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Hydrastis, Golden Seal FREE

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Hydrastis, Golden Seal Koehler’s Medicinal Plants, 1887 Hydrastis canadensis(Photo by James Steakley) (Wikimedia) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Hydrastis canadensis Parts used: Root and Rhizome Temperature & Taste: Cold, dry. Bitter Uses: 1. Clears Heat and Damp:-Gastritis, Gastroenteritis, Diarrhea-Catarrh, Sinusitis from Heat and Damp-Jaundice 2. Clears Liver Heat:-Eczema, skin diseases from…

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Powder for Bruising (Wirtzung)

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Pulvis ad CasumPowder for Bruises Tradition: Western Source / Author: Wirtzung Herb Name Armenian EarthPomegranate flowerBitter AlmondDragons BloodMyrtle Latin Terra ArmeniusPunica granatumPrunus amygdalus amara Daemonorops dracoMyrtus communis Amount 1 dram each1⁄2 dram each Preparation: Powder Function: Moves the Blood, clears Stasis Use: 1. Bruising2. Trauma Dose: 1⁄2–1 dram, take with Plantain juice (or some other…

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Ma Zi Ren Wan

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Ma Zi Ren Wan 麻子仁丸Hemp Seed Pill Tradition: TCM Source / Author: Discussion of Cold Induced Disorders (Shang Han Lun) c. 200 Herb Name Huo Ma Ren (Cannabis seed)Ku Xing Ren (Bitter Apricot)Bai Shao Yao (White Peony)Zhi Shi (Immature Orange)Hou Po (Magnolia bark)Da Huang (Rhubarb) Latin Cannabis sativaPrunus armenicaPaeonia lactifloraCitrus auranticumMagnolia officinalisRheum palmatum Amount *…

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Forsythia, Lian Qiao PRO

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Forsythia, Lian Qiao 连翘 ForsythiaLian Qiao (TCM) Forsythia fortuneiAddisonia, vol. 4 (1919) Forsythia suspensa flower(Photo by 阿橋) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Forsythia suspensa (syn. F. fortunei) Parts used: Fruit Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Bitter, Pungent Classification: B. Clear Heat and Toxin Uses: 1. Clears Heat and Toxin:-Fever, Chills (Fever more than Chills)-Acute Cold and Flu…

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Great Deathdefying Pills (Maha Mrutyunjaya Rasa)

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Maha Mrutyunjaya RasaGreat Death-defying Pills Tradition: Ayurveda Source / Author: Bhaishajya Ratnavali Herb Name Visa (Aconite) preparedPippali (Long Pepper)Marica (Black Pepper)Gandhaka (Sulphur) purifiedHingula (Cinnabar) washed *Tankana (Borax) burned Latin Aconitum feroxPiper longumPiper nigrumSulphuraMercuric sulphideSodium tetraborate Amount 10 grams10 grams10 grams10 grams20 grams10 grams * Some versions list purified Merucry in place of Cinnabar Preparation: Powder…

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Acanthopanax, Wu Jia Pi PRO

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Acanthopanax, Wu Jia Pi 五加皮 Wu Jia Pi (TCM) Eleutherococcus senticosusKomarov (Komorov), V.L., Flora of the U.S.S.R., vol. 16 (?) Eleutherococcus henryiCurtis’s botanical magazine, vol. 136 (1801) Acanthopanax leucorrhizus (called ‘Narrow-leaf Wu Jia‘ in China)Curtis’s Botanical Magazine, 1915 Botanical name: Acanthopanax spp. (syn. Eleutherococcus spp.)  1. A. gracilistylus  2. A. sessilifforusLocal species used include:  3….

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Pills of Colchicum Lesser (Mesue) (HabbESuranjun)

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Pilulae de HermodactylisHabb-e-Suranjan (Unani)Pills of Colchicum Lesser Tradition: Western, Unani Source / Author: Mesue Herb Name ColchicumAloesYellow MyrobalanTurbith Ginger Latin Colchicum autumnaleAloe spp.Terminalia chebula (yellow) Operculina turpethumZingiber officinalis Amount 5 drams ea. 1⁄2 oz. ea.2 drams Preparation: Powder, and with Electuary of Rose, form Pills. Syrup of Ginger or Wormwood can also be used. Function:…

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Picrorhiza, Hu Huang Lian PRO

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Picrorhiza, Hu Huang Lian 胡黄连 Hu Huang Lian (TCM)Katuki (Ayurveda)Kadukurokini (Siddha)Kutki (Unani)Hong Len  ཧོང་ལེན  (Tibet) Royle, Illustrations of the botany and other branches of the naturalhistory of the Himalayan Mountains and of the flora of Cashmere, 1839 Picrorhiza kurroa(Photo by Kenraiz) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Picrorhiza spp. (sometimes spelled Picrorrhiza) P. kurroa (mainly Ayurveda, also TCM) P….

Filicis, Fern

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Filicis, Fern Male FernDarubataris (Unani)Mian Ma (TCM) Japanese Herbal, 17th century (Welcome)    Male Fern                                                             Female FernDioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563               Male Fern                                                             ‘Great Forest Fern’       Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Male FernKoehler’s Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887 Male Fern root1, Outer part of rhizome showing stipe scars. 2, Longitudinal section of rhizome showing conducting strands….

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Cerasa, Cherry

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Cerasa, Cherry Aloo Baloo Valo, Aluvalu, Elavaluka (Ayurveda) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Koehler’s Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887 Dried Sour Cherry as used in Ayurveda and Unani Botanical name: Prunus spp.  1. P. avium (Mazzard, or Sweet Cherry)  2. P. cerasus (Morello, or Sour Cherry)Sour Red and Sweet Black varieties…

Bhasma

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BhasmaThe nanoparticle Metallic and Mineralpreparations of Traditional Medicine Introduction Rasa Sastra is the ancient Indian process of preparing Metals, Minerals and Gems. It literally means “The Science of Mercury” (Rasa=Mercury, Sastra=Science). This is for 2 reasons. Firstly, Mercury was the most difficult Metal to process, and so once a practitioner could process Mercury, they could…

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Alpinia Katsumadai Semen, Galangal Seed, Cao Dou Kou

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Alpinia katsumadai, Galangal Seed, Cao Dou Kou 草豆蔻 Katsumada Galangal seedCao Dou Kou (TCM) Alpinia hainanensis(Photo by 阿橋) (Wikimedia) Alpinia Cao Dou Kou(Adam, 2017) Botanical name: Alpinia katsumadai (syn. Alpinia hainanensis) Parts used: Seed Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent, Aromatic Classification: J. Aromatics that Resolve Dampness Uses: 1. Warms the Stomach, Moves Qi, Dries…

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