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Magnetite, Ci Shi

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Magnetite, Ci Shi 磁石 LodestoneKanta (Ayurveda)Ci Shi (TCM)Khab len  ཁབ་ལེན  (Tibetan) Ortus Sanitatis, 1491 Magnetite specimen (from Bolivia)Photo by Rob Lavinsky iRocks.com (Wikimedia) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Mineralogical Name:Magnetitum Parts used: The best is black and strongly magnetic Temperature & Taste: Cold, dry. Pungent, Bitter and Salty Constituents: Ferriferrous oxide (Fe3O4); traces of…

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Centaurium, Centaury FREE

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Centauri minus, Centaury the less Centaurea, Febrifuga, Fel Terra, Libadion (Pliny), Leptophyllum (Theophrastus)Seigar (Arabic) Mesuae Opera, 1570 Kohler’s Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Centaurium erythraea Parts used: Herb Temperature & Taste: Cold (said to be Warm), dry. Bittergently binding, cleansing, opening Classifications: 2A APERIENT.   2B ATTENUATER.   2F. PURIFYING.  …

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Electuary for Head and Stomach Pain (Galen)

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Electuary for Head and Stomach Pain Tradition: Western Source / Author: Galen (Omnia Quae extant in Latinum Sermonem Conversa, 1556) Herb Name MasticAniseedFennel seedPolypodyFrankincenseBlack MyrobalanSaffron Spodium *Red SandalwoodWhite SandalwoodPurslane seedScammony preparedSugarAlmondTragacanthCamphorMuskViolet Latin Pistacia lentiscusPimpinella anisumFoeniculum vulgarePolypodium vulgareBoswellia sacraTerminalia chebula (black)Crocus sativus Eboris ustaPterocarpus santalinusSantalum albumPortulaceae oleraceaConvovulus scammoniaSaccharumPrunus amygdalusAstragalus tragacanthCamphoraMoschusViola odorata Amount 1⁄2 oz. ea. 2…

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Electuary of Eggs (Maximilian)

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Electuarium de Ovo Or, Electuarium Aurum OviElectuary of Eggs Or, ‘The Golden Egg’ Tradition: Western Source / Author: Emperor Maximilian (Pharmacopoeia Augustana) Herb Name DittanyTormentilMyrrhBurnt Deer HornNux VomicaAngelicaSaxifrageJuniper berryZedoaryCamphor Latin Dictamnus albus Potentilla tormentilla Commiphora molmol Cornu Cervii Usta Strychnos nux-vomica Angelica archangelica Pimpinella saxifraga Juniperus communis Curcuma zedoaria Camphora Amount 2 drams ea. 1…

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Gentiana algida, Spang rgyan PRO

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Gentiana algida, Spang rgyan Alpine Gentian, Small-leaf GentianSpang rgyan  སྤང་རྒྱན  (Tibet)Bai Hua Long Dan 白花龙胆, Gao Shan Long Dan 高山龙胆 (TCM) Gentiana algidaGartenflora [E. von Regel], vol. 29 (1880) Gentiana algida(Photo by Alpsdake) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Gentiana spp. Spang rgyan dkar po (White flowered): G. algida (syn. G. nubigena), G. szechenyii, G. stipitata Spang rgyan sngon…

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Red Pony (Rta zi dmar po)

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Rta zi dmar po  རྟ་ཟི་དམར་པོ་or Bsil sbyor bco lnga  བསིལ་སྦྱོར་བཅོ་ལྔ་or Rta bzi dmar po  རྟ་བཟི་དམར་པོ་Red Pony Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: Herb Name Dzin pa (Black Aconite) Rgya tshos (Lacca)Btsod (Madder)Stag sha (Oxytropis)Tsher sngon (Blue Poppy)Gla rtsi (Musk)Gu gul nag po (Myrrh)Hong len (Picrorhiza)Spang rtsi do bo (Pterocephalus)A ru ra (Chebula)Gya kyi ma (Spleenwort)Ru rta…

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Marrubium, Horehound FREE

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Marrubium, Horehound Prassium New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Two varieties of Marrubium traditionally usedHerbarum Vivae Eicones, Otto Brunfels, 1530 Koehler, F.E., Medizinal Pflanzen (1890) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Marrubium vulgare Parts used: Herb Temperature & Taste: Cool (some said Warm), dry. Bitter, slightly Pungent Classifications: 2A APERIENT MEDICINES.    2K. RESOLVENT3G. EMMENAGOGUE.   …

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Troches of Rose (Mesue)

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Trochisci DiarrhodonTroches of Rose Tradition: Western, Unani Source / Author: Mesue There were a number of versions, the first from Mesue: Herb Name RoseLicoriceMasticIndian SpikenardAloeswoodTabasheerSaffron Latin Rosa gallicaGlycyrrhiza glabraPistacia lentiscusNardostachys jatamansiAquillaria agallochaBambusae silicaeCrocus sativus Amount 1 ounce4 drams 2 drams ea.8 scruples 2 scruples ea. A Second version of Mesue: Herb Name RoseIndian SpikenardAloeswoodLicoriceTabasheerMasticSaffron Latin…

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Hedyotis, Bai Hua She She Cao PRO

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Hedyotis, Bai Hua She She Cao 白花蛇舌草 Bai Hua She She Cao (TCM)Kshetraparpata (Ayurveda) Oldenlandia tenuifoliaBurman, N.L., Flora Indica (1768) Oldenlandia corymbosa (Descourtilz, M.E., Flore médicale des Antilles, 1821) Hedyotis corymbosa(Photo by Vengolis) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Hedyotis (syn. Oldenlandia) spp. H. diffusa (syn. Oldenlandia diffusa) (TCM) H. corymbosa (syn. Oldenlandia corymbosa) (TCM, India) H. pinifolia…

Addiction

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Addiction Addiction refers to the habitual and constant use of a drug or substance despite harm or negative effects. Other non-substance addictions are called Behavioral Addictions and may include Food addiction, Sex addition, addiction to playing games or shopping etc. As in modern times, addiction has long been an issue in many cultures, and as…

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Costus 6 Powder (Ru rta drug pa) (Tibetan Medicine)

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Ru rta drug pa  རུ་རྟ་དྲུག་པ།Liu Wei Mu Xiang Wan (TCM)Costus 6 Powder Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: Herb Name Ru Rta (Costus)Skyu Ru Ra (Emblic Myrobalan)Se Bru (Pomegranate seed)Ba Sha KaSug Smel (Cardamon)Pi Pi Ling (Long Pepper) Latin Saussurea lappaEmblica officinalisPunica granatumAdhatoda vasicaElettaria cardamomumPiper longum Amount * 200 grams500 grams400 grams360 grams80 grams100 grams 200…

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Emerald, Smaragdus

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Emerald, Smaragdus Zamarrund (Unani)Lu Bao Shi (TCM) Emerald in Schist (Afghanistan)Photo by Rob Lavinsky, iRocks.com Emerald as used in Tibetan Medicine (Library ofTibetan Works and Archives, Dharamsala, India,Photo by Adam, 2009) Mineralogical name: Emerald is a type of Beryl, Al2Be3Si6O18Traditionally the stronger colored stones were called Male, and lighter colored stones, Female. Culpeper said ‘there…

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