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 and burned twice daily in the Temple.

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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.