kardemomme (Danish, Norwegian), Kardemumma (Finnish, Swedish), Karudamon (Japanese), Kis kardamom (Hungarian), Kleine Kardamomen (German), Krâkô (Khmer), Krawan thet (Thai), Küçük kakule (Turkish), Lesser cardamom, Lila alchi (Gujarati), Luk krawan (Thai), Malabar cardamom, Malabári kardamom (Hungarian), Malabarkardamom (German), Malabarkardemomme (Danish), Mirisavci (Serbian), Pai-tou-k'ou (Chinese), Pala (Burmese), Panlat (Burmese), Petite cardamome (French), Queen of the spices, Round cardamom, Shooshmir (Armenian), Shouzuku (Japanese), Shushmir (Armenian), Srdiš (Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian), Srđiš (Serbian), Suksmaila (Sanskrit), Tiểu đậu khấu (Vietnamese), True cardamom, Velchi (Marathi), Velchil (Marathi), Veldoda (Marathi), Veldola (Marathi), Vrtni prpr (Croatian), Xiao dou kou (Chinese), Yealak-kayulu (Telugu), Yelakkai (Malayalam, Tamil), Yelakki (Kannada), Yelakulu (Telugu), and Yelam (Malayalam). 







Parts use-Seeds

Properties;
    Rasa      Katu, Madura
    Guna     Laghu, Ruksha
   Veerya   Sheeta
   Vipaka   Madura


Karma/Attributes:
Alleviate Kapha& Vata

 Medicinal uses:
 
External
·         Headache -Cardmum powder is used as a nasal douche.

Internal
·         Disurea-Cardmum powder with King Coconut water is given.
·         Chest pain-Cardmum &Long pepper powder with Ghee is used.
               
 
Formulations
             Eladi arishta                                                                                                              
            Eladi kvata
            Eladi churna

            Eladi modaka
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