35 lines
1.6 KiB
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35 lines
1.6 KiB
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HERB : Sweet Flag
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BOTANICAL NAME : Acorus Calamus
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SYNONYMS : Calamus, sweet sedge, rat root, sweet
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myrtle, beewort, bachh (Hindu),
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Racha (Vedic), Shihch'ang pu (chinese)
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LOCALES FOUND : Europe, Asia, China, North America from
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Nova Scotia to minnesota; southward to
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Florida & Texas.
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The effects of Calamus, produced from the root, are as a
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stimulent when a dried root of about 2 inches length and
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the thickness of a pencil; a Hallucinogen when 10+ inches
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of selfsame root are eaten. It is legal in the US and can
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be bought in dried form in many parts of the country for
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under $3 an ounce. It has an additional medicinal value,
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according to the Cree Indians, to relieve constipation, in
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the smaller doseage.
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The root can be chewed and eaten raw, and has a taste of a
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bitter ginger root. Eaten this way it numbs the tongue for
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4-10 minutes. Although possible this takes developing a
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taste for it.
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A tonic or tea can also be made, far more useful if all
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you can find is the ground root, 1 ounce per 1 pint of the
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boiling water, preferably mixed with a few pleasant tasting
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herbs like spearmint or peppermint and served with honey
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(NO MILK PRODUCT - IT WILL CAUSE IRRITATION, POSSIBLE
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VOMITTING IF SUCH IS DONE). Preferably take it on an empty
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stomache. In this form it does not act as a Hallucinogen
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but does have its other effects.
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Calamus can also be added to a meade recipe, but will
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give it a slightly bitter aftertaste no matter what other
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herbs you add to the brew.
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