Treasured within the ancient world as well as the modern as a culinary spice, Cardamom (elettaria cardamomum) has seen use throughout the Mediterranean region and Asia for centuries. Its potent, aromatic scent and equally unique flavor is perhaps most notably found today within Middle Eastern cuisine and dishes from Southern Asia, and it also appears with frequency within Nordic baked goods, such as the breads Pulla and Julekake. Within some new age practices, Cardamom's unique flavor and aroma is used within practices intended to invoke love and lust.

In traditional medicinal practices of Southern Asia, Cardamom has been used to treat a range of ailments from asthma and bronchitis to kidney stones. Within traditional Chinese medicine, Cardamom is associated with the channels of the lung and stomach, and it is typically used to promote the flow of Qi, with other uses sometimes prescribed where it is used to "warm."

This is a 1 pound package of whole Cardamom Pods.