Monday, October 26, 2020

Materia Medica Lesson 5-8: Cardamom

 Member of ginger family. Use the seeds. Simple stomatic. Upper intestinal tract anti-spasmodic. Calms stomach. Good for nausea - reverse peristaltic, especially combined with black coffee.

CARDAMOMUM (Elettaria cardamomum, Cardamom Seeds) SEEDS. Tincture [1:5, 50% alcohol] 5-10 drops...or chew a couple seeds, already. STATUS : W/LA/C


Here is the link to the Southwest School of Botanical Medicine Course

https://www.swsbm.com/school/

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