Acorus calamus. Kader Kochi.

Synonyms

Sweet flag, Sweet myrtle, Haimavathi, Vacha, Vayambu, German ginger.

Constituents

Perennial flowering plant. Height 90 cm. Root has sweet smell. Sword shaped leaves spread from root. Plant contains acorin, calamusin, camphor, alpha asarone, beta asarone, eugenol, calamus oil, and oxalates. Bitter.

Therapeutics

This is medicine for nasal catarrh and pain in children.

It has parasympatholytic action.

It is medicine for gingivitis, indigestion, and worm troubles.

It is medicine for memory loss, Alzheimer’s diseases, and dementia.

It is medicine externally for impotence.

It is remedy for schizophrenia, neurasthenia, fatigue, hysteria, and epilepsy.

It is remedy for amblyopia (Prophet remedy. Natrum mur, Myrrh).

It is remedy for renal stone.

It is remedy for chronic renal disease (Renal hypertension).

It is remedy for chronic pancreatitis, and hyperglycaemia (Liquorice, Iris).

It is remedy for liver cancer (Beta asarone, Eugenol).

It had been used as the first medicine to babies in some Indian community (Crocus sativa).

It had been used to ward off devil (Asafoetida, Allium sativa, Helleborus; & Sinapis, Piper nigrum).

Word “Acorus” (Greek) means pupil. “Calamus” means cane. Word “Vacha” means make voice clear.

It was considered a symbol of love, lust, and affection.

Dose 

1 to 6 drops.

Dilution.