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xiao dou kou, Indian cardamon 小豆蔻   (in English and Chinese 中英文)
by: Joe Hing kwok Chu

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﹕

sodugu

Pron. in Cantonese::

粵音﹕

siu2 dau6 kau6

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﹕

 

cancer prevention [1]

reduces blood pressure [2]

enhances fibrinolysis [2]

improves antioxidant status [2]

regulate inflammatory responses and prevent/attenuate carcinogenesis.[3]

防癌 【1】

降低 血壓[2]
增強纖溶
作用[2]
提高抗氧化狀態[2]
調節炎症反應和預防/衰減的發生[3]。

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 blood deficient or 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。

[1] 2012 Jun;15(6):576-80. doi: 10.1089/jmf.2011.0266. Epub 2012 Mar 9.

[2] 2009 Dec;46(6):503-6.

[3] 2010 Apr;13(2):371-81. doi: 10.1089/jmf.2009.1131.

 

In the market, this herb, xiao dou kou (Elettaria cardamomum Maton ) is also being sold as  bai dou kou (Amomum cardamum,  L) but the quality is less and so as the fragrance.

註:市 場上小豆蔻亦作.白 豆蔻出售,但品質較差,芳香味亦稍遜。

 

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