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Pisum, Peas

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Pisum, Peas Karsana (Unani) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Flora von Deutschland (24), Kohler, 1886 Botanical name: Pisum sativumSeveral varieties were known and used Parts used: Peas Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Sweet“Hot from the first to the second degree and dry in the third degree”. (Avicenna) Uses: 1….

Lancea, Spa yag rtsa ba PRO

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Lancea, Spa yag rtsa ba སྤ་ཡག་རྩ་བ Chinese MilkwortSpa yag rtsa ba (Tibetan) Lancea tibeticaHooker’s journal of botany and Kew Garden miscellany, vol. 9 (1857) Lancea tibetica(Photo by Jan Reurink) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Lancea tibetica Parts used: Whole plant including the root; Seed Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Sweet, slightly Bitter Constituents: -Phenolpropanoid glycosides (34)–Lignanes-Flavones (9)-Triterpenoids…

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Auricula, Jew’s Ear

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Auricula, Jew’s Ear, Hei Mu Er 黑木耳 Wood Ear, Jelly EarHei Mu Er (TCM) Herbarium Blackwellianum, 1757 Black Auricula on the Chinese Market (Adam, 2017) Black Wood Ear (Hei Mu Ear)(Adam, 2024) Botanical name: Auricularia auricula-judae (syn. Hirneola auricula-Judae, Auricula judae)Several species are used including A. polytrichaIn China, White and Black varieties of Mu Er…

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Precious and Great MultiJewel Compound Pill (Rin chen mang sbyor chen mo)

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Rin chen mang sbyor chen mo  རིན་ཆེན་མང་སྦྱོར་ཆེན་མོ་Rinchen Mangjor ChenmoPrecious and Great Multi-Jewel Compound PillOr, Great and Precious Accumulation Pill Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: Based on formula by O rgyan pa Rinchen dpal (1229-1309) Herb Name Btso thal (processed Mercury)Lcags rtsi (prepared Iron) *Smyug Cu gang (Tabasheer)Sa cu gang (Kaolin) **Dza ti (Nutmeg)Ka ko la…

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Ping Wei San

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Ping Wei San 平胃散 Calm the Stomach Powder Tradition: TCM Source / Author: Imperial Grace Formulary of the Tai Ping Era (Tai Ping Hui Min He Ji Ju Fang) Herb Name Cang Zhu (Red Atractylodes) Hou Po (Magnolia bark)Chen Pi (Tangerine peel)Zhi Gan Cao (Fried Licorice) Latin Atractylodes lanceaMagnolia officinalisCitrus tangerina, reticulataGlycyrrhiza uralensis Amount 12…

Medicinal Polypores

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Medicinal Polypores at the Chengdu Medicine Market Adam, 2016–2018 The Polypores are a class of fungii without gills. They release spores through there ‘many holes’ (thus ‘poly’ + ‘pore’). Many of the medicinally important Polypores grow on either living or decaying wood. Most are hard and woody, being composed of lignans leached of the trees…

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Ban Xia Hou Po Tang

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Ban Xia Hou Po Tang 半夏厚朴汤Pinellia and Magnolia Bark Decoction Tradition: TCM Source / Author: Essential of the Golden Cabinet, c. 220 Herb Name Zhi Ban Xia (Pinellia root) Hou Po (Magnolia bark)Fu Ling (Poria)Sheng Jiang (fresh Ginger)Zi Su Ye (Perilla leaf) Latin Pinellia ternata, preparedMagnolia officinalisPoria cocosZingiber officinalePerilla frutescens Amount 9 grams ea. 12…

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Powder of Cinnabar for Vertigo

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Powder of Cinnabar for Vertigo Tradition: Western Source / Author: Crato Herb Name Native Cinnabar preparedRed CoralPearl, preparedSaffron Gold leaves Latin Cinnabaris Corallum rubrum Margarita Crocus sativus Aurum Amount 1⁄2 oz. 2 scruples ea. 1 scruple15 Preparation: Powder Function: Clears Heat, stops Wind Use: 1. Specific for Vertigo (and Dizziness)2. also highly regarded for Epilepsy3….

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Elsholtzia, Byi rug PRO

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Elsholtzia, Byi rug བྱི་རུག Byi rug, Phur nag (Tibet)Xiang Ru (E. splendens); Ban Bian Su (E. ciliata) (TCM) Elsholtzia ciliataSturm, J., Sturm, J.W., Deutschlands flora, 1845-1849 Elsholtzia ciliata(Photo by Leslie J. Mehrhoff) (Wikimedia) Elsholtzia splendens(Photo by Dalgial) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Elsholtzia spp.Several species are used: E. calycocarpa (syn. Elsholtzia densa) is the typical plant used…

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San Ao Tang

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San Ao Tang 三拗汤Three Unbinding Decoction Tradition: TCM Source / Author: Imperial Grace Formulary of the Tai Ping Era Herb Name Ma Huang (Ephedra)Xing Ren (Apricot seed)Zhi Gan Cao (Fried Licorice) Latin Ephedra sinicaPrunus armeniacaGlycyrrhiza uralensis Amount 6–9 grams6–9 grams3–6 grams Preparation: DecoctionThe source text said to grind into a coarse powder and take 15…

Polygonum multiflorum, He Shou Wu PRO

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Polygonum multiflorum root, He Shou Wu 何首乌 Prepared Polygonum multiflorum, Zhi He Shou Wu 制何首乌 Fleeceflower root, Chinese KnotweedHe Shou Wu (TCM) Polygonum multiflorum(Photo by Fanghong, cropped) (Wikimedia) Whole Wild unprocessed Polygonum He Shou Wu root (Chengdu Medicine Market, Adam, 2016) Botanical name: Polygonum multiflorum Parts used: Root, Prepared and Raw Temperature & Taste: RAW:…

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Potion for Cancer

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Potion for Cancer Tradition: Western Source / Author: The Medical Herbalist Herb Name Agrimony Fluid ExtractBarberry Fluid ExtractBurdock Fluid ExtractYellow Dock Fluid ExtractPoke root Fluid ExtractTincture of CapsicumCamphor Water Latin Agrimonia eupatoriaBerberis vulgarisArctium lappaRumex crispusPhytolacca americanaCapsicum annumAqua Camphora Amount 1⁄2 oz. ea. 2 drams1 dram8 oz. Preparation: Mix well. Function: Clears Heat and Toxin, opens…

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