Plant Information

Common Name: SWEET FLAG - LIQUORICE SWEETFLAG
Scientific Name: Acorus gramineus 'Liquorice'
Alternative Names: Japanese Sweet Flag, Liquorice grass.

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Description

• Perennial
• Japanese Sweet Flag or Liquorice grass.- is native to E Asia.
• It is a semi-evergreen perennial with branched rhizomes and fans of glossy linear leaves.
• Minute greenish flowers are borne in a spadix, in summer.
• It is hardy and needs damp/wet soil or shallow water in a sunny position.
• Divide large clumps every 3-4 years to maintain vigour.

Culinary Uses

• Liquorice taste and smell.
• Known as 'Sekisho' in Japan - rhizomes roasted or stir-fried.
• Flavour rice with the leaves

Parts Used

• Rhizomes and leaves

Medicinal Uses. It is said that

• Antibacterial tonic herb
• Rhizomes stimulate digestive system.
• Indigestion, flatulence, stomach cramps, chronic dysentery
• Emetic, antispasmodic, anthelmintic
• Asthma - clears bronchial passages
• Strengthening effect on nervous system
• Chinese medicine
• Mentioned in the Old Testament

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