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Acorus calamus

Common Name
Sweet Flag; Shui Ch'Ang Pu; Agri Turki; Seki-Sho; Sho-Bu; Ch'Ang P'U Chiu; Jeringau; Kalmus; Calomo Aromatico; Kalmoes; Acore Vrai; Sarango; Ganoeak; Jariangau; Acorus; Calmus; Calamus; Jerangau; Vacha; Doringo; Djerango; Kalmos; Acoro Aromatico; Calamo Aromatico; Vaj; Kaliraga; Bach; Azakegeri

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Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Country/Region Reference
Liqueur Egypt Tackholm, Vivi and Gunnar. 1973 (reprint). Flora of Egypt. Vol. 1-4. Originally published in Foriad I Univ. Bulletin of the Faculty of Science, vol. 17, Cairo, 1941.
Liqueur Elsewhere *
Medicine US(Appalachia) *
Menorrhagia China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Mouthwash US *
Nerves Egypt Tackholm, Vivi and Gunnar. 1973 (reprint). Flora of Egypt. Vol. 1-4. Originally published in Foriad I Univ. Bulletin of the Faculty of Science, vol. 17, Cairo, 1941.
Nervine Nepal Singh, M.P., et al. 1979. Medicinal plants of Nepal - Retrospects and prospects. Economic Botany 33(2): 185-198.
Nervine French Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Nervine Nepal *
Odontosis Java *
Panacea US(Blackfoot) *
Parturition Sumatra *
Pediculicide Elsewhere *
Pediculifuge Sumatra *
Perfume Elsewhere *
Phthisis India(Santal) *
Repellant(Insect) China *
Rheumatism China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Rheumatism China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Rheumatism China Leung, Albert Y. 1980. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients. John Wiley and Sons, N.Y.