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AKA: Bee Wort, Calamus, Rat Root, Sweet Myrtle, Sweet Root, Sweet Sedge Species: Acorus calamus Active Chemical Component: sesquiterpines Traditionally Used: Native American used Sweet Flag as a hallucinogenic. They also used the root as a hypoglycemic and analgesic. Ayurvedic medicine found Sweet Flag to be useful in treating a variety of digestive disorders. Used Today: Sweet Flag is used today as an antispasmodic in a variety of GI disorders. What you should know: Sweet flag has been shown to be mutagenic. Its potential as a teratogen has not been adequately studied and effects on the devolping fetus are unknown. Its use in pregnancy is not recommended. |
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