Health Tips

Benefits of cardamom / Elachi :

• Cardamom fights against gas. It helps to relieve gas and heart burn.
• Cardamom gives instant relief from the headache. (Applying the paste over forehead gives the relief.)
• Cardamom is useful for the protection against heat stroke. One should chew a cardamom while going outside home in sun.
•  Aromatic cardamom acts as breath freshener because of its fragrance.
• Cardamom is very good refinement spice against caffeine. (Detoxifies caffeine).
• Helpful in balancing all the three doshas that’s why termed as “tridoshic”Little quantity of cardamom is beneficial in balancing kapha”.
• Useful in various kinds of respiratory disorders. In sore throat beneficial.
• Cardamom also helps in asthma and whooping-cough. Make a paste by adding cardamom powder and honey. 
• Regular use of this mixture will give you relief from asthma and whooping-cough.
• Cardamom has very good anti-spasmodic abilities so it is very helpful in stopping spasms and tremors.
• Cardamom helps in the stimulation and regulation process of discharge of gastric juices and balances stomach acids.
• Cardamom helps greatly to cure teeth gum and tooth infections.
• Cardamom supports the detoxification process of the body and helps to filter the entire body.
• Cardamom is useful in the problems of urinating. You just have to eat cardamom added in to amla, curd, or honey.
• Cardamom warms the respiratory tract and by doing this, it increases the circulation to the lungs.
• It helps those suffering from stomach cramps (cardamom +long pepper clarified butter).
• Cardamom is a boon for vocalists as it helps in improving voice.
• It has some role in relieving hiccups.
• It is one of the antidepressant in Ayurveda.
• Good remedy in vomiting.
• Cardamom’s aroma has encouraging effects on the nervous system. It gives healthy feelings during the period of weakness.