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Wax, Cera

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Wax, Cera La 蜡 (TCM)Madhuchista (Ayurveda)Shehad ke chattay ka mom (Unani) Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Pharmacetical name: Cera from Apis, the Bee. Parts used: Clarified Beeswax Temperature & Taste: “Moderate in temperament” (Avicenna) Classification: T. External Medicines Uses: 1. Softens Hardness, Soothes Irritation:-mildly softening and dissolvent (Avicenna)-softens hardness of the tendons,…

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Powder of Coral and Amber (Gabelhover)

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Powder of Coral and Amber Tradition: Western Source / Author: Gabelhover, 1599 Herb Name Red Coral preparedYellow Amber prepared Latin Corallum rubrum Succinum Amount 1 scruple each Preparation: Both stones should be finely levigated to a very fine powder, then mix together. Function: Clears Heat, stops Bleeding, calms the Mind and Nerves Use: 1. Uterine…

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Tibetan Medicine Formulas

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Tibetan & Mongolian Formulas Tibetan and Mongolian formulas are more difficult to find exact formulas for. Different texts often list different herbs under the same name as there are various substitute and replacement medicines used in the various areas where the Tibetans and Mongolians habitate. The same Tibetan formula often contains different medicines when made…

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Equisetum, Horsetai PRO

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Equisetum, Horsetail, Mu Zei 木贼 Hippuris, Ephedron, AnabasisMu Zei (TCM)Khu byug rtsa ljang  ཁུ་བྱུག་རྩ་ལྗང་ (Tibet) Two varieties of HorsetailDioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Greater Horsetail, the right showing a spindle of wound Horsetail for selling.Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 4 different varieties of HorsetailNew Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 E. arvensisFlora von Deutschland (4), Kohler, 1884 Botanical name: Equisetum…

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Electuary for the Joints

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Electuarium ad ArticulosElectuary for the Joints Tradition: Unani Source / Author: Pharmacopoeia Persica, 1681 Herb Name ColchicumSennaAsarumGingerCuminLong Pepper Latin Colchicum luteumCassia angustifoliaAsarum europeumZingiber officinalis Cuminum cyminumPiper longum Amount 10 drams5 drams 2 drams ea. Preparation: Powder, and with 3 times their weight of Honey, form an Electuary. Function: Clears Wind–Damp Use: 1. Arthritic pain Dose:…

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Alectorius, Cock Stone

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Alectorius – Cock Stone Electorius Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Gemmarum et Lapidum Historia, Tollius, 1647 Aldrovandi, Musaeum metallicum, 1648 “In an old Cock you may find, when you have opened his gizzards and looked, a White Stone. sometimes more than one, never fewer. This being born about one add Valor, and makes one strong in…

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Nux Vomica 15 (Ko byi bcu lnga) (Tibetan Medicine)

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Ko byi bcu lnga  ཀོ་བྱི་བཅུ་བྱི་བཅུ་ལྔ་Nux Vomica 15 Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: An extensive collection of Tibetan-Mongolian-Buryat recipes, Kosoburov Herb Name Ko byi la (Nux vomica) preparedAr ga ru (Aloeswood)A ru ra (Chebula) Ru rta (Costus)Dza ti (Nutmeg) Cu gang (Tabasheer)Spos dkar (Frankincense)Snying zho shaMing can ser poA byag gser jomsSgong thog (seed)Tang kun (leaf…

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Decoction of Tormentil (Gabelhover)

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Decoction of Tormentil Tradition: Western Source / Author: Gabelhover, 1599 Herb Name TormentilMasticGingerGalangal Latin Potentilla tormentilla Pistacia lentiscus Zingiber officinalis Alpina officinarum Amount 2 drams ea. 1 dram Preparation: Decoct in sufficient water down to half Function: Astringent, Warms and strengthens the Stomach and Bowels Use: Diarrhea Dose: the above can be taken in divided…

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Precious Wish Fulfilling Jewel (Rin chen ratna bsam ‘phel)

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Rin chen ratna bsam ‘phel   རིན་ཆེན་ རཏ་ན་ བསམ་འཕེལ་Or, Ratna bsam ‘phel  རཏ་ན་ བསམ་འཕེལ་Or, Mu tig bdun chu  མུ་ཏིག་ བདུན་ཅུ་Rin Chen Ratna SamphelPrecious Wish Fulfilling JewelOr, Pearl 70 Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: Based on the formula by O rgyan pa Rinchen dpal (1229-1309) Herb Name Mu tig (Pearl)Byu ru (Red Coral)Gzi khra men (varigated…

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Nummulite, Shadnaj

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Nummulite, Shadnaj Shadnaj (Unani)Shadnaj Maghsool (Prepared Stone, Unani)Shudnaj Udsee (Arabic) “Foraminifera,” Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), v. 10, 1911 Photograph by Mark A. Wilson (Department of Geology, The College of Wooster). (Wikimedia) Photo by Vassil at Basel Museum (Wikimedia) Minerological name: Nummulite, a type of Foraminifera Parts used: Prepared Fossil Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Uses: 1….

Abelmoschus moschatus PRO

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Abelmoschus moschatus, Musk Mallow Latakasturi, Katuka, Kataphala (Ayurveda)So ma ra dza (Tibetan)Mushkdana (Unani)Huang Kui (TCM) Merian, De metamorphosibus insectorum Surinamensium, of te verandering der Surinaamsche insecten, 1714 Botanical name: Abelmoschus moschatus (syn. Hibiscus moschatus, H. abelmoschatus), A. manihot Parts used: Seed Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Pungent Uses: 1. Clears Heat and Toxin:-burning Fever, Flu-Skin…

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Rhus, Sumac FREE

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Rhus, Sumac SumachSumaq (Unani) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Medical Botany, Woodville, Hooker, Vol. 3, 1832 Rhus coriaria(Photo by Lazaregagnidze) (Wikimedia) SUMACSquibb’s Atlas of the Official Drugs, Mansfield, 1919 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Rhus spp.R. parviflora, R. coriaria (European Sumac); some American species are used similarly Parts…

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