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Calamus Root: Organic Bug Be Gone
Spring and summer bring with them a number of pests in our gardens and on our pets. One of the most interesting ways to keep fleas off your pets and pests from your veggies is to sprinkle calamus root in the area. Waller's British Herbal, page 729, has a good bit of information on the uses of calamus root for these purposes. For instance: "The powdered root is also esteemed in Ceylon and India as a vermifuge and an insecticide, especially in relation to fleas. Sprinkled round a tree attacked by white ants in Malay (Perak) it was found to destroy those that were near the surface and prevented others from attacking the tree."
What's especially nice is that this product can be ingested, so if you or your pet come in contact with it, there is no cause for alarm -- in fact, it might just be good for what ails you both! We are thinking of using it to discourage ticks on ourselves by dusting shoes and pants legs with a liberal amount. We'll let you know of the results.
ts scientific name is Acorus calamus, but it has a multitude of common names like Sweet Flag, Sweet Myrtle, Sweet Cane and Sweet Sedge. You get the idea that this plant is sweet, right? It is also called Yellow Flag and is in the iris family, sporting a beautiful yellow flower in spring. This perennial grows in marshy places in zones 3 through 10. Once you know what you're looking for, you can't miss it as it grows up to 6 feet tall! However, you don't have to collect your own, you can let your fingers do your collecting at Mountain Rose Herbs.
Buying calamus, in whatever form you want, is actually best, because if you collect it, it's gone! Perennial or not, if you nab the root, it's not coming back! At this link you have a choice of forms of calamus available at Mountain Rose Herbs.
So, we suggest using calamus powder inside the bedding of your pet's bed and all around any area in which it spends time. Since anyone or any animal can be allergic to any substance, we also suggest you gently test it out before liberally applying it! But since the plant is so very ancient -- believed to be the oldest living monocot! -- it is likely very safe for all.
What is a monocot, you ask? That means its seed is one entity, like a corn kernel seed. A dicot is like a bean with two halves. Monocots are distinctly more ancient in origin than dicots in the evolutionary progression. They are simpler -- one thin skin surrounding the food which the embryo seed uses to grow. However, calamus can also be found in Scripture: sweet cane, as an ingredient in the Holy Ointment, is one and the same plant. Calamus was mixed with cinnamon and myrrh. Thus, calamus has both history and presence.
Back to current times, if you've an ant's nest near your home or in a child's play area that you want 'gone', you can try sprinkling some calamus root powder in a semi-circle, leaving the opening facing toward where you want the critters to go! This eliminates the concern of using highly toxic substances in places where children might be exposed.
To buy calamus root powder specifically, please follow these steps:
1. COPY Calamus root powder to your clipboard.
2. PASTE it into the Mountain Rose Herbs search bar AFTER you click below.
3. CLICK Mountain Rose Herbs
This site also has a wonderful variety of additional herbs, roots and powders - from spices and teas to bed and bath products -- with a great many pages of background information on each plant. They provide organically grown assurance of product quality and protection of the environment. They have a humorous, yet powerful, dictum by which they do business: "The frog does not drink up the pond in which it lives." That being said, you can count on Mountain Rose Herbs for fairness and quality!
What's especially nice is that this product can be ingested, so if you or your pet come in contact with it, there is no cause for alarm -- in fact, it might just be good for what ails you both! We are thinking of using it to discourage ticks on ourselves by dusting shoes and pants legs with a liberal amount. We'll let you know of the results.
ts scientific name is Acorus calamus, but it has a multitude of common names like Sweet Flag, Sweet Myrtle, Sweet Cane and Sweet Sedge. You get the idea that this plant is sweet, right? It is also called Yellow Flag and is in the iris family, sporting a beautiful yellow flower in spring. This perennial grows in marshy places in zones 3 through 10. Once you know what you're looking for, you can't miss it as it grows up to 6 feet tall! However, you don't have to collect your own, you can let your fingers do your collecting at Mountain Rose Herbs.
Buying calamus, in whatever form you want, is actually best, because if you collect it, it's gone! Perennial or not, if you nab the root, it's not coming back! At this link you have a choice of forms of calamus available at Mountain Rose Herbs.
So, we suggest using calamus powder inside the bedding of your pet's bed and all around any area in which it spends time. Since anyone or any animal can be allergic to any substance, we also suggest you gently test it out before liberally applying it! But since the plant is so very ancient -- believed to be the oldest living monocot! -- it is likely very safe for all.
What is a monocot, you ask? That means its seed is one entity, like a corn kernel seed. A dicot is like a bean with two halves. Monocots are distinctly more ancient in origin than dicots in the evolutionary progression. They are simpler -- one thin skin surrounding the food which the embryo seed uses to grow. However, calamus can also be found in Scripture: sweet cane, as an ingredient in the Holy Ointment, is one and the same plant. Calamus was mixed with cinnamon and myrrh. Thus, calamus has both history and presence.
Back to current times, if you've an ant's nest near your home or in a child's play area that you want 'gone', you can try sprinkling some calamus root powder in a semi-circle, leaving the opening facing toward where you want the critters to go! This eliminates the concern of using highly toxic substances in places where children might be exposed.
To buy calamus root powder specifically, please follow these steps:
1. COPY Calamus root powder to your clipboard.
2. PASTE it into the Mountain Rose Herbs search bar AFTER you click below.
3. CLICK Mountain Rose Herbs
This site also has a wonderful variety of additional herbs, roots and powders - from spices and teas to bed and bath products -- with a great many pages of background information on each plant. They provide organically grown assurance of product quality and protection of the environment. They have a humorous, yet powerful, dictum by which they do business: "The frog does not drink up the pond in which it lives." That being said, you can count on Mountain Rose Herbs for fairness and quality!
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