Round Cardamon Fruit is the dried ripe fruit of Amomum kravanh Pirre ex Gagnep. or Amomum compactum Soland ex Mato (Fam. Zingiberaceae). t can be classified as "Protogenic Round Cardamon Fruit" and "Indonesian Round Cardamon Fruit" according to the different localities of production.

Action: To resolve damp,to remove stagnancy of food,and to promote digestion.

Indications: Loss of appetite due to accumulation of turbid damp in the spleen and stomach;feeling of suffocation in the chest with anorexia at the early stage of dampwarm syndromes;nausea,vomiting,distension and pain in the chest and abdomen caused by cold-damp; indigestion with retention of food.

Dosage: To be added when the decoction is nearly done.