"2, Acorus calamus. 
getically beneficial in that distressing complaint to which sailors are 
so frequently subject, from the nature of their life and diet, well 
known, particularly to naval surgeons, by the name of wind colic; 
given in hot decoctions in the manner of ginger tea, it quickly re- 
lieves the distressing swelling of the belly, by the discharge of wind. 
it may be chewed by dyspeptic persons, and the juice swallowed, 
rejecting the pulp ; and in this manner it proves a pleasant remedy 
for indigestion, in the course of a week or two. Ihave on some oc- 
casions prescribed the hot infusion to infants labouring under colic, 
and with success. In intermittents I have had no experience with it, 
neither do I know of any authentic accounts on this point ; though it 
has repeatedly been mentioned to me by country people, that 
they cure agues by the free use of the tincture. When masticated,. 
it stimulates the salivary glands powerfully, producing a copious dis-. 
charge of saliva. I have heard of its being used in this manner, with 
success, to cure the tooth ach. 
