- Also known as (or relevant to)
- Family
- Araceae
- English Names
- Calamus
- Sweet Flag
- Sweet Sedge
- Natural Habitat
- Europe (including Great Britain)
- Netherlands
- Russia
- Eastern Asia
- India
- China
- Siberia
- Japan
- North America
- Part(s) Used
- Rhizoma Calami
- Oleum Calami aromatici
|
- Constituent(s)
- essential oil (Oleum Calami)
- acorin (bitter principle)
- acoretin (bitter principle)
- calamine
- cholin
- dextrin
- starch
- mucilage
- rein
- tannin
- methylamin
- dextrose
- Action
- tonic
- aromatic
- carminative
- diuretic
- digestive
- stomachic
- appetising
- antiseptic
- stimulant
- sudorific
- febrifuge
- haemostatic
- emmenagogue
- nerve-sedative; in large doses emetic. The oil distilled from the Asiatic root is inferior to that of the European root. In China
- the plant produces red berries
|
