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Aerva, Gorakshganja PRO

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Aerva, Gorakshganja Gorakshganja, Pattura (Ayurveda)Seru Peelai, Cirupilai Camulam (Siddha)Bisehri Booti, Patharphodi (Unani) Aerva lanata P. Miller, Figures of the most beautiful, useful and uncommonplants, described in the gardeners’ dictionary (1755-1760) Botanical name: Aerva lanataA. scandens is used in some parts of India Parts used: Root (or whole plant) Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Bitter, Pungent…

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Qi Ju Di Huang Wan

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Qi Ju Di Huang Wan  杞菊地黄丸Lycium, Chrysanthemum and Rehmannia Pills Tradition: TCM Source / Author: Complete Treatise on Measles (Yuan Dynasty) Herb Name Shu Di Huang (Rehmannia)Shan Zhu Yu (Cornus fruit)Shan Yao (Chinese yam)Fu Ling (Poria) Mu Dan Pi (Tree peony root) Ze Xie (Water Plantain root) Lycium (Gou Qi Zi)Ju Hua (Chrysanthemum) Latin Rehmannia…

4k. ARTHRITIC

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4K. Arthritic These are Medicines appropriated to the Joints. Aphorisms on Arthritics, collected by Culpeper, (Composita, 1656): The joints are most infested with Capital diseases, and therefore cured with Cepahlic Medicines. The reason is soon given, which is, because they are of a nervous quality. Those things are appropriated to the Joints, which have a…

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Xanthium, Byi tsher PRO

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Xanthium, Byi tsher བྱི་ཚེར Cang Er Zi 苍耳子 (Fruit), Cang Er Cao 苍耳草 (Leaf) Cocklebur, BurweedByi tsher (Tibetan Medicine)Shankheshwara (Ayurveda)Maruloomatham (Siddha)Cang Er Zi (Fruit); Cang Er Cao (Herb) (TCM) Xanthium sibiricum(Illustration: Real Jardín Botánico, Madrid, Spain)(BotanicalIllustration) Xanthium sibericum(Photo by Zhuwq) (Wikimedia) Xanthium indicum(Photo by Vinayaraj) (Wikimedia) Xanthium, Cang Er Zi(Adam, 2024) Botanical name: Xanthium sibiricum…

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Cowrie Ash 8 (‘Gron thal brgyad pa)

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‘Gron thal brgyad pa  མགྲོན་ཐལ་བརྒྱད་པ་Cowrie Ash 8 Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: Herb Name ‘Gron bu’i thal (Cowry ash)Star bu’i khanda (Sea Buckthorn)Se bru (Pomegranate)Sa rdzi ka (Corn Smut)Dbyi mong dkar po (White Clematis)Lche tshva (type of Salt) *Sngo srub (Anemone seed)Zva po (triangale Nettle seed) Latin Cypraea spp.Hippophae rhamnoidesPunica granatumUstilago spp.Clematis alpina Anemone rivularisUrtica…

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Physochlaina infundibularis, Hua Shan Shen PRO

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Physochlaina infundibularis, Hua Shan Shen 华山参 Hua Shan Shen, Lou Dou Pao Nang Cao (TCM) Physochlaina orientalisCurtis’s Botanical Magazine, 1823 Physochlaina praealtaCurtis’s Botanical Magazine, 1851 Physochlaina physoloides(Photo by Nina Filippova, edited) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Physochlaina spp. P. infundibularis (China); P. physoloides (syn. P. dahurica, P. lanosa, Hyoscyamus physaloides) (Mongolia) Physochlaina praealta is used similarly in…

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Gladiolus, Sou Shan Huang PRO

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Gladiolus, Sou Shan Huang 搜山黄 Sword-Lilies, Ghent Hybrid GladiolusSou Shan Huang, Tang Chang Pu, Biao Gan Hua (TCM) Gladiolus gandavensis var. citrinus(Flore des serres et des jardins de l’Europe, vol. 5) Botanical name: Gladiolus gandavensis (syn. Gladiolus x gandavensis)This is a hybrid of G. dalenii × G. oppositiflorus. Parts used: Bulb Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Bitter….

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Powder for Epilepsy (De Medicis Pulveribus)

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Powder for Epilepsy Tradition: Western, Unani Source / Author: Nicolai Magni, De Medicis Pulveribus, 1545 Herb Name PeonyMountain Sea HollyCastoreumWhite Bryony Latin Paeonia officinalisEryngium spp.CastoreumBryonia dioica Amount 2 drams3 drams4 scruples1 1⁄2 drams Preparation: Powder Function: Settles Wind, stops Spasms Use: 1. Epilepsy, Convulsions2. related Wind diseases Dose: 1⁄2–1 dram Cautions: None noted Modifications: Back…

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Tabasheer, Tian Zhu Huang FREE

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Tabasheer, Tian Zhu Huang 天竺黄 Bamboo Silica, Bamboo Manna, Bamboo Salt, Bamboo CamphorTian Zhu Huang (TCM)Vasalocana (Ayurveda)Cu Gan (Tibetan)Tabaashir (Unani)Bansalochan (Persian)Qasab (Arabic) Indiae Utriusque re Naturali et Medica, Pisonis, 1658 Bambusa arundinacea (as Arundo bambos)Plantarum indigenarum et exoticarum Icones ad vivum coloratae, vol. 5 (1792) Two varieties of Tabasheer available on the market, Blue and…

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How do we know Traditional Herbal Medicine Works?

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How do we Know Traditional Medicine Works?, by Adam Tate, May, 2019 How do we know traditional herbal medicine works? IntroductionPeople often ask ‘but how do you know Traditional Medicine/Herbal Medicine works?’ Firstly, we need to clarify a few things. To begin with, Herbal Medicine, Folk Medicine, Naturopathy and Traditional Medicine are all quite different…

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Pills of Spikenard

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Pills of Spikenard Tradition: Western Source / Author: Francisco de Pedemon (Antidotario Bartholomew Montagnana Herb Name SpikenardAgaricAmomumRhubarbDodderMasticCostusChamedrysMyrrhCinnamonSquinanthClove Aloe Latin Nardostachys jatamansiFomitopsis officinalisAmomum subulatumRheum palmatumCuscuta europeaPistacia lentiscusSaussurea lappaTeucrinum chamaedrysCommiphora molmolCinnamonum zeylanicumJuncus odoratus Eugenia caryophyllusAloe spp. Amount 4 drams 3 drams ea. 1 dram ea.8 drams Preparation: Powder and with a suitable liquid (Celery juice, Hydromel etc.) form…

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Nigella, Gith, Black Cumin PRO

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Nigella, Gith Black Cumin, MelanthiumKalonji (Unani)Habat al-Baraka (Arabic)Kalajira, Mugrela (Ayurveda)Karuncirakam (Siddha)Zi ra nag po  ཟི་ར་ནག་པོ  (Tibetan)Hei Zhong Cao Zi 黑种草子 (TCM) Herbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Botanical name: Nigella spp. N. sativa N. damascena N. glandulifera (syn. Nigella sativa var. hispidula) Parts used: Seed Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry,…

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