Fighting Fire with Fire By Adam Tate, 2013 The concept of Traditional Medicine generally relies on treating an imbalance with its opposite. So a condition with Heat or excess Bile would be treated with a cooling medicine to correct the imbalance. But what about the use of hot medicines to treat Heat diseases? The Ayurvedic…
Powder for Epilepsy Tradition: Western Source / Author: Bicker (Pharmacopeia Pauperum, Hamburg, 1781) Herb Name ValerianOrange peel Latin Valeriana officinalis Citrus aurantium Amount equal parts Preparation: Powder Function: Regulates Qi, settles Wind, clears Phlegm-Damp Use: 1. Epilepsy2. may be used for other diseases of the Head Dose: 1 dram twice daily Cautions: None noted Modifications:…
Alchemilla arvensis, Parsley Piert Knawell, Parsley Breakstone, German Knotgrass, Polygonum germanicum Salmon, Botanologia, 1710 Oeder, Flora Danica, (1761-1883) Botanical name: Alchemilla arvensis (syn. Aphanes arvensis, Alchemilla occidentalis) Parts used: Herb, fresh or dried (fresh was considered best) Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry Classifications: Diuretic, Lithontriptic, Abstersive, Vulnerary, Nephritic Uses: 1. Clears Heat and Damp, Promotes…
Move the Blood Blood Stasis can have several different meanings. Acute Trauma with Bruising involves Blood stasis. But Blood stasis is also involved in many chronic diseases. Most chronic inflammatory conditions involve Blood stasis, as is Cirrhosis, Fibrosis and Tumors. Likewise Chest pain and Angina Pectoris is also associated with Blood Stasis. Many gynecological diseases…
Jiu Fen San 九分散Nine Parts Powder Tradition: TCM Source / Author: Herb Name Ma Qian Zi (Nux Vomica) *Ma Huang (Ephedra)Ru Xiang (Frankincense) **Mo Yao (Myrrh) ** Latin Strychnos nux vomica Ephedra sinica Boswellia carterii Commiphora myrrha Amount equal parts * Nux Vomica is prepared by being heated in sand until it swells, or otherwise…
Powder of Optimal Nutrition Tradition: Western, Unani Source / Author: Nicolai Magni, De Medicis Pulveribus, 1545 Herb Name Pine nutsSweet AlmondPistachioWatermelon seedCucumber seedGreater Cucumber seedPurslane seedLicorice juiceCrude Silk cut smallCinnamonCloveCoriander seedCassia woodAloeswoodSaffronSpikenardAmberSugar Latin Nux PineaPrunus amygdalus dulcisPistachio verumCitrullus vulgarisCucumis sativusCucumis spp.Portulaceae oleraceaGlycyrrhiza glabraSericumCinnamonum zeylanicumEugenia caryophyllusCoriandrum sativumCinnamonum cassiaAquillaria agallochaCrocus sativusNardostachys jatamansiSuccinumSaccharum Amount 8 oz. 4 oz….
Confection of Montagnana for the Sight Tradition: Western Source / Author: Wirtzung Herb Name Siler montane seedEyebrightFennel seedCubeb CardamonMaceCelandine seedRue seedRosemaryAniseedAloeswoodCarawayGolden RodSugar or Honey Latin Siler montanumEuphrasia officinalisFoeniculum vulgarePiper cubebaElettaria cardamomumMyristica fragransChelidonium majusRuta graveolensRosmarinus officinalisPimpinella anisumAquillaria agallochaCarum carviSolidago virgaureaSaccharum et Mel Amount 1 dram 1 1⁄2 drams 2 drams 1 oz. 1⁄2 oz.sufficient Preparation: Beat…
Photos of Animal Materia Medica See also individual Animal Monographs for more PhotosAll photos by Adam, 2009–2015. Slices of good quality Velvet Deer Horn (Lu Rong) imported from New Zealand. This is the archetypal ‘Yang’ tonic of TCM. Farmed Turtle Shell, the archetypal ‘Yin’ tonic of TCM. Bulk farmed Gecko. This is a ‘Yang’ tonic,…
Serenoa, Saw Palmetto Sabal Saw Palmetto (Forestry Images) (Wikimedia) Saw Palmetto fruit(Photo by H. Zell) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Serenoa repens (syn. S. serrulata, Chamaerops serrulata Sabal serrulata) Parts used: Ripe Fruit Temperature & Taste: Warm, Dry. Pungent, slightly Sweet Classification: Uses: 1. Warms and Strengthens the Kidneys:-Impotence–urinary obstruction, Dysuria-nocturnal urination-Spermatorrhea-Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy (BPH), Prostatitis-it is…
Gold, Aurum, Jin 金 Jin (TCM)Gser གསེར (Tibetan)Tila (Unani)Svara (Ayurveda) Hortus sanitatis, 1491 Native GoldBritish Mineralogy, Sowerby, 1811 Gold coinsKrauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 The Latrobe Gold Nugget (717 grams)Photo by Gump Stump Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Mineralogical name: Aurum Parts used: 1. Gold Leaf or Powder 2. ‘Potable Gold’ (Gold in dissolution) …
Shilajit, Mumiya Shilajit–Punjabi Asphalt, Indian Pissasphalt–Asphaltum Punjabinum–Shilajit (Ayurveda)–Brag zhun བྲག་ཞུན (Tibetan)–Xue Ling Zhi 血灵脂, Shi la ji te 施拉吉特 (TCM)–Mumiya Hindi (Unani)Mumiya, Momiya, Mumiai–Persian Pissasphalt–Asphaltum Persicum, Mumiai Persica–Mumiya, Mumiya Farisi (Unani) Mumia, showing the use of Mummified Human bodies supplied by grave robbers.Ortus Sanitatis, 1491 Massive lump of raw (unpurified) Shilajit from Sichuan province, China…
Turquoise Turkey StoneTurchois (Latin)Gyu གཡུ་ (Tibet)Lu Song Shi (TCM)Rajvart, Turkhaja, Viraja, Pirojaka (Ayurveda)Firoza (Unani) TurchoisHortus sanitatis, 1491 Turquoise (Arizona)(Photo by Rob Lavinsky, iRocks.com) Minerological name: Turquoise CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O Hydrated Copper and Aluminium Phosphate (CuO 9.78%; Al2O3 37.6%; P2O5 34.9%; H2O 17.7%).Copper is responsible for its Green color, although Iron is said to contribute also.Dark blue Turquoise…
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