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| Latin Name |
English Names |
Sanskrit Names |
Hindi Name |
Acorus calamus
Linn. (Araceae)
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Sweet Flag,
Calamus, Sweet Root |
Vacha, Sadgrantha,
Ugragandha, Vayambur |
Bach |
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| Habitat |
It is found
growing wild and is also cultivated throughout India, ascending
to an altitude of 2,200m in the Himalayas.
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| Morphology
Description (Habit) |
A.calamus
is a semi-aquatic, perennial, aromatic herb with creeping rhizomes.
The rhizome is horizontal, jointed, somewhat vertically compressed
and spongy within. It is pale to dark brown in colour; the leaves
are grass-like or sword shaped, long and slesnder; flowers are
small, yellow-green and in a spadix.
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| Principal
Constituents |
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The important constituents of Indian calamus oil are asarone and
its ß-isomer. The dried rhizomes constitute the drug Calamus of
commerce. The rhizomes, roots and leaves yield a light brown to
brownish yellow volatile oil known as Calamus oil.
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| Indications |
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In the Ayurvedic system of medicine, the rhizomes are considered
to possess anti-spasmodic, carminative and anthelmintic properties,
and, are used for the treatment of a host of diseases such as epilepsy
and other mental ailments, chronic diarrhoea, dysentery, bronchial
catarrh, intermittent fevers, glandular and abdominal tumours. They
are also used to treat kidney and liver troubles, rheumatism and
eczema.
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| Product
Range |
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Abana, Mentat (MindCare), Mentat syrup, Muscle & Joint Rub, Pain
Massage Oil, Anxocare, Canisep, Erina-EP, Himpyrin, Himpyrin Vet, Scavon Vet.
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