The efficacy and function of Acorus calamus

We should all have heard of Acorus calamus. It is a perennial herb, most of which are distributed in southern Shanxi or southern Shaanxi. It is a relatively common plant in these areas. What are the effects and functions of nine-section calamus? Many people want to know. Let us introduce in detail the effects and functions of nine-section calamus. Let’s take a look at it below.

Acorus calamus is also called small calamus, external calamus, joint calamus, chicken claw lotus, nine-section calamus, and piercing bone seven. Acorus calamus has the effects of resolving phlegm and opening the orifices, calming the nerves, dispelling dampness and invigorating the spleen, and detoxifying. Acorus calamus has the effects of treating coma due to febrile disease, epilepsy, and deafness due to qi stagnation. The contraindications of Acorus calamus are that people with yin deficiency and yang hyperactivity, irritability, excessive sweating, and slippery sperm should take it with caution.

Efficacy: Resolving phlegm and invigorating the mind; calming the nerves; dispelling dampness and invigorating the spleen; detoxifying.

Indications: Coma due to fever, epilepsy, deafness due to qi stagnation, frequent dreams and forgetfulness, chest tightness and abdominal distension, loss of appetite, rheumatic pain, carbuncle, and scabies.

The role of nine-section calamus:

1. Acorus calamus is used to treat carbuncles, ulcers and boils: Mash fresh Acorus calamus and apply it externally. (The recipe comes from "Selected Chinese Herbal Medicines of Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningxia and Qinghai")

2. Acorus calamus can open up the heart and clear the orifices, eliminate rheumatism, remove phlegm and reduce accumulation. It is used to treat insufficient heart qi, forgetfulness, epilepsy, deafness, cough, depression, heart and stomach pain, cholera, and rheumatism. Handbook of Chinese Medicinal Materials

3. Acorus calamus is used to treat acute convulsions and high fever convulsions in children: Take three grams of fresh Acorus calamus, mash it, filter out the juice, add a few drops of ginger juice, and drink it orally.

4. Acorus calamus can invigorate the mind, disperse dampness and turbidity, and stimulate appetite; it can detoxify and kill insects when used externally. It is used to treat fever, coma, delirium, epilepsy, madness, diarrhea, vomiting and loss of appetite due to dampness and turbidity blocking the stomach, etc. External application to treat carbuncle, scabies and ringworm. Chinese Materia Medica

5. Acorus calamus is used to treat acute convulsions and high fever in children: one qian each of Acorus calamus and Polygala tenuifolia. Decoction in water.

6. Acorus calamus can ward off evil, open the orifices, promote qi, and expel phlegm. It can treat neurasthenia, indigestion, and wind-cold-dampness arthralgia. Compilation of Medicinal Materials

10. Nine-section calamus is used to treat chest tightness, abdominal distension and pain: three grams of nine-section calamus, four grams of cyperus rotundus, and two grams of Evodia rutaecarpa. Decoction in water.

The above contents are a detailed introduction to the effects and functions of Acorus calamus. I hope you will find it helpful after reading it. After being decocted in water, Acorus calamus will have a certain sedative effect. Even if the effect is good, there will be certain side effects. Therefore, you should consult a doctor in detail before using it before taking it normally, so as not to cause certain harm to your body.