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Rabdosia, Dong Ling Cao PRO

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Rabdosia, Dong Ling Cao 冬淩草 Japanese RabdosiaDong Ling Cao, Si Leng Gan (TCM)Yog Mo ཡོག་མོ་ (Tibetan Medicine) Isodon rubescens(Photo by Lixiaozhuo123) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Rabdosia spp. (syn Isodon spp.)  1. R. rubescens  2. R. japonica  3. R. rubescens var. glaucocalyxIn China there are a large number of Isodon and Rabdosia species that are used similarly….

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Syrup of Calamus (Syrupus de Acorus)

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Syrupus de AcorusSyrup of Calamus Tradition: Western Source / Author: Wirtzung Herb Name CalamusCowslipSt. John’s wortWild SageGarden SageBetonyBalmRueBay leavesSiler MontaneBalsam woodBalsam fruitBasil seedLicoriceCurrantsLavender flowersAmaranth Latin Acorus calamusPrimula verisHypericum perforatumSalvia spp. *Salvia officinalisBetonica officinalisMelissa officinalis Ruta graveolensLaurus nobilisSiler trilobumCommiphora opobalsamum Commiphora opobalsamumOcinum basilicumGlycyrrhiza glabra Ribes nigrumLavendula officinalisAmaranthus hypochondriacus Amount 1⁄2 ounces3 handfuls 1 handful ea. 2…

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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Fossil Bones: ‘brug–rus འབྲག་རུས་ (Tibetan) 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 Zoological…

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Coccinia grandis, Bimbi PRO

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Coccinia grandis Ivy GourdBimbi (Ayurveda)Koovai (Siddha) Kanduri (Unani) M. Blanco, Flora de Filipinas. (1875) Coccinia grandis(Photo by Eugene van der Pijll) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Coccinia grandis (syn. C. codifolia., C. indica, Cephalandra indica) Parts used: Leaf, Stem, Root Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Sweet, Bitter, AstringentGreen fruit is very Bitter, fresh Fruit is Sweet Uses:…

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Confection for Lung Obstruction

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Confection for Lung Obstruction Tradition: Western Source / Author: Wirtzung Herb Name FrankincenseMyrrhSaffronLicoriceCassia WoodHoney prepared * Latin Boswellia sacraCommiphora molmolCrocus sativusGlycyrrhiza glabraCinnamonum cassia Mel Amount 1 dram ea.4 oz. * Honey is prepared by boiling with Malmsey Wine until thick Preparation: Beat the herbs and gums well together, them mix them with the Honey to…

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Rosa, Rose FREE

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Rosa, Rose, Mei Gui Hua 玫瑰花 Mei Gui Hua (TCM)Ward, Gulab (Unani)Se ba’i me tog  སེ་བའི་མེ་ཏོག  (Tibet) Della Materia Medicinale Andrea Valuassori, 1562 Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Rosa gallicaMedical Botany, Woodville, Hooker, Vol. 3, 1832 Rosa centfoliaMedical Botany, Woodville, Hooker, Vol. 3, 1832 Rose buds used for tea and medicine Members CLICK HERE for…

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Agate

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Agate Gagate: Achate: Banded ChalcedonyAkika (Ayurveda)Aqeeq (Unani)Ma Nao (‘Horses Brain’, TCM)Dkar khra man (Tibetan)Gzi (type of Agate, Tibetan) Ortus Sanitatis, Beck, 1517 Die Mineralien, Weber, J. C., 1871 Agate from ArgentinaPhoto by Inucko Tibetan Gzi (Dzi) beads, Agate carved into beads and etched.(Photo by Enijew) (Wikimedia) Mineralogical name: Achate; Silicon dioxide with 10-30% admixture; Red…

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Feng Shi Ma Qian Pian

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Feng Shi Ma Qian PianNux Vomica Pill for Joint Pain Left:Feng Shi Ma Qian Pianis available as a patentmedicine in Sichuan, China. Tradition: TCM Source / Author: Chinese Patent Medicine Herb Name Ma Qian Zi (Nux Vomica)Bai Jiang Can (Silkworm)Ru Xiang (Frankincense)Mo Yao (Myrrh) Quan Xie (Scorpion)Ma Huang (Ephedra)Niu Xi (Achyranthes)Cang Zhu (Red Atractylodes) Gan…

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Changium, Ming Dang Shen PRO

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Changium, Ming Dang Shen 明党参 Bright Changium rootMing Dang Shen (TCM) Botanical name: Changium smyrnioides (syn. Conopodium smyrnioides) Parts used: Root Temperature & Taste: Cool, moist. Sweet, slightly Bitter Classification: P. Clears Hot Phlegm Uses: 1. Moistens the Lungs, Transforms Phlegm:-Wind-Heat or Lung-heat Cough, Bronchitis with Yin deficiency-acute dry Cough with hard-to-clear Phlegm-can be used…

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Infusion for Melancholy

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Infusion for Melancholy Tradition: Western Source / Author: Herb Name Black MyrobalanOreganoPennyroyal Latin Terminalia chebula (black) Oreganum vulgareMentha pulegium Amount 3 drams 4 drams ea. Preparation: Infuse for 6 hours in Borage water, press and sweeten Function: Clears Melancholy Use: A gentle formula to prepare and clear Melancholy Humor Dose: divide into 4 doses and…

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Powder for Ascites (Isaac)

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Powder for Ascites Tradition: Western Source / Author: Isaac (Nicolai Magni, De Medicis Pulveribus, 1545) Herb Name RhubarbTurbithWormwoodOrrisAloeswoodSpurge (Tithymallus)Celery seed Round BirthwortMasticRoseSquinanthTragacanthCalamus Red CoralAniseedFennel seedLaccaAsarumIndian leaf Latin Rheum palmatumOperculina turpethumArtemisia absinthumIris germanicaAquillaria agallochaEuphorbia lathyrisApium graveolensAristolchia rotundaPistacia lentiscusRosa gallica Juncus odoratusAstragalus tragacanthAcorus calamusCorallum rubrumPimpinella anisumFoeniculum vulgareLaccifer laccaAsarum europeumCinnamonum tamala Amount 6 drams each 3 drams each…

4f. SPLENETIC

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4F. Splenetic Splenetics are appropriated to the Spleen, and are used for Pain, Swelling or Inflammation of the Spleen, and some are used for Melancholy disease. Aphorisms on Splenetics, collected by Culpeper, (Composita, 1656): Three excrements are especially beheld in the breeding of Blood, a watery Humor [Phlegm], Choler [Bile], and Melancholy. The proper seat…

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