Simplify the following text for a Grade 12 native English-speaking person.
Original: Amomum is used as a spice and as an ingredient in traditional medicine in systems of the traditional Chinese medicine in China , in Ayurveda in India , Pakistan , Japan , Korea and Vietnam .
Simplified: Amomum is used as a spice and as an ingredient in traditional medicine in systems of the traditional Chinese medicine in China , in Ayurveda in India , Japan , Korea and Vietnam .