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Acorus Calamus
Bai Chang Pu

About

Properties in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Part(s) used

Rhizome

Potential toxicity/side effects

Functions/effects it is traditionally believed to have

To transform phlegm and open orifices, dispel damp and fortify stomach, kill worms and relieve itch.

Conditions/symptoms it is traditionally used to treat

Stupor due to phlegm reversal, wind stroke, epilepsy, fright palpitation and amnesia, tinnitus and deafness, food accumulation abdominal pain, diarrhea and dysentery, wind-damp pain, eczema, scab sore.