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Caesalpinia sappan, Pattanga, Su Mu PRO

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Caesalpinia sappan, Pattanga, Su Mu 苏木 Sappan WoodPattanga (Ayurveda)Bakam (Unani)Bukam (Arabic)Patangam (Siddha)Su Mu (TCM) Caesalpinia sappanBen Cao Tu Pu, 1644 (Welcome) Caesalpinia sappanM. Blanco, Flora de Filipinas. (1875) Fresh sappanwood for sale at the Ereke market, northern Buton Island, Indonesia(Photo by David E Mead, cropped) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Caesalpinia sappan Parts used: Heart wood Temperature…

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Agnus Castus, Chaste tree FREE

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Agnus Castus, Chaste tree Monk’s Pepper Tree, Hemp TreeRenuka (Ayurveda)Sambhalu (Unani) Herbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Vitex agnus castusDuhamel du Monceau, H.L., Traité des arbres et arbustes, Nouvelle édition, 1815 Vitex agnus castus(Photo by Sten Porse) (Wikimedia) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Vitex agnus castusVitex…

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Requies (Nicholas)

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Requies‘Rest’, or ‘Relaxation’ Tradition: Western, Unani Source / Author: Nicholas Herb Name RoseVioletOpiumMandrake root-barkHenbane seedWhite Poppy seedBlack Poppy seedChicory seedLettuce seedPurslane seedPsyllium NutmegCinnamonSugarRed SandalwoodWhite SandalwoodYellow SandalwoodTabasheerTragacanth Latin Rosa gallicaViola odorataOpiumMandragora officinalisHyoscyamus nigerPapaver somniferumPapaver nigraChicorium intybusLactuosa sativaPortulaceae oleraceaPlantago afraMyristica fragransCinnamonum zeylanicumSaccharum Pterocarpus santalinusSantalum albumSantalum citrinumBambusae silicaeAstragalus tragacanth Amount 3 drams ea. 1 1⁄2 drams ea. 2…

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Mother of Pearl 13 (Nya phyis bchu gsum)

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Sa ra’i bya khyung bcu gsum  ས་རའི་ བྱ་ཁྱུང་བཅུ་གསུམ་Or, Shes brtson. ཤེས་ བརྩོན་Or, Nya phyis bchu gsum  ཉ་ཕྱིས་ བཅུ་གསུམ་Mother of Pearl 13 Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: Men Tsee Kang Herb Name Nya phyis (Mother of Pearl) *A ru ra (Chebula)Ru rta (Costus)Ar ga ru (Aloeswood)Li Shi (Clove) Dza ti (Nutmeg)Byur dmar (Red Coral)Sindhu ra (Limonite)…

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Zea, Corn Silk PRO

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Zea, Corn Silk, Yu Mi Xu 玉米须 Yu Mi Xu (TCM) Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Flora von Deutschland, Kohler, 1886 Botanical name: Zea mays Parts used: Corn Silk Temperature & Taste: Neutral, Sweet. Uses: 1. Clears Heat and Damp, Promotes Urine, Clears Stones (TCM, West, Ayurveda):-obstructed urine with scanty or difficult urination-acute and chronic nephritic edema,…

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Sinomenium, Qing Feng Teng PRO

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Sinomenium, Qing Feng Teng 青风藤 Qing Feng Teng (TCM) Iwasaki, T., Honzo zufu (1916-1921) Botanical name: Sinomenium acutum, Sinomenium acutum var. cinerum Parts used: Vine Temperature & Taste: Neutral. Bitter, Pungent Classification: D. Clear Wind and Damp Uses: 1. Clears Wind-Damp, Stops Pain:-painful obstruction of the muscle and joints; Arthritis, Rheumatoid Arthritis-edema, swelling and pain…

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Pills of Madder

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Pills of Madder Tradition: Western Source / Author: Herb Name MadderRound BirthwortAgaricCinnamon Latin Rubia tinctorumAristolchia rotundaFomitopsis officinalisCinnamonum zeylanicum Amount 3 drams ea. Preparation: Powder and form pills with Mugwort juice or syrup Function: Moves Blood, clears Phlegm, resolves Stasis, promotes Menstruation Use: 1. Amenorrhea2. Dysmenorrhea3. May be useful for Uterine Fibroids Dose: 1⁄2–1 dram Cautions:…

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Thlaspi, Treacle Mustard PRO

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Thlaspi, Treacle Mustard Thlaspi, Pennycress, Treacle Mustard, Mithridate MustardBre ga  བྲེ་ག  (Tibetan)Xi Ming, Bai Jiang Cao (TCM); Thlaspi arvenseFuchs, L., New Kreüterbuch, 1543 Thlaspi arvense(«Bilder ur Nordens Flora», 1917) (Wikimedia) Patrinia scabiosaefolia(an alternate herb used in China)Sweet, R., British flower garden, vol. 2 (1823-1825) Thlaspi arvense(Photo by Enrico Blasutto) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Thlaspi arvenseSalmon noted…

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Decoction for Cancer (Fuller)

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Decoction for Cancer Tradition: Western Source / Author: Pharmacopoeia Extemporanea, Thomas Fuller, London, 1710 Herb Name Figwort rootMullein rootFilipendulaHerb RobertCeterachAgrimonyTormentilScabiousToad FlaxElder flowerRosemary flowerNettle seed Latin Scrophularia nodosa Verbascum thapsus Filipendula ulmaria Geranium robertum Asplenium ceterach Agrimonia eupatoria Potentilla tormentilla Scabiosa arvensis Linaria vulgaris Sambucus nigra Rosmarinus officinalis Urtica dioica Amount 2 oz. ea. 1 handful…

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Fossil Spirifer

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Fossil Spirifer Dove Stone, Swallow StoneShi Yan  石燕 (‘Swallow Stone’, TCM)Byi ‘u mgo  བྱི་འུ་ མགོ་ (‘Small Bird Head’, Tibetan Medicine) Fossilve Spirifer (Adam, Chengdu Medicine Market, 2016) Zoological name: Devonian fossil brachiopods including Spirifer disjunctus Parts used: Prepared Fossil Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Salty, slightly Sweet Constituents: Mainly calcium carbonate, silicon dioxide, small amount…

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Pills of Nishat

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Pills of Nishat Tradition: Unani Source / Author: Herb Name Zafran (Saffron)Bisbasa (Mace)Regmahi (Skink)Jaiphal (Nutmeg)Samaudar Jhag (Burnt Cuttlebone)Kushta Nqra (Silver Bhasma)Mushk (Musk) Zahar Mohra (Serpentine)Tambol (Betel leaf juice) Latin Crocus sativusMyristica fragransScincusMyristica fragransOs Sepia Silver OxideMoschusHydrated Magnesium SilicateAreca catechu Amount 20 grams ea. 10 grams ea.5 grams 1 gram ea.sufficient Preparation: Mix the Powder with…

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