The efficacy of cardamom in water is to open the stomach and eliminate food, warm and stop vomiting (to warm the spleen and stomach to treat vomiting caused by stomach cold), dissolve dampness and move qi, and so on. However, the effect of water is limited, it is difficult to achieve the above effects, it is recommended to follow the doctor’s instructions for medication.
Cardamom is a traditional Chinese medicine with pungent flavor and warm nature; it belongs to the lung, spleen and stomach meridians. It can be used for treating dampness and warmth (warm disease caused by feeling dampness and heat) at the beginning, dampness obstructing qi stagnation, distension and fullness in the epigastrium (stomach and abdomen), spleen and stomach disharmony, food stagnation (indigestion of food and stagnation of food in the stomach) without elimination, not thinking about food, chest tightness without hunger, stomach cold and vomiting, etc. It is not recommended for people with yin deficiency and blood dryness.
It is forbidden to be taken by people with deficiency of Yin and dryness of blood. White nutmeg should be applied under the guidance of a physician, do not take on your own to avoid adverse consequences.