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Betel Nut 9 (Go yu dgu pa) (Tibetan)

Go yu dgu pa  གོ་ཡུ་དགུ་ དགུ་པ་Betel Nut 9 Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: Herb Name Gu yu (Betel nut)Gla gor zo sha (Mucuna)Brag zhun (Shilajit)A bras (Mango kernel)Jam bras (Fever nut)Li shi (Clove)Sug smel (Cardamon)Bre Ga (Thlaspi) Latin Areca catechuMucuna monospermumShilajitMangifera indicaCaesalpinia bonducellaEugenia caryophyllusElettaria cardamomumThlaspi arvense Amount Preparation: Pills Function: Warms and Strengthens the Kidneys…

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Kaisor Guggulu

Kaisor Gugguluor, Pathyadi GugguluBdellium Youthful Pills Tradition: Ayurveda Source / Author: Sangadhara Samhita Herb Name Haritaki (Chebula)Bibhitaki (Belleric Myrobalan)Amalaki (Emblic Myrobalan)Guduchi (Tinospora) Latin Terminalia chebulaTerminalia bellericaPhyllanthus emblicaTinospora cordifolia Amount 256 grams ea.1. 54 kg Soak the coarse powder of the above herbs in 12.3 liters of water for 1 hour, then boil to half. When…

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Crataegus, Hawthorn, Shan Zha FREE

Crataegus, Hawthorn, Shan Zha 山楂 Oxyacantha, White ThornShan Zha (TCM) Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 C. oxyacanthaFlora von Deutschland (25), Kohler, 1886 Chinese Hawthorn fruit slices (Adam, 2017) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Crataegus laevigata (formerly C. oxyacantha) and C. monogyna are the principle sources used in Europe.In TCM, C. cuneata…

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Bidens, Gui Zhen Cao PRO

Bidens, Gui Zhen Cao 鬼针草 Beggarticks, Spanish Needles, Cuckolds, Black JackGui Zhen Cao (TCM) Bidens bipinnataRuiz, H., Pavón, J., Drawings of the Royal Botanical Expedition to the Viceroyalty of Peru (1777-1816) Bidens bipinnata(Photo by Cbaile19) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Bidens bipinnata, B. parviflora, B. pilosaTCM also uses B. pilosa var. minor (Xian Fen Cao) similarly.In the…

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Physalis, Winter Cherry FREE

Physalis, Winter Cherry Alkekengi, Halicacabus, CardispermumKaknaj, Habul Kaknaj (Unani) New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Flora von Deutschland (16), Kohler, 1884 Winter Cherry at the Urumqi Herbal Medicine Market, Xinjiang (Adam, 2017) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Physalis alkekengiP. alkekengi var. francheti and P. pubescens of TCM are used similarly;The related P. minima…

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Tumor Destroying Lunar Pill (Skran ‘joms zla bsil)

Skran ‘joms zla bsil  སྐྲན་འཇོམས་ཟླ་བསིལ་Tumor Destroying Lunar Pill Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: Amdo Compendium Herb Name Gur gum (Safflower)Tig ta (Swertia)Gser Me (Herpetospermum)Ru rta (Costus)Brag zhun (Shilajit)A ru ra (Chebula)Se bru (Pomegranate)Phag brun (Pig feces) *‘Gron thal (Cowrie ash)Star bu (Sea Buckthorn)Mdze tshva (Glauber’s Salt) Latin Carthamus tinctoriusSwertia chirataHerpetospermum pedunculosumSaussurea lappaAsphaltumTerminalia chebulaPunica granatumPorcus faceiCypraea…

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Orpiment, Auripigmentum, As2S3

Orpiment, Auripigmentum, Xiong Huang 雄黄 Auripigmentum: Arsenicum (Dioscorides): King’s Gold: King’s Yellow: Yellow ArsenicOld names include Haritala, Adarnech, Alernet, Albimec, Althanacha (Ayurveda)Hartal, Zarnikh (Unani)Xiong Huang (TCM) ArsenicumHortus sanitatis, 1491 Exotic Mineralogy, Sowerby, 1811 Orpiment (Adam, 2019) Mineralogical Name:Arsenic Trisulphide, As2S3 Parts used: Prepared mineral Temperature & Taste: Hot, dry, Pungent, Very Toxic Classification: 2F. PURIFYING   …

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Balacaturbhadrika

Balacaturbhadrikaor Balachaturbhadra Tradition: Ayurveda Source / Author: Bhaisajya Ratnavali Herb Name Musta (Cyperus)Pippali (Long Pepper)Atis (Aconitum heterophyllum)Karkatasringi (Pistacia Gall) Latin Cyperus rotundusPiper longumAconitum heterophyllumPistacia integerrima Amount equal parts Preparation: PowderToday, this is also commonly used in syrup form. Function: Settles Wind, Clears Phlegm Use: Special for Childhood diseases including:1. Diarrhea2. Vomiting3. Abdominal pain, Colic4. Loss…

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Da Qing Long Tang

Da Qing Long Tang 大青龙汤Major Bluegreen Dragon Decoction Tradition: TCM Source / Author: Discussion of Cold Induced Disorders (Shang Han Lun) C.220 Herb Name Ma Huang (Ephedra)Gui Zhi (Cinnamon twig)Xing Ren (Apricot seed)Shi Gao (Gypsum)Zhi Gan Cao (Fried Licorice) Sheng Jiang (fresh Ginger)Da Zao (Jujube) Latin Ephedra sinicaCinnamomum cassiaPrunus armeniacaCalcium sulphate Glycyrrhiza uralensis Zingiber officinale Ziziphus…

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Fang Feng Tong Sheng San

Fang Feng Tong Sheng San 防风通圣散Ledebouriella Powder that Sagely Unblocks Tradition: TCM Source / Author: Formulas from the Discussion Illuminating the Yellow Emperor’s Basic Questions (Huang di su wen man ming lun fang) Herb Name Hua Shi (Talcum)Shi Gao (Gypsum)Jie Geng (Platycodon)Fang Feng (Saposhnikoviea)Ma Huang (Ephedra)Da Huang (Rhubarb root) *Mang Xiao (Mirabilite)Jing Jie (Schizonepeta)Bo He…

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Mental Happiness (Sems kyi bde skyid) (Tibetan Medicine)

Sems kyi bde skyid  སེམས་སྐྱི་བདེ་སྐྱིད།Mental Happiness Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: Men Tsee Kang Herb Name Shin kun (Asafetida)Bong nga nag po (Aconite)Sga skya (Ginger)Na le sham (Black Pepper)Pi pi ling (Long Pepper)Brong khrag (Yak Blood)Kha ru tshwa (Black Salt)Snying zho sha (Lapsi tree)Ru rta (Costus)Dza ti (Nutmeg)A gar ru (Aloeswood)Go yu (Betel nut)Ri bong…

Tincture of Juniper Berry

Tinctura JuniperiTincture of Juniper berry Tradition: Western Source / Author: Herb Name Juniper BerriesSpirit of Wine Latin Juniperus communisSpiritum Vitae Amount 5 oz.20 oz. Preparation: Digest in gentle warmth to extract a Tincture.The better way of making it is to make a Spirit of Juniper Berries distilled from their fermented substance, and preferably from fresh…

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