You might remember the meaning of the character 蒲 with this easy mnemonic:
If you have stomach pains, just take some calamus flowers (艹), add a few droplets (氵) of water so its diluted ten (十) times, and use (用) a cloth to soak up the ointment.
Using mnemonics to remember the meaning of Chinese characters like has a huge impact on how long to learn Mandarin it takes.