sweet flag,
n Latin name:
Acorus calamu; parts used: rhizomes, rootstock; uses: in Ayurveda, pacifies kapha and vata doshas (pungent, bitter, light, sharp), kidney and liver diseases, nerve tonic, sedative, diarrhea, dysentery, fevers; precautions: emetic at large doses. Also called
myrtle flag, sweet sedge, ugragandha, or
vacha.
Acorus calamu; parts used: rhizomes, rootstock; uses: in Ayurveda, pacifies kapha and vata doshas (pungent, bitter, light, sharp), kidney and liver diseases, nerve tonic, sedative, diarrhea, dysentery, fevers; precautions: emetic at large doses. Also called
myrtle flag, sweet sedge, ugragandha, or
vacha.
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Sweet flag.
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