Cardamom

Description

Cardamom

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Classified by Savory as a Stomachic and Cordial (416/395)

Acid, Phosphoric, Diluted (28/7): compound tincture of cardamom included in a mixture used by Dr. Neligan when treating “phosphatic deposits from urine.”
Bark, Peruvian (48/27): tincture of cardamom is included in a draught that is used to cure a fit of ague, after sulphate of quinine had been administered and no change was noticed.
Dandelion (74/53): compound tincture of cardamom is included in mixture used to treat “chronic affections of the liver.”
Ether, Compound Spirit of (81/60) Hoffman’s Ether: compound tincture of cardamom is included in a mixture used to treat flatulent colic.
Extract of Logwood (87/66): tincture of cardamom is included in the solution that is used to administer extract of logwood to patients suffering from diarrhoea.
Gentian Root (90/69): compound tincture of cardamom included in draught used to treat dyspepsia “attended by acidity.”
Rhubarb, Turkey (146/125): a compound tincture of cardamom-seeds can be administered in a mixture to treat “many disorders to which children are subject,” that are caused by acid in the stomach and intestines.
Tincture of Cardamoms (177/156): “a powerful stimulating carminative” used to treat spasms of the stomach
Tincture of Cardamoms, Compound (177/156): “is also a useful and elegant carminative and cordial,” to be administered in the same dose and instances as a tincture of cardamom.

General Diseases

Cholera, Morbus (245/224): compound tincture of cardamoms included in a mixture proposed by the Board of Health “during a prevalence of cholera.”
Flatulency (254/233): cardamom is one of the listed carminatives that can be used to treat flatulency.
Gout (255/234): compound tincture of cardamom is included in one of the recommended mixtures provided by Dr. Copland. A compound tincture of cardamom is also included in a purgative recommended by Savory to be taken in the morning during an attack of gout.
Dyspepsia, or Indigestion (265/244): tincture of cardamoms is included in “Abernethy’s mixture for dyspeptic persons.”
Water-brash (282/261): a compound tincture of cardamom can be used along with a list of other tincture, tonics, bitters, and mixtures, but Savory indicates that Dr. Jenner’s Absorbent Lozenges provide better relief.