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Rostellularia, Shu Wei Huang PRO

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Rostellularia, Shu Wei Huang 鼠尾癀 Shu Wei Huang (TCM) Rostellularia procumbensWight, R., , Icones plantarum Indiae orientalis (1840-1853) Justicia procumbens(Photo by J.M.Garg) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Rostellularia procumbens (syn. Justicia procumbens) Parts used: Whole Herb Temperature & Taste: Cold, dry. Bitter Classification: B. Clears Heat and Toxin Uses: 1. Clears Heat, Resists Toxin:-Cold and Influenza with Fever-Cough,…

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Rubus fruticosus, Blackberry PRO

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Rubus fruticosus, Blackberry BrambleUllaiq (Unani) Fuchs, L., New Kreüterbuch (1543) Botanical name: Rubus fruticosus (syn. R. fructicosus)R. villosus (Low-running or Tall Blackberry), R. flagellaris, R. nigrobaccus, R. cuneifolius are also used. Parts used: Fruit (ripe and unripe), Leaf Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Sweet“Bramble in general is cold and dry but its ripened fruit is somewhat…

Cancer Lymphatic

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Lymphatic Cancer Lymphoma Lymphomas are cancers of the Lymphatic glands. It is the 6th most common form of Cancer (excluding non-melanoma skin cancers). The main types of Lymphoma are: Hodgkin’s Lymphoma (Hodgkin’s Disease) Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma Primary symptoms: painless swelling of the lymph nodes Fatigue Fever Night Sweats Weight loss Itchy skin Risk factors include age,…

2U. SUPPURATIVES

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2U. Suppuratives Ripeners; Maturatives Materia Medica in Arabic & Persian, Shirazy, 1793 Suppuratives, hep to bring a boil, abscess or tumor to a head. They are then able to be lanced and drained, or cleansed with resolving medicines. Some are Warming, others are Moist while others resolve Phlegm and thick humors. Some opens the capillaries…

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Dolichos, Hyacinth Bean, Bai Bian Dou

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Dolichos, Hyacinth Bean, Bai Bian Dou 白扁豆 Hyacinth Bean, LablabBai Bian Dou (TCM)Mon sran leb mo  མོན་སྲན་ལེབ་མོ  (Tibetan) Wight, R., Illustrations of Indian botany, principally of the southern parts of the peninsula, Supplement,(1850) Engler, A., Die Pflanzenwelt Ost-Afrikas und der Nachbargebiete (1895) Botanical name: Dolichos lablab (syn. D. purpureus, Lablab purpureus) Parts used: White Seed…

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Decoction of Senna

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Decoction of Senna Tradition: Western Source / Author: Herb Name SennaPolypodyGingerRaisins, stonedSebestensPrunes Borage flowersViolets flowersRose flowersRosemary flowers Latin Cassia angustifoliaPolypodium vulgareZingiber officinalisVitis vinifera Cordia sppPrunus domesticaBorago officinalisViola odorataRosa gallicaRosmarinus officinalis Amount 2 oz. 1⁄2 oz.1 dram 2 oz. 12 each 2 drams ea. Preparation: Boil in 4 lbs. of Water until half is gone, adding…

Hellebori nigri, Black Hellebore PRO

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Hellebori nigri, Black Hellebore Christmas Rose; MelampodiumHelleboraster (H. foetidus)Kharbaq (Unani) Herbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 H. nigerMesue, Opera de Medica, 1589 H. niger Medical Botany, Woodville, Hooker, Vol. 3, 1832 H. nigerNouvelle iconographie fourragère, Atlas, (1865-1871) H. viridisHand-Atlas Medicinisch-Pharmaceutischer, 1884 H. foetidusHerbarium Blackwellianum, 1750 H. orientalisAn Encyclopaedia of useful and ornamental Plants,Burnett, 1852 Roots of H. niger(Hortus…

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Powder to Warm the Head (Bononiense)

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Pulvis Capitalis CalidusPowder to Warm the Head Tradition: Western Source / Author: Antidotarium Bononiense, 1641 Herb Name PennyroyalCalamintCitron peelMarjoramStoechasBetonyCloveJuniper gum Latin Mentha pulegium Calamintha officinalis Citrus medica Oreganum marjorana Lavendula stoechas Betonica officinalis Eugenia caryophyllus Juniperus communis Amount 2 drams ea. Preparation: Powder Function: Warms the Head, clears Cold Phlegm Use: 1. Catarrh2. Other conditions…

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Powder of Musk Bitter (Diamoschu Amarum) (Mesue)

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Diamoschu AmarumBitter Powder of Musk Tradition: Western, Unani Source / Author: Mesue If the Stomach is in poor condition, the following is added to Sweet Powder of Musk (Diamoschu Dulce) when making: Herb Name WormwoodRoseAloe washedCinnamonCastoreumLovage Latin Artemisia absinthumRosa gallicaAloe spp.Cinnamonum zeylanicumCastoreum Levisticum officinale Amount 3 drams ea.1⁄2 oz.2 1⁄2 drams 1 dram ea. Preparation:…

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Powder of Aloeswood (Mesue)

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Pulvis AquilariaPowder of Aloeswood Tradition: Western, Unani Source / Author: Mesue Herb Name AloeswoodCardamonMintSpikenardHorehoundCyperusCitron peelGallia moschataSchoenanthMastic AniseedCelery seedSugar Latin Aquillaria agallocha Elettaria cardamomum Mentha arvensis Nardostachys jatamansi Marrubium vulgare Cyperus rotundus Citrus medica a compoundCymbopogon schoenanthus Pistacia lentiscusPimpinella anisumApium graveolens Saccharum Amount 3 drams 2 drams ea. 1 dram ea. 2 drams ea.1 lb. Preparation:…

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Careya arborea, Kumbhi PRO

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Careya arborea, Kumbhi Kumbi, Wild Guava, Slow-Match TreeKumbhi, Kumbhikah (Seed) (Ayurveda)Kumbi (Siddha)Baokhumba, Bai Khumbi (Seed) (Unani) W. Roxburgh, Plants of the coast of Coromandel, vol. 3 (1819) Botanical name: Careya arborea, C. herbacea Parts used: Stem Bark; Seed; dried Fruit Temperature & Taste: BARK: Warm, dry.SEED: Warm, dry. Pungent, astringent Uses: STEM BARK:1. Clears Heat,…

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Tilia, Linden PRO

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Tilia, Linden Lime flower, Tile tree, Tilia Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Atlas der officinellen pflanzen, Felix, 1899 Botanical name: Tilia europaalso T. vulgaris, T. cordata (Winter Linden),  T. platyphylla (Summer Linden), T. intermedia and T. americana.Male and Female types were listed in older herbals, but only the female…

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