Acarus Calamus
Acorus Calamus is used as a main ingredient in traditional and modern medicines for ailments, such as gastrointestinal diseases, and treating pain in Chinese, Nepal and Indian herbal traditions. The herb’s young stalks when under 30 cm can be eaten raw, as a healthy supplement.
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Description
The calamus essential oil is highly valued in the perfume industry, while its essence from the rhizome is used as a flavor for foods, alcoholic beverages, and bitters in Europe. Acorus Calamus is also used to make candy, with the roots washed, peeled, cut into small pieces, boiled, and simmered into a delicious and fragrant syrup.
Acorus Calamus is also widely used as a pond plant in horticulture, with one tetraploid ornamental cultivar known as ‘Variegatus’ and ‘Argenteostriatus’. The dried and pulverized roots contain a compound which is useful as an insecticide in organic farming.
Acorus Calamus is a species of flowering plant with psychoactive chemicals. It is a tall wetland monocot of the family Acoraceae, in the genus Acorus. Other names for Acorus Calamus being sweet flag, sway, muskrat root, beewort, bitter pepper root, calamus root, flag root, gladdon, myrtle flag, myrtle grass, myrtle root, myrtle sedge, pine root, sea sedge, sweet cane, sweet cinnamon, sweet grass, sweet myrtle, sweet root, sweet rush, sweet sedge, and wada kaha, etc
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