Calamus

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.