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Great Decoction 25 (Thang chen nyer lnga)

Thang chen nyer lnga  ཐང་ཆེན་ཉེར་ལྔ་Great Decoction 25 Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: Herb Name Kha che gur gum (Saffron) *A ru ra (Chebula)Ba ru (Belleric)Skyu ru (Emblic)Ma nu (Inula) Gun rum la **Rgya tig (Swertia)Hong len (Picrorhiza)Kyi iche (Gentian)Bong dkar (White Aconite)U su (Coriander)Par pa ta (Hypecoum) ***Lug mig (Aster flower)Om bu (Tibetan Tamarisk leaf)Gser…

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Piper nigrum et album, Pepper, Black & White FREE

Piper nigrum, Black Pepper, Hu Jiao 胡椒 Marica (Ayurveda)Hu Jiao (TCM)Na le sham  ན་ལེ་ཤམ  (Tibetan)Filfil Siyah (Unani) Piper album, White Pepper, Bai Hu Jiao 白胡椒 Bai Hu Jiao (TCM)Filfil Safaid (Unani) Black PepperParkinson, Theatrum Botanicum, 1640 Piper nigrumKoehler, Medizinal Pflanzen, vol. 2: 1890 Black and White Pepper (Adam, 2022) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO…

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Selinum wallichianum, Tang kun PRO

Selinum wallichianum, Tang kun ཏང་ཀུན་ Tang kun (Tibet)Mura (Root, Ayurveda)Mural (Siddha) Selinum wallichianum(Photo by Dinesh Valke) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Two different herbs supply Tang kun: Tang kun dkar po (‘Female’): Selinum wallichianum (syn. S. tenuifolium, S. candollei, Peucedanum wallichianum, Ligusticum coniifolium) Tang kun nag po (‘Male’): Sinolimprichtia alpina Some modern Russian sources list Cnidium dahuricum…

Hepatica, Liverwort

Hepatica nobilis, Liverwort Epatica, Lichen or TrefoilDi Suo Luo (Marchantia polymorpha) (TCM) Herbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Botanical name: There are over 9000 species of Liverwort, a number of species traditionally supplying the market: Marchantia polymorpha (Common Liverwort) Marchantia paleacea Conocephalum conicum (Greater Liverwort) Do not confuse with the…

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Goethite 25 (Mdung rtse nyer lnga)

Mdung rtse nyer lnga  མདུང་རྩེ་ཉེར་ལྔ་Goethite 25 Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: Amdo Compendium Herb Name Mdung rtse dkar po (Goethite) *Dza ti (Nutmeg) Sug smel (Cardamon)Ka ko la (Amomum)Cu gang (Tabasheer)Gur gum (Safflower)Li shi (Clove)Bse ru (Rhinoceros horn)Mtshal (Cinnabar)Rgya ru (Antelope horn)Gwa dor (Velvet Deer Horn)Kha shva’i rva (Mature Deer horn)Tig ta (Swertia)Gangs thigs (Calamine)Rtsa…

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Pills to Crumble Kidney Stones (Unani)

Pills to Crumble Kidney Stones Tradition: Unani Source / Author: Dispensatory of Ibn at Tilmid Herb Name Balsam seedsRadish seedCarrot seedParsley seedCaper root peelOpopanax root-barkBitter Almonds Bay laurel seedCitronellaCyperusIndian SpikenardPolypodyHarmal GentianBirthwortAsarumJews StoneWild CarawayMyrrhAmmoniacSagapenBdelliumBlack PepperCalamus Latin Commiphora opobalsamumRaphanus sativaDaucus carrotaPetroselinum crispumCapparis spinosa Commiphora guidottiiPrunus amygdalus amaraLaurus nobilisCymbopogon nardusCyperus rotundusNardostachys jatamansiPolypodium vulgarePeganum harmalaGentiana luteaAristolchia spp.Asarum europeumLapis JudaicumLagoecia…

Training Hospital for Chengdu TCM University

Training Hospital for Chengdu TCM University The following pictures were taken during a guided tour by the Director of the Teaching Hospital of Chengdu University of TCM in 2011. Students applying Heat lamps, Acupuncture and Moxibustion to a patient with Arthritis are shown in the first group. The second group shows the Dispensatory where herbal…

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Plantaginis aquatica, Water Plantain

Plantaginis aquatica, Water Plantain, Ze Xie 泽泻 Water PlantainZe Xie (TCM)Zammarah al-rai (Unani) New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Botanische wandplaten (1904–1914) Flora von Deutschland, Kohler, 1886 Water Plantain root Ze Xie on the Chinese market (Adam, 2017) Botanical name: Alisma spp. A. plantago (West) A. orientalis (TCM) Parts used: Root Temperature & Taste: Cool, neutral in…

Simple Spirits

Simple Spirits The general method of Making Spirits Several different methods can be used to make a Spirit. Note that when Wine or Fermentation are used, a Distilled Water and Spirit can be made in the one batch. When Spirit is used, a Spirit alone is made. 1. Spirit of Wormwood (Distilled from Wine:    Wormwood…

Houttuynia, Yu Xing Cao PRO

Houttuynia, Yu Xing Cao 鱼腥草 Yu Xing Cao (TCM) Houttuynia cordataCurtis’s Botanical Magazine, vol. 54 (1827) Houttuynia cordata(Photo by Nova) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Houttuynia cordata Parts used: Herb Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Pungent Classification: B. Clears Heat and Toxin Uses: 1. Clears Heat and Toxin, Reduces Swellings:-Lung heat Cough with thick, yellow Phlegm-Lung Abscess…

Gall Bladder

Gall Bladder Inflamed Gall Bladder, Cholecystitis;Gall Stones, Cholelithiasis The Gall Bladder is generally treated with medicines applicable to the Liver. Medicines that clear Liver Heat will tend to settle inflammation of the Gall Bladder and medicines that open obstructions of the Liver will stimulate flow of bile from the Gall Bladder. However, some medicines are…

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Assafoetida, Asafetida, A Wei PRO

Assafoetida, Asafetida, A Wei 阿魏 Asafoetida, Devil’s DungHing, Hingu  (Ayurveda)Perunkayam (Siddha)A Wei 阿魏 (TCM)Hilteet (Unani)Shing kun  ཤིང་ཀུན  (Tibetan) Ortus sanitatis, Cube, Johann von, 1501 Icones Plantarum Medcio-oeconomico, Vietz, 1800 Ferula asafetidaAtlas der officinellen pflanzen (2), Felix, 1899 Lump of raw Asafetida gum(Adam, 2022) Botanical name: Ferula asafetidaOther related sources include F. sinkiangensis Parts used: Gum‘The…

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