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Review

Cardamom

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In: Drugs and Lactation Database (LactMed®) [Internet]. Bethesda (MD): National Institute of Child Health and Human Development; 2006.
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Cardamom

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Cardamom (Elettaria cardamomum) seed oil contains primarily alpha-terpinyl acetate and 1,8-cineole, with lower amounts of alpha-phellandrene, alpha-pinene, alpha-terpineol, beta-pinene, bisabolene, borneol, camphene, 1,4-cineole, citronellol, geraniol, limonene, linalool, linalyl acetate, myrcene, nerolidol, p-cymene, sabinene, and terpinene. Cardamom has been used during breastfeeding as a treatment for infant colic, and as a galactogogue as part of an herbal mixture with some literature support for these uses.[1-3] It has also been used as a postpartum tonic in Sri Lanka with antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activity attributed to its 1,8-cineole content.[4]

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