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Cardamom
From tea, coffee, baked goods, pickles, desserts, curries to mulled wine, the spice  cardamom is used in a wide variety of food products. Especially, cardamom pods freshly picked up from the farm are extensively used in edible items in Northern Europe and the Middle East. Even in India, where cooking is synonymous to seasoning and tempering with spices, cardamom-flavored dishes reign the menus.
Apart from use in cuisines around the world, cardamom seeds and cardamom oil are also used for various medicinal purposes. Their known curative powers are even inscribed in the Vedic texts and the ancient Ayurveda inscriptions of India. Even the ancient Greeks, Romans and Arabs incorporated the spice in sensual aphrodisiac blends and enjoyed many of its miraculous health benefits. To know more about cardamom, read on:
Botanical Information
Though native to the southwest regions of India, cardamom plants were known in many other countries like China, Rome, Egypt, Persia, etc., for over 5000 years. These plants belonging to the genera Elettaria and Amomum of the family Zingiberaceae are evergreen perennials having thick rhizomes. Stems of the plants are erect bearing pointed leaves and white flowers.
Aromatic seedpods of cardamom plants are what constitute the spice cardamom. These pods are spindle-shaped, and have a thin outer shell that covers and holds the black seeds. While the seedpods of the plants classified under the genus Elettaria are pale green, those classified under the genus Amomum are dark brown in color.
Botanical Classification
- Family: Zingiberaceae
- Genus and specie: Elettaria cardamomum
- Other names: Elettaria.
Culinary Uses of Cardamom
The most predominant use of this spice is as a flavor enhancer in food. Both green as well as the brown cardamom variety are used in different culinary preparations across the world. While green cardamom with its inherent taste and aroma is suitable for flavoring tea, coffee, curries and desserts, the brown type is mainly used in preparing curries.
Medicinal Uses of Cardamom
 One of the main benefits of the spice is as a mastication enhancer, i.e., it helps increase production of saliva, therefore preventing bad breath.- Cardamom is also observed to be extremely beneficial in treating infections of the gum and teeth.
- Digestive disorders including symptoms of heartburn, bloating and indigestion can also be combated with the help of cardamom.
- The spice promotes urination, regulates blood pressure level and helps flushing out accumulated calcium, urea and other toxins from the kidneys. This makes the spice useful in the treatment of kidney disorders, genital and urinary infections.
- Warming effects of cardamom acts as an expectorant. Apart from curing coughs, respiratory spasms and other related throat problems, the spice also controls headache caused by cold.
- Sexual health is another important area, where cardamom is used. The spice is considered effective in treating sexual disorders such as erectile dysfunctions, impotence, loss of libido, premature ejaculation, sexual weakness, etc.
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