Pharmaceutical name: 英文藥名﹕ | Fructus Elettariae cardamomi |
Botanical name: 學名﹕ | Elettaria cardamomum Maton |
Pron. in Japanese: 日語發音﹕ | shiyouzuku |
Pron. in Korean: 韓語發音﹕ | |
Pron. in Cantonese:: 粵音﹕ | |
Other Names: 別名﹕ | san jiao dou kou 三角豆蔻、yin du dou kou 印度豆蔻 |
Common Name: 英文名﹕ | Indian cardamom |
Distribution: 產地﹕ | mainly in Vietnam, Sri Langka, Malabar coast of Southern India and some in Nepal and Bhutan. 主產越南、斯裡蘭卡和印度南部的馬拉巴(Malabar)海岸。尼泊尔與布丹也産少數。 |
Properties (characteristics)﹕ 性味﹕ | acrid, warm 味辛，性溫。 |
Channels (meridians) entered: 歸經﹕ | spleen, stomach 入脾﹐胃二經。 |
| Medical functions: 藥理﹕ | |
Actions & Indications: 主治﹕ | being used in indigestion, ridding of intestine gas, and as stimulant. 用作消食驅腹氣及興奮劑。 |
Chemical ingredients: 化學成份﹕ | Evaporating oil, small amount of saponin, pigment, and starch. The evaporating oil is about 2 to 10%, mainly consists of d-borneol, d-camphor, cineole, cymene etc. 揮發油，少量皂甙、色素和澱粉等。揮發油含量為2∼10％；揮發油的主要成分為d-龍腦(d-Borneol)、d-樟腦(d-Camphor)及桉油素傘花烴。 |
Daly Dosage: 每日用量﹕ | |
Samples of formulae: 處方舉例﹕ | |
Modern Research: 現代研究﹕ | |
Toxicity & Cautions: 毒素與禁忌﹕ | Do not use in cases of qixu, Blood deficient qixu (qi deficiency) and fire is high in lung and stomach with no cold dampness (as in chronic yeast infection). In India, traditionally cardamom are dried using wood to provide the heat. The smoke from the fire can produce antifungal effect but long term consumption of smoked product can be carcinogenic. 肺胃火盛及 氣虚或血 虛,無寒濕實邪 （如長期性念珠球菌感染）者禁用。傳统上，在印度，小豆蔻是用木材焼火烘乾的。木材焼出之烟雖有防霉作用但長期服食可能會致癌。 |