When it comes to white kowtow, many people shake their heads to show that they haven't heard of it, but people who often cook dishes are not unfamiliar. White kowtow, also known as cardamom, is used as seasoning in many delicious dishes. In addition, white kowtow has a lot of medicinal value, which can cure chest tightness, qi stagnation and other diseases. So what are the functions and effects of white percussion?
Effect and function of white kowtow
It can remove dampness and distention, move Qi and warm, appetizer and eliminate food. It is used for dampness and turbidness, without thinking about food and drink, when the dampness and temperature rise at the beginning, the chest is stuffy and not hungry, when the cold and humidity are nauseous, the chest and abdomen are distended and painful, and the food is accumulated.
Clinical application of white percussion
1. It can be used together with Atractylodes macrocephala, Pinellia ternata and tangerine peel.
2. It can be used for qi stagnation and chest tightness, and can be used with Magnolia officinalis and Fructus aurantii.
3. It can be used at the beginning of wet temperature. If it is hot, it can be used with Scutellaria, forsythia and bamboo leaves; if it is wet, it can be used with products of light infiltration and diuresis, such as talcum, Yiren and Tongcao.
4. It can be used to treat stomach cold and nausea. It is often used as pinellia, agastache and ginger.
5. It can be combined with Amomum, cardamom and licorice to study the fine powder and often seep into the mouth.
Life application of white kowtow
Condiments: there are three kinds of condiments named "cardamom". Cardamom and cardamom are both native products, which are the seeds of two ginger plants respectively. Only Cardamom is an imported product, originated from Southeast Asia, and is the fruit kernel of evergreen trees. Cardamom, also known as cardamom, has a bitter smell and a pungent, cool and bitter taste. In cooking, it can remove the peculiar smell and increase the pungent smell, which is often used in brine and hot pot, etc.; Cardamom is also a kind of pungent seasoning, which can remove the fishy smell and the strange smell, so as to enhance the flavor of dishes. It can be used with cardamom or substitute in cooking.
The character of white percussion
Protocardamom: spherical in shape, 1 in diameter. 2~1. 8cm. The surface is yellowish white to yellowish brown, with three deep longitudinal grooves, a raised plinth at the top, a concave fruit stalk mark at the base, and light brown villi at both ends. The pericarp is light, brittle and easy to split longitudinally. It is divided into three chambers, each chamber contains about 10 seeds. The seeds are irregular polyhedron, slightly raised on the back, 3-4mm in diameter, dark brown on the surface, wrinkled and covered with residual aril. It's fragrant, spicy and cool, like camphor.
Indonesian cardamom: a little smaller. The surface is yellowish white, some are slightly purplish brown, the peel is thin, and the seeds are thin and shriveled. The smell is weak.
Identification of white kowtow
Take the volatile oil under the item of [content determination] as the test solution, take the Eucalyptus essence reference solution (if necessary, add ethanol to dilute it appropriately), and take 10 & mu of each of the two solutions according to the test of thin layer chromatography (Appendix Ⅵ b); l. Spot on the same silica gel G thin layer plate respectively, take benzene ethyl acetate (19:1) as the developing agent, develop, take out, air dry, spray with 5% vanillin sulfuric acid solution, heat at 105 ℃ until the spots are clear, and inspect immediately. In the chromatogram of the test article, the spots of the same color are displayed at the corresponding positions of the chromatogram of the reference article.