Scientific name:
Amamum Campactum Soland
Local name:
Kapolagha, Kapol, Cardamom, Palago, Pelaga puwar
Foreign name:
Ronde Kardemon
Ingredients:
Protein oil, sugar, fat, fly-sineol, and alfaborneol terpineol, beta-camphor and silicate
Part Used:
All parts (leaves, flowers, fruits, and roots)
Characteristics:
Cardamom plants are growing bulbous roots with between 2-3 m high. The leaves are pointed-oval with a length of about 30 cm and 10 cm wide. The flowers (symmetric two-sided, reddish in color and divided into 3 sections) can be differentiated according to different types of local varieties. From there it will produce fruit of the fragrant white box that can be used as a medicine and flavoring. The fruit is in bunches of small round-shaped, sometimes hairy and grayish yellow.
Disease Can Be Cured:
Cardamom can be used to treat cramps / abdominal cramps, rheumatism, fever, heat, cold, cough, Prevent Nausea, Body Odor, tonsil inflammation, menstrual disorders, abdominal cramps, Mouthwash Drug, Influenza, Sore Stomach, Shortness of Breath, Body Weak (as a tonic) , etc..
