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Benzoin, An Xi Xiang

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Benzoin, An Xi Xiang 安息香 An Xi Xiang (TCM)Loban (Unani) Atlas der Officinellen Pflanzen, Berg & Schmidt, Leipzig, 1893 Two Different varieties of Benzoin available at the Chengdu Medicine Market (Adam, 2016)Left: is Benzoin Amygdaloides;  Right: was called Benzoin in sortis; Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Styrax benzoinSeveral types were traditionally…

Sprains & Strains

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Sprains & Strains Acute Strains and Sprains usually come from awkward movements, sleeping improperly or lifting heavy things. It can be associated with muscular tension, weakness of the joints, spasms of the tendons etc. The primary treatment is moving the Blood, clearing obstruction and easing pain. It can be seen that internal medicines for acute…

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Universal Clear the Senses Powder (Dbang po kun sel)

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Dbang po kun sel  དབང་པོ་ཀུན་ཀུན་སེལ་Or, Ya sman dbang po kun sel  ཡ་སྨན་དབང་པོ་ཀུན་སེལ་Universal Clear the Senses Powder Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: Men Tsee Kang Herb Name Rgyam tshva (Rock Salt)Tsan dan dkar po (White Sandal) Tsan dan dmar po (Red Sandal) Ar nag (Aloeswood) Li shi (Clove)Gur gum (Safflower)Gi wang (Bezoar)Ka ko la (Greater Cardamon)…

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Cynosbatus, Rose Hip PRO

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Cynosbatus, Rose Hip Cherokee Rose Hip, Jin Ying Zi 金樱子 CynosbatusCherokee Rose Hip, Jin Ying Zi  金樱子 (TCM)Se rgod  སེ་རྒོད  (Tibetan) Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 R. caninaFlora von Deutschland (25), Kohler, 1886 R. laevigata (Jin Ying Zi) used in TCMEdwards’s Botanical Register, vol. 23, 1922 Botanical name: Rosa caninaA number of different Rose species have supplied…

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Infusion of Seven Flowers

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Infusion of Seven Flowers Tradition: Western Source / Author: The Book of Herbs, Lady Rosalind Northcote, 1903 Herb Name Mullein flowersLinden flowersViolet flowersPoppy flowersColtsfoot flowersMallow flowersMarshmallow flowers Latin Verbascum thapsus Tilia europaViola odorata Papaver somniferum Tussilago farfara Malva sylvestris Althea officinalis Amount 1 pugil ea. Preparation: Prepare a standard infusion Function: clears Wind and Heat,…

3L. ANTITUSSIVE

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3L. Anti-tussive Bechica These are medicines which treat Cough. They are broadly classed as either Warm or Cold, being used for Cold and Hot Coughs respectively. Warm medicines help ‘digest’ cold, thick and raw Phlegm while Cold medicines cool and thicken hot, sharp, thin Phlegm. i. Warming Anti-tussivesThese are attenuating Anti-tussives which warm, make thin…

Glechoma, Ground Ivy PRO

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Glechoma, Ground Ivy Alehoof; Hedera terrestris, Corona Terra Herbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Herbarum Vivae Eicones, Otto Brunfels, 1530 Botanical name: Glechoma hederacea (syn. Hedera terrestris)Salmon listed 4 kinds:  1. Common Ground Ivy (Alehoof)  2. Lesser Ground Ivy  3. Mountain Ground Ivy  4. Stone Ground IvyThe related G. longituba is used in…

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Phoenix, Date FREE

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Phoenix, Date palm Kharjura (Ayurveda)Khurma (Unani)Tamar, Balha (Arabic)‘Bra go  འབྲ་གོ  (Tibetan) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Parkinson, Theatrum Botanicum, 1640 Duhamel du Monceau, H.L., Traité des arbres et arbustes, Nouvelle édition [Nouveau Duhamel], vol. 4 (1809) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Phoenix dactylifera Parts used: Dried Fruit; Black, Yellow, Red, as well…

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Greater Salt Combination (Tshwa sbyor chen mo)

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Tshwa sbyor chen mo   ཚྭ་ སྦྱོར་ ཆེན་མོ་Greater Salt Combination Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: Men Tsee Kang Herb Name Ze tshwa (Saltpeter)Rgya tshwa (Sal ammoniac)Rgyam tshwa (Rock Salt)Kha ru tshwa (Black Salt)lan tshwa (Sea Salt)Gser bye (Mica)Sdig srin (freshwater crab shell)A bras (Mango kernel)Sra bras (Java Plum)Jam bras (Fever nut) Lcam ‘bru (Mallow seed)Sug smel (Cardamon)Gla…

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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) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION 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,…

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Cibotium, Gou Ji FREE

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Cibotium, Gou Ji 狗脊 ‘Golden Chicken Fern’Gou Ji (TCM) Cibotium barometzKoehler, F.E., Medizinal Pflanzen, vol. 4 (1890) Cibotium barometz rhizome(Photo by Mokkie) (Wikimedia) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Cibotium barometz (syn. Aspidium barometz, Dicksonia barometz, Nephrodium baromez, Polypodium barometz) Parts used: Rhizome, either dried, or steamed, then sliced and dried. Temperature…

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Pinus, Pine Tree

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Pinus, Pine tree Wild Pine, Scotch Fir, Scotch PineTurpentine: Terebinthina communis, Terebinthina pinea Left: Pinus; Right: Pinus sylvestrisKreutterbuch, Matthiolus, 1586 Medical Botany, Woodville, 1810 Medical Botany, Stevenson & Churchill, Vol II, 1831 Kohler’s Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887 Botanical name: Pinus sylvestrisNote a number of Pinus have been used similarly.In Tibetan Medicine, P. tabuliformis is used. P….

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