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Powder for Incontinence (Alexander Benedictus)

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Powder for Incontinence Tradition: Western Source / Author: Alexander Benedictus (Nicolai Magni, De Medicis Pulveribus, 1545) Herb Name Acorn powderFrankincenseMyrrhRue seedCalamus Latin Quercus spp. Boswellia sacra Commiphora molmol Ruta graveolens Acorus calamus Amount 5 drams3 drams1 1⁄2 drams 1 dram ea. Preparation: Powder Function: Astringes to stop Leakage, strengthens the Kidneys Use: Incontinence Dose: 3…

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Principal Herbals printed between 14701670

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Principal Herbals printed between 1470–1670 Hortus Sanitatis, 1491 With the development of the printing press, numerous Herbals began to be printed. Because of the importance of identification, early herbals were some of the first printed texts to have wide use of illustrations, including the use of hand colored woodcuts in early editions. The following list…

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Triphera of Dodder of Thyme (Mesue)

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Triphera of Dodder of Thyme Tradition: Wetsern, Unani Source / Author: Mesue Herb Name Chebulic MyrobalanEmblic MyrobalanBelleric MyrobalanBlack MyrobalanDodder of ThymeHiera Picra Latin Terminalia chebulaEmblica officinalisTerminalia bellericaTerminalia chebula (black)Cuscuta epithymum Hiera Picra Amount 1 oz. ea. 2 oz. 1⁄2 oz Preparation: Form confection with three times their weight of Honey of Emblic or Chebulic Myrobalan…

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Foetid Pills Minor of Galen

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Foetid Pills Minor of Galen Tradition: Western Source / Author: Galen Herb Name SagapenGum AmmoniacumBdelliumAloeCastoreumSyrian RueColocynthTurbith Latin Ferula persicaDorema ammoniacumCommiphora mukulAloe spp.CastoreumPeganum harmalaCitrullus colocynthusOperculina turpethum Amount 4 drams ea. 3 drams ea.7 drams10 drams Preparation: Dissolve the gums in Leek water, add the rest in powder and form pills Function: Clears Phlegm and Damp from…

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Tincture Against Asthma

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Tinctura Asthmaticus Tincture Against Asthma Tradition: Western Source / Author: Herb Name ElecampaneFlorentine OrrisAniseedCarawayLicoriceBlessed ThistleRaisins stonedSenna Aniseed Water Latin Inula heleniumIris florentinaPimpinella anisumCarum carviGlycyrrhiza glabraCarduus benedictusVitis vinifera Cassia angustifoliaAqua Anisum Amount 2 oz. ea. 2 handfuls 1 lb.6 oz.6 lbs. Preparation: Mix; digest 4 days, then strain. Function: Clears Phlegm, Stops Cough and Wheezing, cleanses…

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Foeniculum, Fennel, Xiao Hui Xiang

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Foeniculum, Fennel, Xiao Hui Xiang 小茴香 Traditionally called MaratrumXiao Hui Xiang (TCM)La la phud  ལ་ལ་ཕུད  (Tibetan)Badiyan (Seed, Unnai)Bekh e Badiyan (Root, Unani) New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Atlas der officinellen pflanzen (2), Felix, 1899 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Foeniculum vulgare Parts used: Root, Seed; sometimes the herb Temperature &…

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Litharge

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Litharge, Mi Tuo Seng 密陀僧 Mi Tuo Seng (TCM)Murdar Sang (Unani)Marirdar Shring (Ayurveda)Mtshal dkar  མཚལ་དཀར་ (Tibetan) Hortus sanitatis, 1491 Yellow (‘Gold’) LithargePhoto by Walkerma Mineralogical Name:Yellow Lead monoxideLitharge (formed from fused and powdered Massicot) Three types of Litharge were mentioned by Pliny:      1. Chrysitis (Gold colored, best; also called German Gold Litharge);       …

