Acoraceae Acorus calamus L.

Calamus

Meskwaki - Drug, Analgesic

Use documented by:
Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 202

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Scientific name: Acorus calamus L.
USDA symbol: ACAM (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Calamus
Family: Acoraceae
Family (APG): Acoraceae
Native American Tribe: Meskwaki
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Analgesic
Notes: Decoction of root taken for 'a cramp expected in the stomach.'

RECRD: 80481 id: 1317

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