calamus an Indian Ayurvedic Medicinal plant, Dr.Abhay Kumar Pati, Best Nutrition Inc, USA

June 13, 2010 - PRLog -- CALAMUS

Latin name:            Acorus calamus
English name:         Calamus, Sweet-flag, Sweet Root, Bach
Sanskrit name:          Bhadra, Gulami
Indian name:            Bach, Gorabach   

Medicinal parts used:       Dried Rhizome
Calamus is a tall plant found in streams, marshes, and on the edges of ponds in North America, Europe, and Asia. Its fragrant, swordlike leaves have been a folk medicine staple for many years. Often used by natives in low doses as a stimulant or tonic because of its energizing properties, calamus has also been used to treat a wide variety of ailments, including asthma, bronchitis, diarrhea, fevers, toothache, headache, and hangover.  
The main active ingredient in calamus is a substance called cone, chemically related to mescaline and amphetamines but with significant differences. The drug provides users with an "up" feeling, but, unlike the tense up of amphetamines, the calamus trip produces a feeling of relaxation.
Therapeutic use:
•   In Ayurvedic, it is highly valued as a rejuvenator for the brain and nervous system and as a remedy for digestive disorders.
•   The root is anodyne, aphrodisiac, aromatic, carminative, diaphoretic, emmenagogue, expectorant, febrifuge, hallucinogenic, hypotensive, sedative, stimulant, stomachic, mildly tonic and vermifuge.
•   It is used internally in the treatment of digestive complaints, bronchitis, sinusitis etc.
•   It is said to have wonderfully tonic powers of stimulating and normalizing the appetite.
•   In small doses it reduces stomach acidity whilst larger doses increase stomach secretions and it is, therefore, recommended in the treatment of anorexia nervosa.
•   Sweet flag is also used externally to treat skin eruptions, rheumatic pains and neuralgia.
•   An infusion of the root can bring about an abortion whilst chewing the root alleviates toothache.
•   It is a folk remedy for arthritis, cancer, convulsions, diarrhoea, dyspepsia, epilepsy etc.

Precaution:
Caution is advised on the use of this root, especially in the form of the distilled essential oil, since large doses can cause mild hallucinations.

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