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Description: Acorus calamus, Cut & Sifted - 1 oz.
Botanical name:Acorus calamus
Calamus root is also known as: Sweet Flag, Vacha, Bach, Gladdon, Agri-turki, Sweet Root, Myrtle Grass, Cinnamon Sedge, Sweet Rush, Baje, Myrtle Grass, Sweet Cane.
Sweet flag or calamus root is one of the ingredients in the ritual incense (ketoret) mentioned in the Hebrew Bible (Exodus XXX:34-38) and burned twice daily in the Temple.
Sample Incense Recipes
1. Egyptian Incense
Mix together:
- 4 parts frankincense
- 3 part gum arabic
- 2 parts myrrh
- 1 part cedar
- 1 part juniper
- 1 part calamus
- 1 part cinnamon
Thoroughly grind all ingredients in a mortar and pestle.
Burn over smoldering charcoal.
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Calamus Root - Cut & Sifted
