Calamus
Calamus (Acorus calamus) - India - Essential oil by Garden essence.
Consider for: Stimulant and tonic for typhoid fever, nervous complaints, vertigo, intestinal colic, headaches, dysentery, acute and chronic dyspepsia, gastritis,, anorexia, gastric ulcers.
It is a stimulating nervine antispasmodic, and a general tonic to the mind. As a rejuvenative for the brain and nervous system, it is used to promote cerebral circulation, to stimulate self-expression, and to help manage a wide range of symptoms in the head, including neuralgia, epilepsy, memory loss and shock. It is used in the Phillipines for rheumatism and memory problems. Research in China has shown the essential oil in this rhizome to be sedating and neuroprotectant.
Blends well with: Lavender, tea tree, rosemary, clary sage, geranium, marjoram