{"id":2058,"date":"2013-04-14T23:39:54","date_gmt":"2013-04-14T23:39:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/?p=2058"},"modified":"2013-04-14T23:39:54","modified_gmt":"2013-04-14T23:39:54","slug":"calamus-acorus-calamus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/?p=2058","title":{"rendered":"Calamus ~ Acorus calamus"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>Calamus (aka. Sweet Flag)<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><em>Latin name<\/em>: Acorus calamus<\/p>\n<p><em>Family<\/em>: Araceae<\/p>\n<p><em>Part used<\/em>: root<\/p>\n<p><em>Habitat<\/em>: Russia, China, India, North America, other Northern regions, usually partly immersed in water<\/p>\n<p><em>Main constituents<\/em>: volatile oils (asarone, beta-asarone)<\/p>\n<p><em>Energetics<\/em>: stimulant, warming<\/p>\n<p><em>Main herbal actions<\/em>: increase cognitive function (Ayurvedic) carminative, aromatic stimulant, spasmolytic, antiarrhythmic (European)<\/p>\n<p><em>Minor herbal actions<\/em>: decreases stomach acidity, GI tonic, aphrodisiac, hallucinogen (larger quantities)<\/p>\n<p><em>Main medicinal uses<\/em>: constipation<\/p>\n<p><em>Minor medicinal uses<\/em>: dyspepsia, weak digestion<\/p>\n<p><em>Preparations<\/em>: powdered root- 1-2 grams (Khalsa), liquid extract, essential oil; sales of preparations containing beta-asarone are banned in US<\/p>\n<p><em>Contraindications<\/em>: MAO inhibitors<\/p>\n<p><em>Toxicity<\/em>: adverse reactions are rare and toxicity is low<\/p>\n<p><em>Sources<\/em>: http:\/\/altnature.com\/library\/sweetfla.htm, http:\/\/www.holoweb.com\/cannon\/sweetfla.htm, http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/herbmed\/eclectic\/harding\/acorus.html, Wren, R.C. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Potter\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Calamus (aka. Sweet Flag) Latin name: Acorus calamus Family: Araceae Part used: root Habitat: Russia, China, India, North America, other Northern regions, usually partly immersed in water Main constituents: volatile oils (asarone, beta-asarone) Energetics: stimulant, warming Main herbal actions: increase cognitive function (Ayurvedic) carminative, aromatic stimulant, spasmolytic, antiarrhythmic (European) Minor &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[501,511,72,433,45,92,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2058","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-antiarrhythmic","category-aromatic-stimulant","category-carminative","category-spasmolytic","category-stimulating","category-warming","category-western-herbs","column","threecol"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2058","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2058"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2058\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2061,"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2058\/revisions\/2061"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}