Acorus calamus or hot bright roots in India, China used n medical and meal s goals since long time ago, Close west sold his on markets for 4000 years ago, but travellers and sellers spread his on West in Persia, Rome imperia and Crete.
European knew this miracle herb on 16th century, and on this time has been a popular sweet cane of Incense, which gone from Turkey, where silence by kept her secret for preparing .On 1574 Austrian ambassador in Turkey are by silence sent for director Wein Botanical garden For Karl Clausius a gift with a fresh roots are matching for planting.When herb is grown , botanics his learned, and its simple for West Europe a herb, meeting which on lakes shores, is knowing as Tatar plant, or Tatar Potion , thus his begun used in culinary and medicine. About this potion in Russian knew earlier, when government horde.By nomads reigns Acorus is cleans water, and giving her matching for drinking, they are always kept are fresh roots, and added in ponds, on a shores of which are stopped .On the spring Acorus is grew, and slowly transferred by course, and so spread by a big territory, now his using in many countries as spicy, sweet, source for essential oil in perfume, and not forgetting about his as remedy. Chemical structure of roots is interesting , essential oil appreciating till 3-5 percent just for essential oil Acorus is obliged for spicy taste and aroma. Also in roots having glycoside as acorin, tannins, ascorbic and palmitic acids, starch, choline, is a appreciating vitamin C having in 100 gr having are 156 perc. From daily norm, iron, cobalt, 50 gr of roots filling you an daily norm for these minerals. Roots using official medicine and national, as appetite regulator for, infusion irritating receptors for mucus membranes, causing reflector ways by strengthening secretion for gastric juice. So appetite rising and improving digestion. As spasmolytic , anti inflamed, cholagogue , bacteriostatic, anti fungus and diuretic, tannins as anti diarrhoea effects, and anti inflamed ,water, spirit tinctures as suppressing on growing for developing blue-pus and bowel stick and golden staphylococcus , thus remedies of Acorus using for curing gastrointestinal highway, causing for bacterial infections, and appreciating as calming effect in Acorus having.
20 gr of chopped roots in blender, add 1 glass of the hot water, warm on the water for 15 min, infuse for hour, filter, lead till a first by boiled water, use on 50 ml. /day for 3-4 times/day before meal for preventing gastritis,angina, and in colics.
2tbl.sp. of roots add in 200 ml. of the hot water, close lid by, and for 30 min put on waster bath, filter, add boiled water till first, gargle throat a few times/day in chronic tonsillitis or for lotions and rubbings, for cure ulcers, wounds.
Powder as grind dried roots till powder, use by local kind or externally with honey inside , for cure wounds, ulcers and sprinkle meal, for improving digesting, as powder improving cholagogue effect, normalizing gastric juice acidity, keep in mouth a 1 pinch of powder for 5 min, after swallow, drink water, use for 3 times/day.
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For children's and adults will enjoy. And rise appetite in weakness and appetite bad. Cook sugar syrup, roots of herb acorus cut on pieces and add syrup, cook 5 min, turn off fire and infuse for 12 hours . After boil, infuse 5 min. Pieces to dry, give for children's before 15 min till meal for appetite stimulation.
Avoiding using and side effects.
Avoiding using root in pregnancy, nose bleeding, hypotonia, stomach ulcer on acute form, high acidity, inflamed kidneys and acute allergy phase, and in bad enduring. In low pressure is root lows his lower still and not use acorus on big dosages, its causing vomiting.
By A.Filin, biologic science candidate, science manager for Botanical garden In MGU Pharmacy garden,