BOTANICAL NAME

ACORUS CALAMUS

FAMILY

ARACEAE

SUBSTITUTE

Not Available

OTHER NAMES

Sanskrit : Bacha, Bhadra, Bhutanashini, Bodhaniya, Galani, Golomi, Haimavati, Haimdvati, Ikshuparni, Jalaja, Jatila, Kanga, Kshudrapatri, Mangalya, Rakshoghni, Sadgrantha, Schleshmaghni, Shadagrantha, Shadgrantha, Shadgranthagolomi, Shataparvika, Smarani, Tikshna, Tikshnapatra, Ugragandha, Ugragandhaha, Ugragranthi, Vaca, Vacha, Vacha-ugra-gandhaha, Vayambu, Vijaya, Masha

Hindi : Bacc, Bach, Ghorbach, Gora-bach, Gorbacc, Gorbach, Safed bach, Bajai, Vasa, Baj, Barin, Barian, Beach

DISTRIBUTION

This species is globally distributed in the North temperate hemisphere and tropical Asia. Within India, it has been recorded throughout, in marshes, wild or cultivated, ascending to an altitude of 2200m in the Himalayas.

DOSE

125 - 500 mgs.

CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS

Asaryl aldehyde, A-asarone, B-asarone, Acorin, Eugenol, Caffeine

AYURVEDIC PROPERTIES

Laghu, Tishan

Katu, Tikt

Katu

Ushan

Sangyasthapan

THERAPEUTIC USES

Analgesic

Dugestive

Quenches thirst

Kills worms

Ear pain

Increase vocal power

Fever in children related to teeth trouble

FORMULATIONS (Yog)

Mukkamukkatuvadi gutika

Narayana churna

Narayana taila

Nityanand rasa

Panhatiktaguggulu ghrita

Gorochanadi vati