Ingredient Spotlight

Cardamom Pods/Sha Ren

Why We Love It

A member of the cardamom family, Cardamom Pods are a fragrant herb known for their ability to ease discomfort and restore balance after heavy or rich meals.

Traditionally Supports:

Soothing stomach upset
Easing fullness
Calming digestion
Promote comfort

How It's Used

In Chinese herbal practices, Cardamom Pods, or Amomum, are used to move Qi and transform dampness aromatically. They help alleviate the sensation of “food stagnation,” the heaviness or fullness that can follow eating too much or consuming challenging foods.

In Western herbal traditions, Amomum Fruit is used to calm abdominal discomfort and promote ease in the digestive process, offering gentle support.

Fun Fact: Aromatic herbs like Amomum Fruit have been cherished for centuries for their ability to address dampness—a concept in Traditional Chinese herbal practice tied to feelings of heaviness or sluggishness after meals. The herb’s pleasant fragrance is a natural sign of its uplifting qualities!

How We Use It

"Cardamom Pods is also incredible for pain relief; it can be used internally for stomach cramps, or applied topically to sore muscles or soft tissue injury"

Megan MacLaggen - Elix Health Coach

What the research says

The clinical efficacy of A. fructus is well documented in the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease by reversing weight loss, reducing diarrhea and bleeding scores, increasing spleen and/or thymus index, and reducing tissue damages

The consumption of A. fructus water extract significantly reduced postprandial insulin and glucose levels in healthy individuals due to the inhibition of α-glucosidase and glucose transport

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A. villosum is widely used as anti-inflammatory, gastrointestinal protection, antiobesity, anticancer, antioxidant, analgesic, bacteriostasis, antidiabetic and anti-COVID-19, etc. So, it is manifested that the fruit, flowers, roots, stems, and leaves of A. villosum can be used as a medicine, especially fruit (Amomi fructus=Sharen), as the best functional food for the COVID-19 treatment and gastrointestinal protection as well as prevention of other diseases.

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Treated animals exhibited substantial decreases in body mass, fat mass, adipocyte hypertrophy, and epididymal white adipose tissue

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It is also used to treat complications associated with digestive system and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, and has shown improvement in the permeability of intestinal epithelial cells. It has also been shown to regulate the balance of intestinal flora

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