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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

 Acorus calamus (Acoraceae)

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Common name(s)
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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Uses Country/Region Reference
Abortifacient Yugoslavia Krochmal, Arnold and Connie. 1973. A guide to the medicinal plants of the United States. Quadrangle/The N.Y. Times Book Co.
Abortifacient New Guinea Krochmal, Arnold and Connie. 1973. A guide to the medicinal plants of the United States. Quadrangle/The N.Y. Times Book Co.
Ache(Head) US(Saulteau) *
Ache(Stomach) China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Ache(Stomach) US(Ojibwe) *
Ache(Stomach) US(Amerindian) Krochmal, Arnold and Connie. 1973. A guide to the medicinal plants of the United States. Quadrangle/The N.Y. Times Book Co.
Ache(Stomach) US(Menomini) *
Ache(Tooth) -- Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Ache(Tooth) US(Saulteau) *
Ache(Tooth) US(Amerindian) *
Ache(Tooth) US(Blackfoot) *
Alexiteric China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Anorexia China Leung, Albert Y. 1980. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients. John Wiley and Sons, N.Y.
Antidote(Euphorbiaceae) China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Antiseptic Iran Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Apertif -- Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Apertif Hungary Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Aphrodisiac 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.
Arthritis China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Arthritis China Leung, Albert Y. 1980. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients. John Wiley and Sons, N.Y.
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*Unless otherwise noted all references are to Duke, James A. 1992. Handbook of phytochemical constituents of GRAS herbs and other economic plants. Boca Raton, FL. CRC Press.