Photos of Chengdu Chinese Herbal Medicine Market The Chengdu Herbal Wholesale Market was a covered open outdoor market until 2009, much like a traditional food market. It then moved to a new location in a modern, indoor, massive shopping complex at He Hua Shi. Photos by Adam, 2009
Aesculus, Horse Chestnut Mandar (Ayurveda)Baloot (Unani)Suo Luo Zi 索罗子 (TCM) Icones Plantarum Medcio-oeconomico, Vietz, 1806 Medical Botany, Stevenson & Churchill, Vol II, 1831 Botanical name: Aesculus hippocastanumTCM uses A. wilsonii, A. chinensis Parts used: Seed (ripe fruit without shell), leaf, bark Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent, SweetCool according to some TCM sources (Bensky). However,…
Antidotum Immortale The Immortal Antidote Tradition: Western, Unani Source / Author: Nicholas Alexandrinus (Medici Graeci, 1541) Herb Name Agrimony Indian SpikenardCassia WoodCostusLicoriceRhaponticAsarabaccaClove SaffronIndian leafStoraxParsley seedHoney Latin Agrimonia eupatoria Nardostachys jatamansi Cinnamonum cassiaSaussurea lappaGlycyrrhiza glabraRheum rhaponticumAsarum europeumEugenia caryophyllusCrocus sativusCinnamonum tamalaStyrax officinalisPetroselinum crispumMel Amount 36 dr., 1 scr. 12 drams ea. 6 drams 4 drams ea. 2…
Ganoderma applanatum, Artist’s Conk Artist’s BracketShu She Ling Zhi 樹舌靈芝 (TCM)Phansomba (Ayurveda, used for Phellinus and Ganoderma species) 2 local examples of Ganoderma (Adam, Victoria, 2019) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Ganoderma applanatum (syn. Elfvingia applanata, Polyporous applanatus)Several other Gandoerma spp. including Ganoderma australe (Southern Bracket Fungus) and G brownii of…
Curcuma root, Yu Jin 郁金 Yu Jin (TCM) Curcuma aromaticaRoscoe, Monandrian plants of the order Scitamineae, 1854 Whole Roots of Yu Jin (Chengdu Medicine Market, Adam, 2016) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Curcuma spp.: C. aromatica (syn. C. wenyujin) C. longa (generally considered best) C. kwangsiensis C. phaeocaulis C. chuanyujin (in…
Electuary for Hernias Tradition: Western Source / Author: Renodeus (Dispensatorium medicum, Renou, 1615) Herb Name Comfrey rootCypress nutsTragacanthMastic Gum ArabicArmenian EarthDragons BloodTabasheerHare’s hair, cut fineHoney clarified Latin Symphytum officinaleCupressus semperviensAstragalus tragacanthPistacia lentiscusAcacia arabica Terra ArmeniusDaemonorops dracoBambusae silicaeLeporis capillusMel Amount 1 dram ea.3 drams sufficient Preparation: Powder the herbs, Earth and Hares hair, and with clarified…
Powder to Strengthen the Teeth Tradition: Western Source / Author: Galen Herb Name Pellitory root-barkArmenian Earth Latin Anacyclus pyrethrumTerra Armenius Amount equal parts Preparation: Powder Function: Strengthens the Teeth and Gums Use: Used for Looseness of the Teeth, to strengthen and firm the gums Dose: Rubbed on the gums; can be used as a Tooth…
Lime, Calcium oxide Lime: Burnt Lime: Quicklime: Unslaked Lime: Calx: Calx Viva: Abesum (Calcium oxide, CaO)–Chuna (Ayurveda)Slaked Lime: Calcium Hydrate (Calcium Hydroxide, Ca(OH)2)Lime Water: Liquor Calcis, Aqua Benedicta, Blessed Water, Calcium Hydroxide Solution Hortus sanitatis, 1491 Minerological name: Lime is Calcium oxide (CaO)When ‘Slaked’ (added to water), it becomes Calcium Hydroxide Parts used: Mineral Temperature…
Myrobalan, Black Indian MyrobalanHalela Siyah (Unani) Chebulic, Emblic, Belleric, Citrine (Yellow) and Indian (Black) MyrobalanA Complete History of Drugs, Pomet, London, 1748 1. Yellow (Citrine) Myrobalan 2. Black (Indian, Nigrum) Myroabalan 3. Chebulic Myrobalan 4. Emblic Myrobalan 5. Belleric Myrobalan Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Left to Right: Yellow Myrobalan, Chebulic Myrobalan, Belleric Myrobalan, Emblic Myrobalan (stoned), Black Myrobalan (Adam, 2017) See…
Rohdea, Wan Nian Qing 万年青 Nipponlily, China LilyWan Nian Qing (TCM) Rohdea japonicaCurtis, W., Curtis’s botanical magazine (1800-1948) Rohdea japonica(Photo by Alpsdake) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Rohdea japonica (syn. Orontium japonicum)Rohdea japonica var. variegata is also used. Parts used: Root and Rhizome Temperature & Taste: Cold, dry. Bitter, Sweet. Slightly Toxic Classification: B. Clears Heat Uses:…
Sida, Bala Indian Country MallowBala (Ayurveda)Bala, Beej Band (Unani)Xin Yin Huang Hua Zai (TCM) Sida cordifoliaMartius, Eichler, Urban, Flora Brasiliensis, 1891 Sida cordifolia(Photo by Karen Pagel) (Wikimedia) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Sida cordifolia (syn. Malva tormentosa) Parts used: Root (rarely the seed or fresh plant juice) Temperature & Taste: Cool,…
Chi med a gar brgyad pa ཆི་མེད་ མེད་ ཨ་གར་བརྒྱད་པ་Or, Tang kun brgyad pa ཏང་ཀུན་ བརྒྱད་པ་Undying Aloeswood 8 Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: Men Tsee Kang Herb Name Tang kun (Selinum)Gur gum (Safflower)Spos dkar (Frankincense)Ru rta (Costus)A ru ra (Chebula)Ko byi la (Nux Vomica) *A gar (Aloeswood) **Tsher sngon (Blue Poppy) Latin Selinum wallichianumCarthamus tinctoriusBoswellia serrataSaussurea…
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