Amomum tsaoko is distributed in China, Yunnan, Guangxi, Guizhou and other provinces, cultivated or wild in sparse forests, with an altitude of1100-1800m.
Amomum villosum is distributed in China, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi and Yunnan. Cultivated or wild in shady and humid places in mountainous areas.
2. Different medicinal effects
Amomum tsao-ko is one of the bulk Chinese herbal medicines with dual functions of medicine and food. Amomum tsao-ko is used as seasoning. The whole plant can extract aromatic oil. Fruit used as medicine has the functions of eliminating dampness, invigorating spleen, eliminating phlegm and stopping malaria. Indications: Stomach fullness, nausea and vomiting, dyspepsia and malaria. Many Chinese patent medicines are inseparable from its formula, such as Tougusoufeng Pill, Yishen Pill, Yu Kai Shugan Pill, Kuanxiong Li Ge Pill and Bai Jie Pill.
Amomum villosum fruit is used as medicine, and the quality of Yangchun in Guangdong is the best. It is mainly used for treating qi stagnation of spleen and stomach, dyspepsia, abdominal pain, choking, anorexia, cold diarrhea and cold dysentery. Amomum villosum has high ornamental value, with flowers in early summer and fruits in midsummer.
3. Different growth habits
Cao Ke likes warm and humid climate, and is afraid of heat, drought and frost. The annual average temperature is 15-20℃, which is suitable for growing in an environment with sparse trees (about 40% light transmittance), so that it can grow in a shady place with good water and drainage, such as under the forest or by a stream at an altitude of1000-2000m.
Amomum villosum likes the warm and humid climate in tropical and subtropical monsoon forest. It is not cold-resistant, but can withstand short-term low temperature and freeze to death at -3℃. The annual average temperature in the production area is19-22℃; The water volume is above 1000 mm, and the relative temperature is above 90℃, so we are afraid of drought and waterlogging. Appropriate shadows, such as diffuse light, are needed.
It is advisable to choose a ravine forest with complete forest, long running water on both sides and abundant pollination insect resources, and cultivate it on loam and sandy soil with deep and loose upper layer and strong water and fertility conservation, but not on clay and sandy soil.
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