Calamus Root Whole
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This organically grown Calamus root is another plant grown on our "Private Reserve" farming fields in Hawaii. We offer it in a form no one else does; as the whole root! - This ensures maximum potency, since there are volatile oils that can evaporate with improperly stored herbal products. This whole root was a favorite of Native American tribes and had many uses, including fighting pain and fatigue. The Cree say that they can take Acorus Calamus root and "travel great distances without touching the ground."
Used universally in herbal medicine, this root is attributed with shamanic qualities in Native American folk medicine. The rhizome has an intensely aromatic fragrance and a tangy, pungent and bitter taste. In Ayurveda Calamus is considered an aromatic, bitter tonic which stimulates appetite and digestion and is a nervine sedative.
In contemporary medicine it has spasmolytic, carminative and sedative effects, in addition to being externally a stimulant, aromatic, expectorant that is antispasmodic and a powerful nervine sedative.
Native American Indians would simply eat roots in 1-inch sections as a medicinal, in 2-inch sections as an anti-fatigue, and in 6-inch sections as a visionary tool. Calamus has a certain sweetness as well as a sour quality and a heat like ginger or cinnamon. Again, these are WHOLE pieces of organic Calamus root (Acorus americanus) that average about 4 inches long, not powder. Be careful when choosing WHICH Calamus root to buy; there is a lot of Calamus from China floating around that has none of the qualities that true Acorus americanus Calamus Root has. This is one of the reasons we offer the whole root; you can see the product for yourself; there is no cutting, sifting, or powdering of the root; only the actual specimen as it comes from the Earth, just as Mother Nature intended. |
