Amomum aromaticum Health Dictionary

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Roxb.

Family: Zingiberaceae.

Habitat: North Bengal and Assam.

English: Bengal Cardamom, Cardamom.

Ayurvedic: Sthula-elaa (var.)

Siddha/Tamil: Perelam.

Folk: Morang-elaaichi.

Action: Similar to that of A. subula- tum.

The seeds yield on essential oil (1.01.2%) containing cineole as the principal constituent.

Chinese practitioners avoid the use of cardamom in conditions marked by symptoms of excessive heat.
Health Source: Indian Medicinal Plants
Author: Health Dictionary

Amomum Subulatum

Roxb.

Family: Zingiberaceae.

Habitat: Cultivated in swampy places in Bengal, Sikkim, Assam and Tamil Nadu.

English: Greater or Nepal Cardamom.

Ayurvedic: Sthula-elaa, Bhadraa, Bhadrailaa, Bahulaa, Prithivikaa, Triputaa, Truti.

Unani: Heel Kalaan, Qaaqule Kubaar.

Siddha/Tamil: Peria Elam, Kattu Elam, Beraelam.

Action: Stomachic, antiemetic, an- tibilious, astringent, alexipharmic; used for the treatment of indigestion, biliousness, abdominal pains, vomiting, in congestion of liver. Pericarp—in headache and stomatitis.

The seeds contain a chalcone (carda- monin), a flavonoid (alpinetin), petu- nidin-3, 5-diglucoside and leucocyani- din glucocide; also a aurone glycoside subulin. The essential oil (2.5%) contains cineole.

Dosage: Seed-1-3 g powder. (CCRAS.)... amomum subulatum

Syzygium Aromaticum

(Linn.) Merr. & Perry.

Synonym: Eugenia aromatica Kuntze.

Eugenia caryophyllata Thunb. Caryophyllus aromaticus Linn.

Family: Myrtaceae.

Habitat: Cultivated in Tamil Nadu and Kerala.

English: Clove.

Ayurvedic: Lavanga, Devakusum, Devapushpa, Shrisangya, Shripra- suunaka.

Unani: Qaranful, Laung.

Siddha/Tamil: Kiraambu, Lavangam.

Action: Carminative, antiinflammatory, antibacterial. Flower buds—antiemetic, stimulant, carminative. Used in dyspepsia, gastric irritation. Oil—employed as a local analgesic for hypersensitive dent- lines and carious cavaties; internally as a carminative and antispasmodic.

Key application: In inflammatory changes of oral and pharyngeal mucosa; in dentistry; for topical anesthesia. (German Commission E.)

Eugenin, triterpene acids, crategolic acid and steroid glucosides afford anti- inflammatory and antiseptic proper ties to the buds. Eugenol, a major component of the oil, is antibacterial. Acetone extract of clove, eugenol and acetyleugenol possess cholagogue activity. The eugenol and acetyleugenol components of the clove oil inhibit arachidonate-, adrenalin- and collagen- induced platelet aggregation.

Clove terpenes show significant activity as inducers of detoxifying enzyme, glutathione-S-transferase (GST) in mouse liver and intestine and bring about carcinogen detoxification.

Whole cloves might have chemopro- tective activity against liver and bone marrow toxicity. (The Review of Natural Products by Facts and Comparisons, 1999.)

Dosage: Dried flower-bud—0.5-2.0 g powder. (API, Vol. I.)... syzygium aromaticum

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