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Pterocarpus, Red Sandalwood PRO

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Pterocarpus, Red Sandalwood Raktachandana, Raktasaara (Ayurvedic)Sandal Surkh, Sandal-e-Ahmar (Unani)Tsan dan dmar po  ཙན་དན་དམར་པོ  (Tibetan)Shivappu-Chandanam (Siddha) Medical Botany, Woodville, Hooker, Vol. 3, 1832 Red Sandalwood(Adam, 2017) Botanical name: Pterocarpus santalinus (syn. Santalum rubrum) Parts used: Wood Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Bitter, Sweet. Classifications: 2F. PURIFYING.   2P. HEMOSTATICS3B. FEBRIFUGE & ANTIPYRETIC Uses: 1. Clears Heat from…

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Blood Medicine 11 (Khrag sman bcu gcig)

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Khrag sman bcu gcig  ཁྲག་ སྨན་ བཅུ་གཅིགBlood Medicine 11 Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: Men Tsee Kang / Amdo Compendium Herb Name Hong len (Picrorrhiza)Re skon rtsi dmar‘Bri mog Ming chan ser poSle tres (Tinospora)Ma nu (Inula)Tang kunGzer ‘jomsMdzo mo shing *Scrag pa shingSeng ldeng (Catechu) Latin Picrorrhiza / LagotisCorydalis nepalensisOnosma hookeriCremanthodium angustifoliumTinospora cordifoliaInula racemosaSelinum…

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Confection for Infertility

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Confection for Infertility Tradition: Western Source / Author: Wirtzung Herb Name DoronicumAsh tree keysMugwortFeverfewSt John’s wort flowersBalmBasilIvoryAmberMuskGold filedPowder of NereSyrup of CalamintSyrup of Citron peelSugar Latin Doronicum hookeriFraxinus excelsiorArtemisia vulgarisTanacetum partheniumHypericum perforatumMelissa officinalisOcinum basilicumEboris SuccinumMoschusAurum Species NereSaccharum Amount 1 dram ea. 2 drams ea. 1⁄2 ounce1 scruple6 grains 1⁄2 dram1 dram 3 ounces5 ounces6 ounces…

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Alumen, Alum, Bai Fan FREE

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Alumen, Alum, Bai Fan 白矾 Called Stypteria by DioscoridesBai Fan (TCM)Sphatikari or Kamakshi (in Sanskrit)Phitkari, Phitki (Unani)Tshur dkar  ཚུར་དཀར  (Tibetan) Hortus sanitatis, 1491 1. Impure Alumen Sissile;  2. Alumen Sissile Volaterrani;  3. Alumen Rotundum;  4. fragment of a species of Alum; 5. a species of Sissile Alum;  6. Alum Schistis;  7. Aluminosa Balnei Scorpionis(Aldrovani, Musaeum Metallicum,…

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Costus Garuda (Ru khyung) (Tibetan Medicine)

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Ru khyung  རུ་ཁྱུང་Costus Garuda Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: Herb Name Ru Rta (Costus)Skyu Ru Ra (Emblic Myrobalan)Se Bru (Pomegranate seed)Ba Sha Ka (Adhatoda)Sug Smel (Cardamon)Pi Pi Ling (Long Pepper)A Ru Ra (Chebulic Myrobalan)Ru Rta (Costus)Shu Dag Nag Po (Calamus)Gla Rtsi (Musk) Bong Nga Mag Po (Aconite)Li shi (Clove)Seng ldeng (Catechu)Sle tres (Tinospora) Latin Saussurea…

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Ophicalcite, Hua Rui Shi

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Ophicalcite, Hua Rui Shi 花蕊石 Hua Rui Shi (TCM) OphicalcitePhoto by Lysippos (Wikimedia) Minerological name: OphicalcitumSerpentine mixed with CalciteSee Serpentine which is similar and used in Ayurveda. Parts used: Prepared Mineral Temperature & Taste: Neutral. Sour, astringent Classification: L. Stop Bleeding: Constituents: Calcium carbonate, magnesium carbonate, magnesium silicate, Fe, Al. There are also traces of…

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Da Shan Zha Wan

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Da Shan Zha Wan 大山楂丸Big Hawthorn Pill Da Shan Zha Wan prepared by Beijing Tongren Tang, one of the oldest, most respected manufacturers in China. Tradition: TCM Source / Author: Herb Name Shan Zha (Hawthorn fruit)Shen Qu (Medicated Leaven)Mai Ya (Malted Barley) Latin Crataegus oxycantha Massa Medicata Fermentata Hordei Germinantus Amount 100 grams 15 grams…

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Pills for Ascites with Fever

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Pills for Ascites with Fever Tradition: Western Source / Author: Renodeus (Dispensatorium medicum, 1615) Herb Name RhubarbTurbithAgaricColocynthEndive seedLettuce seedChicory seedOpium Latin Rheum palmatum Operculina turpethum Fomitopsis officinalis Citrullus colocynthus Chicorium endiva Lactuosa sativa Chicorium intybus Papaver somniferum Amount 1 dram 1⁄2 dram ea. Preparation: Powder, and with Endive juice, form a pill mass Function: clears…

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Allium, Garlic FREE

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Allium, Garlic, Da Suan 大蒜 Da Suan (TCM)Lashuna (Ayurveda)Lehsun (Unani)Sgog skya, སྒོག་སྐྱ  (Tibetan) Herbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Krauterbuch, Rihel, 1565 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Allium sativum Parts used: Bulb Temperature & Taste: Hot, dry. Pungent. Ayurveda says Garlic has all tastes except…

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Thea, Tea

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Thea, Tea Cha (China)Chai (India) Atlas der officinellen pflanzen, Felix, 1899 Botanical name: Thea chinensisThere are many varieties of tea; a primary difference is ‘green’ (green, white tea) or ‘fermented’ (black, hong cha) Parts used: leaf Temperature & Taste: Black (fermented) tea is warm, Green tea is Cool. Bitter, Sweet Uses: 1. Clears Damp, Promotes…

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Gentiana macrophylla, Qin Jiao PRO

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Gentiana macrophylla, Qin Jiao 秦艽 Large Leaf GentianQin Jiao (TCM)Kyi lche (Tibetan–one type of) G. dahurica Curtis’s Botanical Magazine, vol. 141 (1915) Gentiana macrophylla flower(Photo by Orchi) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Gentiana spp.A number of species are used for Qin Jiao in TCM G. macrophylla G. straminea G. crassicaulis G. dahurica In Tibetan Medicine, Gentiana tibetica…

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