Pills of Gentian Tradition: Unani Source / Author: Unani Formulary of India Herb Name AloeGentianYellow MyrobalanCelery juice Latin Aloe veraGentiana luteaTerminalia chebula (yellow) Apium graveolens Amount 50 grams ea. 100 gramsqs Preparation: Powder the herbs and mix with clarified Celery juice to form a pill mass. Function: Clears and purges Liver Heat, opens Obstructions Use:…
Rubus Idaeus, Raspberry, Fu Pen Zi, 覆盆子 Fu Pen Zi (TCM) New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Koehler’s Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887 Botanical name: Rubus idaeusThe Chinese Raspberry is R. chingii. However, a number of varieties are used including R. idaeopsis, R. coreanus, R. corchorifolius. R. idaeus is used in Hebei province, showing the species are synonymous with…
Taking Herbal Medicine Herbal Medicine may be used in a variety of ways, both internally and externally: Internally: 1. Powder2. Pills3. Infusion4. Decoction5. Syrups6. Wines and Tinctures7. Others Externally:1. Ointments2. Plasters3. Fomentations4. Washes, Baths5. Enemas and Douches PowderPowders are a good way to…
Salvia miltiorrhiza, Dan Shen 丹参 Dan Shen (TCM) Salvia Dan Shen flower(Photo by 阿橋) (Wikimedia) Salvia Dan Shen dried root at the Chengdu Medicine Market (Adam 2015) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Salvia miltiorrhiza Parts used: Root and rhizome Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Bitter (Some traditional sources have said it…
Char Magaz (Ayurveda)Cold Seeds Tradition: Western, Unani, Ayurveda Source / Author: Herb Name Watermelon seed kernelPumpkin seed kernelCucumber seed kernelMelon seed kernel Latin Citrullus vulgarisCucurbita pepoCucumis sativusCucumis melo Amount equal parts * Note that various other seeds of the Cucurbitaceae family have been used in different places at different times. Preparation: Powder Function: Clears Heat,…
Pyrolusite, Wu Ming Yi 无名异 Wu Ming Yi (TCM)Chig Thub ཆིག་ཐུབ (Tibetan Medicine) Nodular form of Pyrolusite most used in TCMPhoto by Parent Géry Pyrolusite Crystals (not typically used in TCM)Photo: Rob Lavinsky, iRocks.com (Wikimedia) Minerological name: Manganese dioxide (primary ore of manganese, containing 60–63% manganese) Parts used: Mineral Temperature & Taste: Neutral. Sweet, Salty,…
Dwa lis bco brgyad ད་ལིས་ བཅོ་བརྒྱད་Rhododendron 18 Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: Herb Name Dwa li (Rhododendron flower)A ru ra (Chebulic Myrobalan) Ba ru ra (Belleric Myrobalan) Skyu ru ra (Emblic Myrobalan) Cu gang (Tabasheer) Gur Gum (Safflower)Dza ti (Nutmeg) Li shi (Clove)Sug smel (Cardamon) Ka ko la (Greater Cardamon) Tsan dan dkar po (White…
Lentinus, Shiitake, Xiang Gu 香菇 Golden Oak Mushroom, Black Forest MushroomShiitake (Japan)Xiang Gu (TCM) Dried Shiitake Mushroom (Adam, 2017) Botanical name: Lentinus edodes (syn. Lenticus edodes, Lentinan edodes, Lentinula edodes, Tricholomopsis edodes) Parts used: Mushroom, fresh or dried Temperature & Taste: Neutral. Sweet Constituents: Lentinin (beta-D-glucan), Heteroglucan-protein Eritadenine Ergosterol, Nucleic acidsAll essential amino acids, rich…
Decoction for Morning Sickness Tradition: Ayurveda Source / Author: Herb Name Coriander seedGingerCyperus Latin Coriandrum sativum Zingiber officinalis Cyperus rotundus Amount equal parts Preparation: Decoct in Water Function: clears Wind, benefits the Stomach, stops Nausea Use: Nausea and Vomiting during Pregnancy Dose: have a small cupful first thing, and twice more during the day Cautions:…
Panax, Ren Shen, Ginseng 人参 Ren Shen (TCM) Panax ginseng (as Aralia ginseng)Baillon, H.E., Histoire des plantes, vol. 7 (1877-1880) Red (left) and White (right) Ginseng (Adam, Chengdu Herb Market) Ginseng often forms man-like roots,hence its name RenShen ‘Man root’.This is similar to the way Mandrakegot its name in the West. This exampleis doing his…
Choerospondias, Guang Zao 广枣 Hog Plum; Choerospondias fruitGuang Zao 广枣 (TCM)Snying Zho Sha སྙིང་ཞོ་ཤ (Tibetan) Hooker, Icones Plantarum, vol. 26 (1898) Choerospondias axillaris (Photo by Zhangzhugang) (Wikimedia) Choerospondias Guang Zao(Chengdu Medicine Market, Adam, 2017) Botanical name: Choerospondias axillaris Parts used: Dried Ripe Fruit; the seed is used synonymously in TCM. Temperature & Taste: Neutral/Cool. Sweet, Sour…
Aurantium, Orange peel Orange Peel: Ju PiDried Bitter Orange Fruit: Zhi KeImmature Orange Fruit: Zhi Shi New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Kreutterbuch, Matthiolus, 1586 Kohler’s Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887 Bitter Orange peel: Left: in ribbons; Right: in quartersNotes on Pharmacognosy, Otto Augustus Wall, 1902 Botanical name: Citrus spp. C. aurantium C. wilsonii is also…
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