Sweet flag

The Scientific name of the sweet flag: is Acorus Calamus

Name of sweet flag in different languages:-

English: Sweet Root, Sweet Sedge, Calamus

Sanskrit: Vaca, Ugragandha, Shataparvika, Kshudrapatra, Lomasha, Bhadra, Ugragandha, Shadgrantha, Golomi, Rakshoghni, Haimavati.

Hindi: Gora-bach, Vasa bach.

Malayalam: Vayambu വയമ്പ്.

Plant description:

Sweet Flag – Acorus Calamus is a perennial herb, commonly grown in marshland or wet areas, it grows to 1 to 4 ft tall, leaves are slender, simple, long, and sword-shaped, emerge directly from a spreading rootstock, flattened and smooth along margins. The flowers are fragrant, small, greenish-yellow, and diamond-shaped pattern, 6 tepals, and it is flowering is March to May. The rhizome is the useful plant part, which is fragrant.

Medicinal uses:

Induce memory power and intelligence, improve memory, anti-aging, increase semen, increase vision, to remove toxic substances from the body.

Useful plant parts:

Root/Rhizome

Leaf Arrangement

Shape-Acicular Margin-Entire Venation-parallel
     

Medicinal Properties:

Diuretic, expectorant, decongestant, anti-convulsant, aphrodisiac, anti-bacterial agent and anti-inflammatory

Chemical content:

Absinthe, Alpha-asarone, Beta-asarone, eugenol, spathulenol, galangin, alpha-asarone, cis-isoelemicine, acoradin, and dimethoxy-benzoquinone

How to prepare medicines:

In Kerala,  a mixture of Honey and rhizomes of Sweet flag (തേനും വയമ്പും ) is given as a first intake for newborn babies.

Sweet flag is one of the ingredients in the Ayurveda medicines like-

Agnimukh Choornam Devdarvadi Kashaya Narayana Thailam
Anthrakutharam Gulika Dhanadanayanadi kashayam Panchatikta Guggulu Ghrita
Aravindasavam Dhanvantaram Ghrita Pathyadi kashayam
Arkadi Kashaya Hinguvachadi Choornam  Pippalyadi Thailam
Bala Thailam  Kankayan Vati Prabhanjana Vimardanam Thailam
Brahmi Drakshadi Kashayam Kombanchadi Gulika Prameha Mihira Taila
Brihat Marichadi Thailam Kottamchukkadi choornam Prasarani Kuzhambu
Brihat Phala Ghrita Kottamchukkadi Kuzhambu Sanjivani Vati
Chandraprabha Gulika Kottamchukkadi Thailam Saraswata Ghrita
Chandrodaya kuzhambu Krimigna choornam Sarvamayanthaka Ghritam
Chavikasavam Mahanarayan thaialam Siledin Tablets
Chitrakadi Tailam Maharaja prasarani thaialam Sudarsana Choornam
Chukkumthippaliyadi Gulika Mahatiktaka Ghrita Sumanas Tablet
Dadhika Ghrita Mahatiktam Kashayam Tungadrumadi Thailam
Dainik Tablet Maha vishagrapha Thailam Vacha Lasunadi thailam
Danwantharam Kuzhambu Marma Thailam Vacha thailam
Danwantharam Thailam Mrita Sanjivani Gulika Vayu Gulika
Dasangam Gulika Mukkamukkutukadi Gulika Yogaraja Churnam

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