Botanical name: Acorus calamus
Other name: 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.
Acorus calamus, a semiaquatic herb characterized by creeping rhizomes, exhibits a range of pharmacological properties, such as antibacterial, insecticidal, and antiulcerative effects (Pandit et al., 2011). Additionally, it is recognized as a highly potent adaptogenic drug.
Medicinal Uses:
- Epilepsy
- Mental ailments
- Chronic diarrhoea
- Dysentery
- Fever
- Abdominal tumours
- Kidney and liver troubles
- Rheumatism.
