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Electuary for Stomach Pain from Cold and Viscid Humors

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Electuary for Stomach Pain from Cold and Viscid Humors Tradition: Western Source / Author: Hippocrates (De morbus internis curandis, Mesue, 1551) Herb Name Bay berryAniseedPellitoryGingerGalangalMasticMyrrhHoneyVinegar Latin Laurus nobilisPimpinella anisumAnacyclus pyrethrumZingiber officinalisAlpina officinarumPistacia lentiscusCommiphora molmolMelAcetum Amount 1 oz. ea. 4 drams ea. 2 drams ea. 1 lb. 1 oz. Preparation: Boil the Honey with the vinegar…

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Holarrhena, Kutaja PRO

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Holarrhena, Kutaja Tellicherry, Easter treeKutaja, Kurchi, Kalinga, Vatsaka (Ayurveda)Indrayava (Seeds, Ayurveda);Teewaj, Kurchi (bark), Inderjao Talkh (seed) (Unani)Kudasappalai (Siddha)Dug Mo Nyung  དུག་མོ་ཉུང༌ (Tibetan) Holarrhena antidysentericaIllustrations of the forest flora of North-West and Central India, Brandis, 1874 Wrightia antidysenterica(Photo by Lionel Allorge) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Holarrhena antidysenterica (syn. H. pubescens, Wrightia antidysenterica)Two types of Indrayava are used…

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Rhododendron dauricum, Dahurian Rhododendron, Man Shan Hong PRO

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Rhododendron dauricum, Man Shan Hong 满山红 Indian Azalea, Dahurian RhododendronMan Shan Hong (TCM) Rhododendron dauricumThe botanist’s repository, vol. 1 (1797-1798) Botanical name: Rhododendron dauricum (TCM) Parts used: Leaf, collected Summer or Autumn Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent, Bitter Classifications: Q. Stop Cough and Wheezing Uses: 1. Stops Cough, Clears Cold-Phlegm: -Cough; acute and chronic…

Aegle marmelos, Bengal Quince PRO

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Aegle marmelos, Bengal Quince Bilva (Ayurveda)Vilva (Siddha)Bael (Unani)Bil ba (Tibetan) Roxburgh, Plants of the coast of Coromandel, 1798 Dried sliced fruit(Photo by Susan Slater) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Aegle marmelos (syn. Crateva marmelos, Belou marmelos) Parts used: Unripe fruitAlso Root, stem-bark, ripe fruit, leaf Temperature & Taste: FRUIT: Neutral (slightly Cool, moist)UNRIPE FRUIT/ PERICARP: Cool, dry…

Tincture of Balm

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Tinctura MelissaeTincture of Balm Tradition: Western Source / Author: Herb Name fresh BalmRed Wine Latin Melissa officinalisVinum rubra Amount 8 handfuls16 lbs. Preparation: Steep together, then distil in B.M. to dryness; to this distilled water, add an equal amount of Balm which has been slightly dried, and steep. Next strain, and sweeten with a little…

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‘Powder for those Hurt by a Fall’

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‘Powder for those Hurt by a Fall’ Tradition: Western Source / Author: Zwelfer Herb Name Dragon’s BloodMyrrhGoat’s Blood preparedCrab eyes preparedRed EarthNutmegs Latin Daemonorops dracoCommiphora molmolSanguis Capra coagulumOculi Cancri Terra RubraMyristica fragrans Amount 1⁄2 oz. ea. 6 drams ea. 3 drams Preparation: Powder Function: Moves the Blood, clears Stasis, clears Heat, promotes Healing, eases Pain…

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Powder for the Memory (Hartman)

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Powder for the Memory Tradition: Memory Source / Author: Practical Chymistry, John Hartman, 1670 Herb Name MaceCubebsClovesSenna leafCrystals of TartarGinger Ground PineCalamusGentianCumin seedMountain Siler seedAniseed AmmiCarrot seedWild Alexander seedIndian SpikenardCoralPearl Latin Myristica fragransPiper cubebaEugenia caryophyllusCassia angustifoliaPotassium tartrateZingiber officinalisAjuga chamaepitysAcorus calamusGentiana luteaCuminum cyminumSiler trilobumPimpinella anisumAmmi majus Daucus carrotaSmyrnium olusatrumNardostachys jatamansiCorallum rubrumMargarita Amount 6 drams ea. 5…

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Jiu Xian San

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Jiu Xian San 九仙散Nine Immortals Powder Tradition: TCM Source / Author: True Lineage of Medicine (Yi Xue Zheng Chuan) Herb Name Ying Su Ke (Poppy capsule) *Wu MeiRen Shen (Ginseng)Wu Wei Zi (Schisandra)E Jiao (Donkey hide gelatin)Kuan Dong Hua (Coltsfoot)Chuan Bei Mu (Fritillaria)Jie Geng (Platycodon)Sang Bao Pi (Mulberry bark) Latin Papaver somniferumPrunus mumePanax ginsengSchisandra chinensisEquas…

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Anisomeles, Bhangra PRO

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Anisomeles, Bhangra Bhangra (Ayurveda)Bhangra (Unani)Guang Fang Feng, Fang Feng Cao (TCM) R. Wight, Illustrations of Indian botany, principally of the southern parts of the peninsula, Supplement (1850) Anisomeles indica(Photo by J.M.Garg) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Anisomeles indica (syn. A. ovata, Epimeredi indica) Parts used: Whole herb Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry Uses: 1. Clears Wind and…

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Sanguinaria, Bloodroot PRO

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Sanguinaria, Bloodroot Bloodroot, Redroot, Puccoon Sanguinaria canadensis The Botanical Magazine, Curtis, 1792 Mary Vaux Walcott, North American wild flowers (1925-1927) BloodrootA Manual of Organic Materia Medica, Maisch, 1882 Botanical name: Sanguinaria canadensis Parts used: Rhizome, root Temperature & Taste: Cold, dry. Bitter, Pungent Uses: 1. Clears Lung Heat:-Laryngitis Pharyngitis-Cough, Bronchitis, Whooping Cough, Asthma-Pneumonia-Allergic Rhinitis 2….

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Powder for Edema (Nicholas)

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Powder for Edema Tradition: Western, Unani Source / Author: Nicolas (Nicolai Magni, De Medicis Pulveribus, 1545) Herb Name CinnamonGingerCardamonGalangalCloveSquinanthCuminCalamusSugar Latin Cinnamonum zeylanicum Zingiber officinalis Elettaria cardamomum Alpina officinarum Eugenia caryophyllus Juncus odoratus Cuminum cyminum Acorus calamus Saccharum Amount 1⁄2 dram ea. 1 obolus ea. *2 drams * 1 obolus is equivalent to approximately 600mg Preparation:…

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Fossil Bones, Dragon Bones, Long Gu

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Fossil Bones, Dragon Bones Fossil Bones: Long Gu 龙骨Fossll Teeth: Long Chi 龙齿Fossil Horn: Long Jiao 龙角 Dragon BonesBen Cao Pin Hui Jing Yao, 1505 (Welcome) TOP: Long Gu ‘Dragon Bones’BOTTOM: Long Jiao ‘Dragon Horn’(Chendgu Medicine Market, Adam, 2017) Mastodon TeethA Pictorial Atlas of Fossil Remains, Gideon Algernon Mantell, 1850 Members CLICK HERE for the…

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