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Epimedium, Yin Yang Huo PRO

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Epimedium, Yin Yang Huo 淫羊藿 ‘Horny Goat Weed’, EpimediumYin Yang Huo (TCM) Epimedium pubescens(Photo by Stan Shebs) (Wikimedia) Epimedium sagittatum(Photo by Qwert1234) (Wikimedia) Epimedium koreanumPhotos by Dalgial European E. alpinum is very similar in appearance to the Chinese varieties.Flora von Deutschland (12), Kohler, 1883 Botanical name: Epimedium spp.Several species are used: E. brevicornum E. sagittatum…

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Lapis Judaicus, Jew’s Stone

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Lapis Judaicus, Jew’s Stone Lapis Syriaci, Tecolithi (Pliny)Hajrul Yahud (Arabic, Unani)Sang-I-Kharus (Unani)Bera Patthar (Ayurveda)Badarasma (Sanskrit)Ovum anguinum ‘Snake Eggs’ (Pliny) Gemmarum et Lapidum Historia, Tollius, 1647 Metallotheca Vaticana, Mercati, 1719 Aldrovandi, Musaeum metallicum, 1648 Lapis Judaicus (Culcutta Unani College, Adam, 2019)    Fossilised Balanocidaris with attached ‘Jew’s Stone’ BUY LAPIS JUDAICUS Minerological name: Fossil EncriteClub-like Spines…

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Hiera Logadii

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Hiera Logadii Tradition: Western, Unani Source / Author: Nicholas Myrepsus Herb Name ColocynthPolypody rootEuphorbiumPoley MontaneSpurge seedWormwoodMyrrhCentauryAgaricGum AmmoniacIndian leafIndian SpikenardSquillScammony preparedAloeThymeCassia WoodGermanderBdelliumHorehoundCinnamonOpopanaxCastoreumLong BirthwortBlack PepperLong PepperWhite PepperSaffronParsley seedBlack Hellebore preparedWhite Hellebore prepared Latin Citrullus colocynthusPolypodium vulgareEuphorbium resiniferaTeucrium poliumEuphorbium spp.Artemisia absinthiumCommiphora molmolCentaurium erythraeaFomitopsis officinalisDorema ammoniacumCinnamonum tamalaNardostchys jatamansiScilla maritimaConvovulus scammoniaAloe spp.Thymus vulgarisCinnamonum cassiaTeucrium chamaedrysCommiphora mukulMarrubium vulgareCinnamonum zeylanicumCommiphora guidottiiCastoreumAristolchia longaPiper…

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Ashwagandha Avaleha (Withania Electuary)

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Ashwagandha AvalehaWithania Electuary Tradition: Ayurveda Source / Author: Bharat Bhaishajya Ratnakar Herb Name Withania (Ashwagandha)MilkChaturjat Churna *Jaiphal (Nutmeg)Kesar (Saffron)Vanshlochan (Tabasheer)MochrasJatamansi (Indian Spikenard)Safed Chandan (White Sandal)Khadira (Catechu) woodJavitri (Mace)Pippali (Long Pepper)Piplamool (Long Pepper Root)Laung (Clove)Kababchini (Cubeb)PatalaBhallataka (Marking Nut)Singhara (Water chestnut)Akhrot (Walnut)Gokshura (Caltrops)Ras Sindoor (Cinnabar)Abhrak BhasmaNaga BhasmaVanga BhasmaLoha BhasmaSugarWater Latin Withania somniferaLac(see below)Myristica fragransCrocus sativusBambusa arundinaceaSalmalia malabaricaNardostachys…

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Lloydia serotina, Rtswa a wa PRO

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Lloydia serotina, Rtswa a wa རྩྭ་ཨ་ཝ Snowdon LilyRtswa a wa, A wa (Tibetan Medicine) Lloydia serotinaW. Baxter, British phaenogamous botany, (1834-1843) Lloydia serotina(Photo by Qwert1234) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Lloydia serotina (syn. L. serotina var. serotina, L. alpina, L. himalalensis, Bulbocodium serotinum) Parts used: Aerial parts Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Bitter Uses: 1. Clears Liver…

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