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Dang Gui Liu Huang Tang

Dang Gui Liu Huang Tang 当归六黄汤Dang Gui Six Yellow Decoction Tradition: TCM Source / Author: Secrets from the Orchid Chamber, 1336 Herb Name Dang Gui (Chinese angelica) Sheng Di Huang (Rehmannia)Shu Di Huang (Rehmannia)Huang Qin (Baical Skullcap)Huang Lian (Coptis) Huang Bai (Amur cork-tree bark) Huang Qi (Astragalus) Latin Angelica sinensisRehmannia glutinosa, rawRehmannia glutinosa, cooked Scutellaria…

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Electuary of Rhubarb (Zenon)

Electuary of Rhubarb Tradition: Western Source / Author: Zenon of Athens (Omnia Quae extant in Latinum Sermonem Conversa, 1556) Herb Name RhubarbLaccaAloeswoodCinnamonLong BirthwortRound BirthwortPistachioSquinanthMarjoramAniseed Sealed EarthAgaricIndian leafAgrimony **Indian SpikenardBlack PepperLong PepperWhite PepperGinger StoechasOreganoOrrisEndive rootHyssopMasticSaffronBalsam fruitBalsam wood Latin Rheum palmatumLaccifer laccaAquillaria agallochaCinnamonum zeylanicumAristolchia longaAristolchia rotundaPistachio verum Juncus odoratusOreganum marjoranaPimpinella anisumTerra SigillataFomitopsis officinalisCinnamonum tamalaAgrimonia eupatoriaNardostachys jatamansiPiper nigrum…

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Anemone coronaria, Wild Poppy

Anemone coronaria, Wild Poppy Wild Poppy, Wind-Rose, Bastard Wild Poppy, Poppy Anemone, Crown AnemoneArgemonia, Concordia, Concordialis, Herba liburnica Two varieties of ArgemoneEicones plantarum seu stirpium, Jacobus Theodorus, 1590 Anemone coronariaJ. Sibthrop, J.E. Smith, Flora Graeca, vol. 6 (1826) Botanical name: Anemone coronaria, A. fulgens, A. apennina Parts used: Herb Temperature & Taste: Very Warm, dry….

Hyoscyamus, Henbane PRO

Hyoscyamus, Henbane JusquianaKhurasani Ajwain (Ayurveda)Kurocani Oman (Siddha)Tian Xian Zi  天仙子 (TCM, Seed)Lang Dang (TCM)Lang thang rtse  ལང་ཐང་རྩེ་ (Tibet, Seed) HyoscyamusHerbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 HyoscyamusOrtus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 White HenbaneNew Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Hyoscyamus nigerFlora von Deutschland (16), Kohler, 1884 Hyoscyamus albaFlora von Deutschland (16), Kohler, 1884 Hyoscyamus nigerAtlas der Officinellen Pflanzen, Berg & Schmidt, Leipzig, 1893 Botanical…

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Pterocephalus, Spang rtsi do bo PRO

Pterocephalus, Spang rtsi do bo སྤངརྩི་དོ་བོ་ Spang rtsi do bo (Tibet)Yi Shao Cao 翼首草 (TCM) Pterocephalus hookeriCurtis’s Botanical Magazine, 1918 Botanical name: Pterocephalus hookeri (syn. Scabiosa hookeri) According to Tibetan literature, there are several types: Pterocephlaus hookeri (Spang rtsi ‘byar bag can) (primary medicine) Saussurea supberba (Lug rtsi do bo) Primula capitata Other species of Saussurea…

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Qing Qi Hua Tan Wan

Qing Qi Hua Tan Wan  清气化痰丸Clear the Qi and Transform Phlegm Pill Tradition: TCM Source / Author: Investigations of Medicinal Formula, 1584 Herb Name Ban Xia (Pinellia root)Dan Nan Xing (Arisaema) *Huang Qin (Baical Skullcap) **Guo Lou Ren (Trichosanthes)Zhi Shi (Immature Orange) **Chen Pi (Tangerine peel)Fu Ling (Poria)Xing Ren (Apricot seed) Latin Pinellia ternataArisaema erubescensScutellaria…

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Saint’s White Pill (Grub ril)

Grub ril  གྲུབ་རིལ་or Grub thob ril dkar  གྲུབ་ཐོབ་རིལ་དཀར་or Chong zhi ril dkar  ཅོང་ཞི་རིལ་དཀར་Jie Bai Wan 洁白丸 (TCM)Saint’s White Pillor Yogi’s White Pill Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: Tang Tong Gyelpo (14th century) There are a number of different variations and versions given for the “White Pill”. The first version is from Drungtso: Herb Name Cong…

3K. EXPECTORANT

3K. Expectorant Medicines that Clear Phlegm Expectorant medicines are medicines that specifically clear Phlegm from the airways. However, this class of medicines are used for Phlegm conditions elsewhere in the body. Various types of Phlegm1. Cold-Phlegm-Damp: the true nature of Phlegm is cold and moist, and when uncomplicated, a Phlegm disorder is of this type….

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Solanum indicum

Solanum indicum, Bruhati Indian Nightshade, Poison BerryBruhati (Ayurveda)Tian Qie Zi (TCM) Solanum indicumPapillons de Surinam dessinés d’après nature”, plate 74, circa 1850 Solanum indicum(Photo by Muthukurussi) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Solanum indicum (syn. S. anguivi) Parts used: Root or Whole Plant; sometimes the Fruit Temperature & Taste: Cold, dry. Bitter Classification: Uses: 1. Clears Phlegm and…

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Pills to Provoke Urine

Pills to Provoke Urine Tradition: Western Source / Author: Omnia Quae extant in Latinum Sermonem Conversa, 1556 Herb Name AsarabaccaFennel seedMadderCostusSavoryHyssop Latin Asarum europeum Foeniculum vulgare Rubia tinctorum Saussurea lappa Satureja montana Hyssopus officinale Amount 1 dram ea. 2 drams ea. Preparation: Powder and form Pills Function: Opens Obstruction, Promotes Urine Use: 1. Strangury2. Dysuria3….

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Decoction for Hernia

Decoction for Hernia Tradition: Western Source / Author: Medicus Officiosus, Weinhart, 1724 Herb Name SanicleSageRupturewortAgrimonySoloman’s SealPlantainWintergreenComfrey rootBurdock rootTormentilCinquefoilThorough-wax seedCoriander prepared Latin Sanicula europaea Salvia officinalis Herniaria glabra Agrimonia eupatoria Polygonatum officinale Plantago majus Pirola rotundifolia Symphytum officinale Arctium lappaPotentilla tormentilla Potentilla reptens Bupleurum rotundifolium Coriandrum sativum Amount 1⁄2 handful ea. 3 pugils 1⁄2 oz.6 drams…

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