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Asphaltus, Bitumen

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Asphaltus, Bitumen Judaicum Judean Pitch, Jew’s Pitch, Resina TerraPissasphaltum is manufactured from Bitumen and PitchQafr al-Yahud (Avicenna) Minerological name: Bitumen Parts used: Traditionally from Judea (Dead Sea) and BabylonThe best was accounted purplish-black. However, other Bitumenous substances were commonly used in its place.‘It is found in the form of light black pieces which are fragile…

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Troches of Rhubarb for the Liver

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Troches of Rhubarb for the Liver Tradition: Unani Source / Author: Herb Name RhubarbGum ArabicRed EarthLaccaAniseedCelery seed Latin Rheum palmatum Acacia arabica Terra Rubra Laccifer lacca Pimpinella anisum Apium graveolens Amount 50 grams ea. 40 grams25 grams20 grams10 grams Preparation: Powder and with Plantain juice, form Troches Function: Clears Liver Heat, Styptic Use: 1. used…

Three Yellows (San Huang)

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Three Yellows (San Huang) The ‘Three Yellows’ are Coptis Huang Lian, Scutellaria Huang Qin and Phellodendron Huang Bai. These three medicines are classed as Cold, dry and Bitter. They clear Heat and Damp and Toxic Heat from the whole body, reduce inflammation and are a broad-spectrum anti-bacterial combination commonly used in TCM Coptis Huang Lian…

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Tincture Producing Sleep

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Tinctura Somnum Producens Tincture Producing Sleep Tradition: Western Source / Author: Antidotarium medico chymicum reformatum, 1620 Herb Name Mandrake barkPoppy rootHenbane seedBlack Poppy seedWinter Cherry seedOpium CamomileViolet flower Latin Mandragora officinalis Papaver somniferum Hyoscyamus nigerPapaver somniferum nigrum Physalis alkekengi OpiumMatricaria recutita Viola odorata Amount 1 1⁄2 drams 2 drams ea. 1⁄2 oz.1 scruple 1⁄2 handful…

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Zuo Gui Wan

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Zuo Gui Wan 左归丸Restore the Left [Kidney] Pill Tradition: TCM Source / Author: Collected Treatises of [Zhang] Jing-Yue, 1624 Herb Name Shu Di Huang (Rehmannia)Shan Yao (Chinese yam) Gou Qi Zi (Wolfberry fruit)Shan Zhu Yu (Cornus fruit)Tu Si Zi (Dodder seed)Lu Jiao Jiao (Deer horn gelatin)Gui Jiao (Turtle shell gelatin)Chuan Niu Xi (Cyathula) Latin Rehmannia…

Jaundice, Bile Obstruction

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Jaundice ‘When the Gall [Bile] is obstructed it causes the Yellow Jaundice,when the Spleen, the Black Jaundice’. (Salmon, Synopsis Medicinae, 1681) Jaundice has been divided into ‘Yellow’ and ‘Black’ in the Western tradition, and into ‘Yin’ and ‘Yang’ in TCM. These two differentiations are fairly similar. The Yellow or Yang type Jaundice is associated with…

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Mandala of the Sun (Se bru nye dkyil) (Tibetan Medicine)

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Se bru nyi dkyil  སེ་འབྲུ་ཉི་དཀྱིལ།or Nyi dkyil  ཉི་དཀྱིལ་or Se bru nyi dkyil  སེ་བྲུ་ ཉི་དཀྱིལ་or Se bru bcu pa  སེ་བྲུ་ བཅུ་པ་Mandala of the Sun Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: Men Tsee Kang Herb Name Se bru (Pomegranate)Lca ba (Angelica) *Sug smel (Cardamon)Ra mnye (Solomans Seal) **Shing tsha (Cinnamon)Nye shing (Asparagus root)Ba spru (Mirabilis) ***Pi pi ling…

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Confection of Eyebright (Confectio Humain) (Mesue)

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Confectio Humain Confection of Eyebright Tradition: Western, Unani Source / Author: Mesue Herb Name EyebrightFennel seedsCloveCinnamonCubebLong PepperMaceClarified Honey (prepared) Latin Euphrasia officinalis Foeniculum vulgare Eugenia caryophyllus Cinnamonum zeylanicum Piper cubeba Piper longum Myristica fragrans Mel Amount 2 oz.5 drams 1 dram ea. 1 lb. Preparation: The Honey is prepared as follows: boiled in the juices…

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Ginkgo Semen, Ginkgo Nut, Bai Guo

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Ginkgo Semen, Ginkgo Nut, Bai Guo 白果 Ginkgo nutBai Guo (TCM) Ben Cao Yuan Shi, 1644 (Welcome) Addisonia, vol. 11: (1926) Botanical name: Ginkgo biloba Parts used: Seed Temperature & Taste: Neutral, Dry, Bitter, Sweet Classification: R. Astingent Uses: 1. Consolidates the Lungs, Stops Wheezing:-Cough, Asthma, Wheezing-Chronic Cough, Cough with excess phlegm 2. Clears Damp,…

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Gui Pi Tang

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Gui Pi Tang 归脾汤Restore the Spleen Decoction Tradition: TCM Source / Author: Categorized Essentials for Normalizing the Structure, 1529 Herb Name Ren Shen (Ginseng)Huang Qi (Astragalus)Bai Zhu (White Atractylodes) Zhi Gan Cao (Fried Licorice) Dang Gui (Chinese angelica)Long Yan Rou (Longan)Suan Zao Ren (Jujube seed) Fu Ling (Poria)Yuan Zhi (Polygala)Mu Xiang (Costus)Sheng Jiang (fresh Ginger)Da…

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Royal Confection of Kermes (Mesue)

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Confectio Alkermes Regia Royal Confection of Kermes Tradition: Western, Unani Source / Author: Mesue Herb Name Juice of Rennet ApplesRose WaterSilkworm Cocoons *Aloeswood CinnamonAmbergris **Lapis lazuli prepared ***PearlGold leafMusk Latin Succus Pommi RennetiAqua RosataSericiAquillaria agallochaCinnamonum zeylanicumAmbre gris Lapis Azureus praeparataMargaritaAurumMoschus Amount 1 1⁄2 lbs. ea.4 oz. 6 drams ea. 2 drams ea. 1 dram1 scruple…

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