Details of Plants:Acorus calamus

Plant details Family: Acoraceae Phytochemicals Eugenol Tetraploid A Triploid α-asarone β-asarone	NE-statewise availability Arunachal Pradesh Meghalaya Nagaland Sikkim Vernacular Name Sikkim: Bojho Nagaland: Themeprii (Angami) Meghalaya: U-bet Arunachal Pradesh: Wok-kakhing
Ailments cured Diarrhoea Dysentery Flatulence Headache Influenza	Plant parts used and methods Rhizome: Decoction taken orally Root : Taken orally Stem: Taken orally Leaves: Extract taken orally
Plant References Kayang. H; et al. Medicinal Plants of Khasi Hills of Meghalaya, India, Bioprospecting & Ethnopharmacology, 1, 75-80, 2005. Perme. N; et al. Medicinal Plants in Traditional Use at Arunachal Pradesh; India; International Journal of Phytopharmacy; Vol. 5 (5); 86-98; 2015. Das. T; et al. Ethnobotanical Survey of Medicinal Plants Used by Ethnic and Rural People in Eastern Sikkim Himalayan Region, African Journal of Basic & Applied Sciences 4 (1): 16-20, 2012. Chase. P.E; Singh. O.P. Ethnomedicinal plants used by Angami tribe of Nagaland, India. Indian Journal of Tropical Biodiversity. (1):29-42, 2013. Phytochemical References Chandra, D; Kundan, P; Phytochemicals of Acorus calamus (Sweet flag). Journal of Medicinal Plants Studies 5.5: 277-281, 2017.