Botanical name : Acorus calamus Linn.
Family : Araceae
SANSKRIT SYNONYMS
Vacha, Ugragandha, Golomi, Jatila, Shatgrandhi, Sataparvita
AYURVEDIC PROPERTIES
Rasa : Katu, Tikta
Guna : Lakhu, Teekshna
Virya : Ushna
Vipaka: Katu
Prabhava : Medhya
PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
English : Sweet flag
Hindi : Baach, Vacha
Malayalam : Vayambu
Distribution – Throughout India growing wild in marshy areas. Also cultivated
PLANT DESCRIPTION
A rhizomatous, perennial semi aquatic plant grows up to 40 cm in height. Leaves simple, bright green, distichous, thickened in the middle, ensiform; flowers seen in densely packed spadix inflorescence, fruits oblong berries seeds few suspended from the apex of cells. Underground rhizomes are creeping, branched about 1 cm in diameter.
MEDICINAL PROPERTIES
Plant pacifies vitiated vata, kapha, insomnia, insanity, other mental diseases, epilepsy, mania, stomatitis, hoarseness of voice, colic, flatulence, amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, neuropathy, renal calculi, cough, inflammation, arthritis, kidney diseases, hemorrhoids, skin diseases and general debility.
Useful part : Underground rhizomes.
Photo: Dr. Eby Abraham MD
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