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Golden Pacific (Zhi gser) (Tibetan Medicine)

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Zhi gser  ཞི་གསེར་Golden Pacific Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: Men Tsee Kang Herb Name Ma nu (Inula)Sga skya (Galangal)Gar nag (Black Pig stool)Brag zhun (Shilajit)A ru ra (Chebula)Lcum rtsa (Rhubarb)Cong zhi (Calcite) **Bul tog (Sodium carbonate)Gser Me (Herpetospermum)Se bru (Pomegranate)Ru rta (Costus) Latin Inula heleniumKaempferia galanga Porcus fecesShilajitTerminalia chebulaRheum officinalisCalcitum Sodium carbonateHerpetospermumPunica granatumSaussurea lappa Amount…

2M. DRAWING

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2M. Drawing Attrahentia; Attractive medicines These medicines are Hot and Thin in nature, and draw Humors or Fluid to a part of the body.Their main use is to remove corrupt Humors and expel Poison. Externally, they are used to draw matter and Poison from the deeper parts to the surface so they can be resolved….

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Xiao Luo Wan

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Xiao Luo Wan  小瘰囊Reduce Scrofula Pill Tradition: TCM Source / Author: Medical Revelations (Yi Xue Xin Wu) Herb Name Xuan Shen (Figwort)Mu Li (Oyster shell)Zhe Bei Mu (Fritillaria) Latin Scrophulariae NingpoensisConcha OstreaFritillaria thunbergii Amount equal parts Preparation: Powder and form Honey pills.Can be prepared as a decoction with 9–12 grams of each of the herbs,…

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Caltha, Marsh Marigold, Rta rmig PRO

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Caltha, Marsh Marigold, Rta rmig རྟ་རྨིག་ Marsh Marigold, Water Buttercup, Brave Celandine, American Cowslips, Tussilago alteraRta rmig (Tibet)Ma Ti Ye (TCM)Kushrya (Ayurveda) Lesser Marsh MarigoldSalmon, Botanologia (1710) Caltha palustris (Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz, Otto Wilhelm Thomé, 1885) Caltha palustris(Photo by Robert S Remie) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Caltha spp. C. palustris (syn. C. polypetala)…

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Zinc oxide, Tutty

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Zinc oxide, Tutty Flowers of Zinc, Calx of Zinc, Nihilum album, Pompholix Zincite (native Zinc oxide); however, this was not a traditional source for Zinc oxide.Photo by Robert M. Lavinsky (Wikimedia) Minerological name: Impure Zinc oxide Native ores of Zinc include:  1. Sphelerite–Zinc sulphide  2. Zincite–Zinc oxide  3. Calamine (Smithsonite)–Zinc carbonate  4. Hemimorphite–Zinc silicate Parts…

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Bergenia ciliata, Pashanbheda PRO

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Bergenia ciliata, Pashanbheda Pashanbheda (Ayurveda)Silpadi (Unani) Bergenia ciliataEdwards’s Botanical Register, vol. 32 (1846) Bergenia ciliata(Photo by Magnus Manske) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Bergenia ciliata (syn. B. ligulata, Saxifraga ligulata), B. himalaica, B. stracheyi Parts used: Rhizome Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Uses: 1. Clears Damp, Promotes Urine, Clears Stones: (Ayurveda, Unani)-Polyurea, Dysuria-Urinary Tract Infections (UTI)-Gravel, Stones…

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Pills of Lapis Lazuli 3 Mesue

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Pilulae de Lapide LazuliPills of Lapis Lazuli (3) Tradition: Western, Unani Source / Author: Mesue Herb Name Lapis lazuli preparedBlack Hellebore, preparedCinnamonGingerMasticCamphorAniseedFennel seed Latin Lapis AzureusHelleborus nigerCinnamonum zeylanicumZingiber officinalis Pistacia lentiscusCamphoraPimpinella anisumFoeniculum vulgare Amount 4 drams6 drams 1 scruple ea.1 dram 1⁄2 dram 2 scruples ea. Preparation: Powder and form a pill mass with clarified…

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Electuary Preventing Drunkenness

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Electuarium Prohibens EbrietatemElectuary Preventing Drunkenness Tradition: Unani Source / Author: Pharmacopoeia Persica (1681) Herb Name Goat Horn burnt and washedBitter AlmondsCabbage seedPennyroyal *Rock SaltRue Ammi Latin Cornu Capra usta & lotiPrunus amygdalus amaraBrassica oleracea var. capitataMentha pulegiumSal GemRuta graveolensAmmi majus Amount equal parts * Pulegium montani, Mountain Pennyroyal was listed Preparation: Powder and form an…

Comfrey & Plantain

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Comfrey & Plantain This combination made the famous ‘Boyles Syrup’, so much used for dry Coughs and Coughing up Blood in particular. It is also the main combination in the Syrup of Comfrey.    Comfrey is Cool, Moist, and Sweet. It is astringent, helps stop Bleeding while also gently moving the Blood, and is very good…

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Cicada Shell, Chan Tui 蝉蜕

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Cicada Slough, Chan Tui 蝉蜕 Cicada molt, Cicada slough, Cicada PeriostracumChan Tui (TCM) CicadaInsectorum sive Minimorum Animalium Theatrum, 1634 Two species of Cicada common in ChinaNatural history of the insects of China, Donovan, 1842 Entomological name: Cryptotympana pustulataVarious other species have been used including Cicada flammata Parts used: Molting; discarded shell Temperature & Taste: Cool,…

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Pills for Uterine Ulcers

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Pills for Uterine Ulcers Tradition: Western Source / Author: Riverius (Opera Medica, 1737) Herb Name BdelliumMyrrhFrankincenseSarcocollaStoraxChebulic MyrobalanAmber Red Coral Latin Commiphora mukulCommiphora molmolBoswellia sacraAstragalus sarcocollaStyrax officinalisTerminalia chebulaSuccinum Corallum rubrum Amount 2 drams 1 dram ea. 1⁄2 dram ea. 2 scruples Preparation: Powder, and with Syrup of Poppy, form a Pill mass Function: Moves Blood, cleanses,…

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Troches of Capers Rootbark (Mesue)

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Troches of Capers Root-bark Tradition: Western / Unani Source / Author: Mesue Herb Name Root bark of CapersSeeds of Agnus CastusGum AmmoniacNigella CalamintCalamusBitter AlmondWater Cress seedRound BirthwortRue Agrimony juice boiled thick Latin Capparis spinosaVitex agnus-castusDorema ammoniacumNigella sativaCalamintha officinalisAcorus calamusPrunus amygdalus amaraNasturtium officinaleAristolchia spp.Ruta graveolensAgrimonia eupatoria Amount 6 drams ea.1⁄2 oz. 1 dram ea. Preparation: Dissolve…

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