The leaves of calamus are green, dignified and beautiful, with fragrance, suitable for waterscape shores and water body greening. It can also be used as a potted plant or as a landscape. Leaves and inflorescences can also be used as flower arrangement materials. The whole plant is fragrant and can be used as spice or to repel mosquitoes; the stems and leaves can be used as medicine. Now let me introduce to you the efficacy and functions of Acorus calamus. I hope it can help you.

Efficacy and effects of Acorus

Sedative effect.

Using 1/6 and 1/3 of the LD50 of calamus volatile oil can reduce the spontaneous activity of mice, weaken the central excitatory effect of ephedrine, and relieve the aggressive behavior of mice living alone. These effects show that The volatile oil of Acorus has a sedative effect and in addition can significantly prolong the anesthesia time of sodium pentobarbital.

Effects on the digestive system.

Taking calamus orally can promote the secretion of digestive juices and prevent abnormal gastrointestinal fermentation, and can relax intestinal smooth muscle spasm.

Remove phlegm and rejuvenate the mind.

Acorus is pungent in taste, warm in nature, and fragrant and refreshing. Xin can relieve diarrhea, warm and overcome cold and dampness, and the fragrance can open up the mind. And when it enters the heart meridian, it can remove phlegm, open up the orifices, and calm the mind. Therefore, it is often used to clear away phlegm, open up the orifices, calm the mind, and calm the mind. "Compendium of Materia Medica" says that it is "hard and warm, fragrant and dispersing, opening the pores and benefiting the nine orifices", so "Mei's Prescription New Edition" uses this product with ginger, pounding it and taking it by mouth, specifically to treat phlegm. Heart orifice.

Clear ears cure forgetfulness.

The fragrant Acorus calamus can stimulate the orifices and open up the circulation. "Famous Doctors" states that it has the effect of "clearing the ears, improving the eyesight, and benefiting the mind", so it is good at treating confusion, forgetfulness, tinnitus and deafness. For example, the "Principles of Syndrome and Treatment" of Fu Forget Powder, which uses calamus combined with polygala root, etc., specializes in treating confusion and forgetfulness; "Qianjin Prescription" Kaixin Powder also uses this product combined with other medicines to treat forgetfulness.

Removes dampness and relieves the stomach.

Stone calamus has a pungent smell, and when it enters the stomach meridian, it can dissipate dampness and turbidity, stimulate the appetite and eliminate food, and is a good medicine for removing dampness and harmonizing the stomach. "Compendium of Materia Medica" states that it can "remove dampness and dispel wind, and treat epigastric distension and pain without hunger. Symptoms include: epigastric distension and pain, tasteless food, loss of appetite, thin body, tiredness, greasy coating, and thready pulse, etc. It has multiple effects."

It has the functions of removing dampness, dispersing pungent aroma, stimulating the appetite, dispersing cold and relieving numbness.

Stone calamus is pungent and warm. It can overcome cold and dispel dampness with pungent fragrance; it can develop Qi and rain in the spleen and stomach to eliminate wind-cold-dampness paralysis, as stated in "Ben Cao Qiu Zhen": "The first chapter of "Ben Cao" says that the treatment of wind-cold and dampness paralysis is based on its pungent properties. Warm and develop the power of temper. "This product not only "treats the limbs due to dampness and paralysis, preventing them from bending or extending"***"Famous Doctors"***, it can also treat evil wind and cold paralysis and body pain, such as ***"Shengji Zonglu" Calamus Powder* **, use this product with Aconitum to treat cold numbness and body pain.

Shichangpu is bitter and warm, and its pungent temperature can reduce dampness; bitter and dry. It kills insects, so when applied externally, this product has the effect of removing dampness, treating sores, killing insects and relieving itching. The "Treatise on Medical Properties" also states that this crystal "kills various insects and treats malignant sores and scabies." "It can be used for facial eczema, scabies and other diseases. For example, "Jijixian Prescription" uses calamus combined with Cnidium monnieri and is applied at the end. It mainly treats: vaginal sweat, dampness and itching.

Shi How to eat calamus

Processing

1. Cleaning: remove impurities

2. Cut: remove impurities, wash, moisten and cut. Thick slices, dried in the sun

3. Preparation:

***1*** Prepare the ginger and stir-fry the Acorus slices over medium heat. Add ginger juice evenly and stir-fry dry. , take out and let cool. For every 100 kilograms, use 12.5 kilograms of ginger.

***2*** Bran preparation: Sprinkle the bran into the pot, and when the bran is smoking, pour in the stone. Stir-fry calamus slices over low heat until yellow, remove and sift out the wheat bran, and let cool. For each 100 kilograms of calamus, use 12.5 kilograms of calamus yinzi.

Prescription. Source: Volume 141 of "Puji Prescriptions" quoted from "Deshengtang Prescriptions"

Composition: half a liang of Ligusticum chuanxiong, *** half a liang of Polyporus polygonatum *** with the black skin removed, *** Ligusticum root. *Half a liang of pure ***, half a liang of Bupleurum ***with reed heads removed, half a liang of calamus, half a liang of dried kudzu, half a liang of licorice, and half a liang of mulberry bark.

Indications: Four seasons of typhoid fever, including two senses, headache, fever, aversion to cold, and cough.

Usage and dosage: 5 qian per serving, half a cup of water, 3 slices of ginger, sauté together for 8 minutes, remove the drizzle and take warm, then drizzle and fry again. If you need to sweat, add 1 white scallion root, Fry together. It can be taken both internally and externally for 7 days. If the disease is caused by vomiting on the upper side, sweating on the surface, and diarrhea on the lower side, the disease will be cured.

Preparation method: Put it in your mouth and mouth, and make it according to the method.