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Olibanum, Frankincense, Ru Xiang PRO

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Olibanum, Frankincense, Ru Xiang 乳香 Also called Thus, LibanosRu Xiang (TCM)Shallaki (Ayurveda)Kundur (Unani)Spos dkar  སྤོས་དཀར  (Tibetan) Left: Olibanum; Right: ThusOrtus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Boswellia SerrataMedical Botany, Stephenson and Churchill, 1836 Frankincense tree (Parkinson, Theatrum Botanicum, 1640) Herbarium, Matthioli (Polish), 1596 Frankincense (Adam, 2022) Botanical name: Boswellia spp.Frankincense is often divided into types based on the…

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Decoction of Water Lily Compound

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Decoction of Water Lily Compound Tradition: Western Source / Author: Herb Name Water Lily rootsSandalwoodBistort rootNutmeg DatesRice Latin Nymphea alba Santalum album Polygonum bistorta Myristica fragrans Diospyros lotus Oryza sativa Amount 1 oz.2 drams1⁄2 dram1 scruple42 spoonfuls Preparation: Prepare a standard Decoction Function: strengthens the Kidneys, stops Leakage Use: 1. prevents Miscarriage2. Lower Back Pain3….

Peony & Licorice

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Peony & Licorice This is another useful TCM combination, however, these two medicines were also combined in Traditional European Medicine. These two medicines together form Shao Yao Gan Cao Tang (Decoction of Peony and Licorice).    Peony is a nourishing Blood and Yin tonic, especially appropriated to the Liver, and has the special function of soothing,…

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Pomegranate 5 (Se bru 5) (Tibetan Medicine)

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Se bru lnga pa  སེ་འབྲུ་ལྔ་པ།Pomegranate 5 Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: Herb Name Se bru (Pomegranate seed)Shing tsha (Cinnamon)Sug smel (Cardamon)Pi pi long (Long Pepper)Sman sga (Ginger) * Latin Punica granatumCinnamonum zeylanicumElettaria cardamomumPiper longumZingiber officinalis Amount 250 grams 80 grams 40 grams 50 grams 80 grams * sometimes Galangal (Kaempferia galanga) or Lesser Galangal (Alpinia…

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Crystal Moon 37 (Zla shel so bdun) (Tibetan Medicine)

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Zla shel so bdun  ཟླ་ཤེལ་སོ་བདུན་Or, Zla shel myu gu   ཟླ་ཤེལ་མྱུ་གུ་Crystal Moon 37Or. Crystal Moon Sprout Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: Herb Name Cong zhi (Calcite) **Cu gang (Tabasheer)Gur gum (Safflower)Dza ti (Nutmeg)Ka ko la (Amomum)Sug smel (Cardamon)Li shi (Clove)A ru ra (Chebula)Skyu ru (Emblic)Tsan dkar (Sandalwood)Tsan dmar (Red Sandalwood)Ru rta (Costus)Pi Pi ling (Long Pepper)Se…

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Bufonite, Toad Stone

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Bufonite, Toad Stone Serpents’ EyesLapis Bufon, Stelon, Lapis Borax, Batrachites (Pliny), Crapodinae, Lycodontes Hortus sanitatis, 1491 BufoniteMetallotheca Vaticani, Mercati, 1719 Museum Wormianum,Olao Worm, 1655 De Omni Rerum Fossilium,Gesner, 1565 Aldrovandi,Musaeum metallicum, 1648 A History of Fossils, Hill, 1751 Lepidote Fossilized Teeth (Toad stone)(Photo by Natural history museum) (Wikimedia) Examples of Toadstone (Lepidotes spp.)(Photo by Baldovio,…

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Indian Pills (Mesue)

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Pilulae Indie Indian Pills Tradition: Western, Unani Source / Author: Mesue (out of Haly) Herb Name Black MyrobalanBlack Hellebore, preparedPolypodyThymeDodder of ThymeStoechasAgaricTroches of Alhandal *Rock SaltLapis lazuli preparedCloveHiera Picra of Galen Latin Terminalia chebula (black)Helleborus nigerPolypodium vulgareThymus vulgaris Cuscuta europeaLavendula stoechasFomitopsis officinalisCitrullus colocynthusSal Gem Lapis AzureusEugenia caryophyllusHiera Picra Galenii Amount 2 1⁄2 drams ea. 3…

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Three Reds Decoction (Dmar po gsum thang)

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Dmar po gsum thang  དམར་པོ་གསུམ་ཐང་Three Reds Decoction Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: Herb Name Rgya skyegs (Lacca)Btsod (Madder)Zhu mkhan (Symplocos) Latin Laccifer laccaRubis cordifoliaSymplocos racemosa Amount 12 grams12 grams12 grams Preparation: Coarse powder to prepare a decoctionIt can also be prepared as Pills or Powder. Function: Clears Heat from the Lungs and Kidneys, Opens Obstructions…

Podophyllum hexandrum PRO

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Podophyllum hexandrum, Indian Podophyllum Ol mo se  འོལ་མོ་སེ  (Fruit, Tibetan Medicine)Xiao Ye Lian  小叶莲  (Fruit, TCM)Vanatrapusi (Root, Ayurveda) Podophyllum hexandrumHoutte, L. van, Flore des serres et des jardin de l’Europe, vol. 16, 1845 Podophyllum hexandrum(Photo by Daderot, cropped) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Podophyllum hexandrum (syn. P. emodi var. chinensis, Sinopodophyllum hexandrum) Parts used: Resin, Root powder…

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Chicken

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Chicken Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Materia Medica Animalia, Peter Peyto Good, 1853 Zoological name: Gallus domesticus Parts Used:Cock and HenMeat, Brains, Liver, Gall Bladder, Gizzard SkinBlood, Bones, Fat, DungEgg Uses: MEAT (Warm, Sweet):1. Strengthens the Spleen, Benefits Qi:-strengthens the digestion and increases Qi.-loose stools and poor digestion from weakness of the Spleen; also for…

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Special Powder for Memory (Wirtzung)

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Special Powder for Memory Tradition: Western Source / Author: Wirtzung Herb Name Senna leafZedoaryCumin seedParsley seedDill seedGingerCloveNutmegCalamusGalangalPimpernel rootSage RueValerianAniseedSugar Latin Cassia angustifoliaCurcuma zedoariaCuminum cyminumPetroselinum crispumAnethum graveolensZingiber officinalisEugenia caryophyllusMyristica fragransAcorus calamusAlpina officinarumPimpinella saxifragaSalvia officinalis Ruta graveolensValeriana officinalisPimpinella anisumSaccharum Amount 3 ounces 1 ounce ea.1⁄2 ounce 2 drams ea.3 ounces Preparation: Powder Function: Clears Phlegm, regulates Wind,…

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