Family Name : ARACEAE
Botanical Name : ACORUS CALAMUS
Common Name : CALAMUS, SWEET-FLAG, SWEET ROOT, BACH
Part Used : DRIED RHIZOME
Habitat : North Temperate and subtropical regions upto 2200m
altitude in Himalayas.
Uses : It is Nauseant, Stomachic, Anthelmentic, Stimulants, Emetic,
Expectorant, Carminative, Antispasmodic and Nervine Sedative. Rhizome is
used in the cure of host of diseases such as epilepsy, mental; ailments,
chronic diarrhoea and dysentary. It is used in incense sticks and dhup and
is widely used as insecticide for lice, bedbugs, worms etc.
