Infusion for Pituitous and Burnt Humors with Hellebore Tradition: Western, Unani Source / Author: Mesue Herb Name Black MyrobalanChebulic MyrobalanDodder of Thyme Black Hellebore, prepared Latin Terminalia chebula (black) Terminalia chebulaCuscuta europeaHelleborus niger Amount 1 dram ea. 2 drams 1 scruple Preparation: Infuse in 4 oz. Senna infusion for 10 hours; strain Function: Purges Pituitous…
Heat Diseases Heat disease can have different meanings. Acute Heat Disease is usually an Epidemic or Infectious disease associated with Viral or Bacterial Infection. Otherwise Heat disease may be of one of the Organs and these can looked under each individual Organ. Western Tradition General for Heat DiseasesBarley DecoctionBitter DecoctionDecoction to Cool Syrup of Rose…
Universal Vulnerary Decoction Tradition: Western Source / Author: Joseph Du Chesne (Pharmacopoea Dogmaticum Resititua, 1622) Herb Name TormentilComfreyShilajit (Mumiya)Lemon SanicleWintergreenVervainLadies MantlePersicariaPeriwinkleHerb RobertMullein flowersSt. John’s wortCentaury Latin Potentilla tormentillaSymphytum officinaleShilajitCitrus limonumSanicula europaeaPirola rotundifoliaVerbena officinalisAlchemilla vulgarisPolygonum hydropierVinca majorGeranium robertumVerbascum thapsusHypericum perforatumCentaurium erythraea Amount 1 oz. ea. 1⁄2 oz. 1 handful ea. 1⁄2 handful ea. 2 pugils ea….
Andrographis, Chuan Xin Lian 穿心莲 Indian GentianKalmegha (Ayurveda)Kiryat (Unani)Rgya Tig རྒྱ་ཏིག (Tibetan)Chuan Xin Lian (TCM) Wight, Icones Plantarum Indiae Orientalis (1846) Andrographis paniculata(Photo by H. Zell) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Andrographis paniculata Parts used: Herb Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Bitter Uses: 1. Clears Liver Heat, Resolves Damp:-Liver Fever; Bile Fever-Hepatitis, Jaundice-hot, painful, dribbling urine-Diarrhea; Dysentery;…
Begonia, Zi Bei Tian Kui 紫背天葵 Tea BegoniaZi Bei Tian Kui, Hong Tian Kui (TCM) Begonia fimbristipulaCurtis, W., Botanical Magazine (1887) Botanical name: Begonia fimbristipula (syn. B. cyclophylla) Begonia laciniata appears to be used similarly in India for Fever, Liver disease and Venereal diseases Parts used: Herb Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Sweet (mildly Toxic)…
Dipsacus, Teasel, Xu Duan 续断 Virga Pastoris, Carduus Veneris, Labrum VenerisXu Duan (Chinese Teasel)Chir, Moleta (Arabic) Herbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 Gart der Gesundheit, Cuba, 1485 Flora von Deutschland (28), Kohler, 1886 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Dipsacus spp.Salmon said there were many varieties, but 2 main types were used. In addition…
Blon po dgu sbyor བློན་པོ་དགུ་སྦྱོར་Minister 9 Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: Herb Name Cu gang (Tabasheer)Gur gum (Safflower)Gi wang (Bezoar)Ga dur (Geranium)Bong dkar (White Aconite)Shing mngar (Licorice)Sro lo dkar poHong len (Picrorhiza)Tsan dan dkar po (White Sandal) Latin Bambusa SilicaeCarthamus tinctoriusCalculus BovisGeranium nepalenseAconitum heterophyllumGlycyrrhiza glabra Pegaeophyton scapiflorumPicrorhiza kurroaSantalum album Amount 20 grams15 grams5 grams10 grams15…
Cyperus, Cyperus, Xiang Fu 香附 Nutgrass; Sweet Cyperus, GalingaleXiang Fu (TCM)Musta, Mustaka, Motha (Skt)Nagarmotha, Saad-e-Kufi (Unani) Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1555 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Japanese Herbal, 17th(Welcome) Sibthrop & Smith, Flora Graeca, 1806 Cyperus rotundus root (Adam, 2017) Botanical name: Cyperus rotundus; C. scariosusTwo types were known, Long and Round: Round or English Cyperus: root…
Strengthen the Bones and Joints For Osteoporosis and related conditions Systematized anatomy, or, Human organography,Sarlandière, 1837 Certain medicines have been recognised as strengthening the bones and joints. These medicines are often used in chronic Joint diseases such as Arthritis. As the Kidneys control the bones, Kidney weakness often leads to Bone weakness. Therefore, many of…
Heart Weakness Western Tradition Simples Chebulic MyrobalanRoseAloeswoodZedoaryHawthorn berry SpikenardSaffronSandalwoodDoronicumSquill Cor confortant–Strengthen the HeartSecret Potion for Heart DebilityCordial Decoction (Florentini)Cordial Decoction (French Pharmacopoeia)Sugar of RoseSugar of BorageSugar of RosemarySyrup of Apple SimpleSyrup of Borage SimpleSyrup of Rose SolutiveCordial SyrupSyrup of Water Lily Flowers CompoundRose waterRosemary WineAromatic Rose Compound (Aromaticum Rosatum)Aromatic Musk Compound (Aromaticum Moschatum)Aromatic Clove Powder…
Electuarium Ducis Electuary for a Duke Tradition: Western Source / Author: Nicholas Herb Name Aniseed LicoriceMasticGermanderCinnamonGingerGalangalFennel seedCaraway seedCassia WoodCalamintCarrot seedPellitory Long PepperWhite PepperCyperusOrrisSchoenanthAmomumIndian leafAsarabaccaSaffron Gum ArabicTragacanthCubebCloveBalsamCardamonJuniperNutmegAloeswoodLovage rootFlower-de-LuceRhubarbCinquefoil rootIndian SpikenardCalamus Red BehenWhite BehenSiler Montane seedAlexander seedDill seedAsparagus seedLemon seedAmomum seedCloveBasil seedGromwell seedSaxifrage seedChicory seedMacedonian Parsley seedMelon seedGourd seedPumpkin seedCucumber seedStoraxSugar Penid Latin Pimpinella anisum Glycyrrhiza glabraPistacia…
Triticum spleta, Spelt Spelt Corn, Zea DicoccosDinkel (German) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Several varieties of Triticum, that labelled ‘D’ being Spelt.A. Masclef, Atlas des plantes de France, vol. 3, (1893) Botanical name: Triticum spelta Parts used: Seed (Grain) Temperature & Taste: Neutral/slightly Warm. SweetGalen said Spelt is between Wheat and Barley in temperature. Uses: 1….
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