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Plantago Herba, Plantain Herb FREE

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Plantago Herba, Plantain Herb, Che Qian Cao 车前草 ArnoglossumChe Qian Cao (TCM) Plantago majorOrtus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Plantago minor (P. lanceolata)Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Left: Red Plantain;   Right: Greater Plantain       Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Plantago majorFlora von Deutschland (20), Kohler, 1885 Plantago. lanceolataFlora von Deutschland (20), Kohler, 1885 Plantago asciaticaIllustrations Of Indian Botany, Vol. II, Wight, 1850 Members CLICK…

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Pills of Ten Things

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Pills of Ten Things Tradition: Unani Source / Author: Herb Name GingerBlack PepperLong PepperCyperusBelleric MyrobalanMasticCinnamonCassia WoodAsarumAloe Latin Zingiber officinalisPiper nigrumPiper longumCyperus rotundus Terminalia bellerica Pistacia lentiscus Cinnamonum zeylanicum Cinnamonum cassia Asarum europeum Aloe spp. Amount 2 drams ea. 20 drams Preparation: Powder and form Pills with Water of Macedonian Parsley. Function: Purges Wind-Cold-Phlegm, guides Qi…

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Powder for Dysentery (Riverius)

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Powder for Dysentery Tradition: Western Source / Author: Riverius (Opera Medica, 1737) Herb Name Gum ArabicRed Coral preparedRed Earth Latin Acacia arabica Corallum rubrum Terra rubra Amount 1 dram 1⁄2 dram each Preparation: Powder Function: Astringent, clears Heat and Damp, stops Bleeding Use: 1. Dysentery2. Diarrhea with Blood Dose: 1⁄2 dram Cautions: None noted Modifications:…

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Hospital Pill to cleanse the Chest (Unani)

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Hospital Pill to cleanse the Chest Tradition: Unani Source / Author: Dispensatory of Ibn at Tilmid Herb Name Ghariqoon (Agaric)Rub us Soos (Licorice juice)White HorehoundTurbud (Turbith)Ayarij Fiqra (Hiera Picra)Hanzal (Colocynth pulp)Anazaroot (Sarcocolla) Latin Fomitopsis officinalisSuccus GlycyrrhizaMarrubium vulgareOperculina turpethum Citrullus colocynthusAstragalus sarcocolla Amount 3 parts 1 parts ea.3 parts11 parts 2 parts ea. Preparation: Make pills…

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Traumatic Decoction (Fuller)

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Traumatic Decoction Tradition: Western Source / Author: Pharmacopoeia Extemporanea, Thomas Fuller, London, 1710 Herb Name Burdock rootMadder rootRhubarbDittany of CreteSt. Johns WortSanicle Bugle Latin Arctium lappaRubia tinctorumRheum palmatumOriganum dictamnusHypericum perforatumSanicula europaeaAjuga reptens Amount 3 oz.6 drams 2 drams 1 handful ea. Preparation: Decoction. It can be decocted in wine, or equal parts of water and…

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Abroma augusta, Pishacha karpasa PRO

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Abroma augusta, Pishacha karpasa Devil’s Cotton, Perennial HempPishacha karpasa, Pivari (Ayurveda)Ulat kambal (Unani)Sivapututi (Siddha) Abroma augusta Botanical Register, vol. 6 (1820) Abroma augusta Photo by Aparajita Datta) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Abroma augusta Parts used: Root, root-bark, leaves Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Uses: 1. Moves the Blood, Regulates Menstruation, Eases Pain:-Amenorrhea, Dysmenorrhea-regarded as regulating menstruation…

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Dulcamara, Bittersweet FREE

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Dulcamara, Bittersweet Glycypicron, Amara Dulcis Parkinson, Theatrum Botanicum, 1640 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Flora von Deutschland (16), Kohler, 1884 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Solanum dulcamara Parts used: Stem; Whole Plant Temperature & Taste: Warm (Cold?), dry. Bittercleansing, opening Uses: 1. Clears Liver Heat: 2. Moves the Blood, clears Stasis: 3. Clears…

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Nitrum, Saltpeter, Potassium nitrate, Xiao Shi PRO

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Nitrum, Saltpeter, Niter, Potassium nitrate, Xiao Shi 硝石 Kali nitricum, Nitrum depuratum, Nitrum prismaticum, Sal petraXiao Shi (TCM)Yavakshara, Saindhava, Ushara or Sora (Ayurveda)Shora Qalmi (Unani)Ze tsha  ཟེ་ཚ  (Tibetan) Ortus Sanitatis, Beck, 1517 The preparation of Saltpeter(Museum Museorum, Valentini, 1704) Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Mineralogical Name: Nitrum; Potassium nitrate Parts Used:Salt Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Bitter,…

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Galium, Cleavers FREE

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Galium, Cleavers Goosegrass; Gallion, Aparine, Aspergula, PhilanthroposZangs rtsi dkar po ཟངས་རྩི་དཀར་པོ་ (Tibet) Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Flora von Deutschland (28), Kohler, 1886 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Galium aparine Parts used: Herb Temperature & Taste: Mildly Cool, dry (slightly Moist when fresh). Bitter, Pungent, slightly Sweet Classifications: B. Clears Heat and Toxin…

Lamium, Dead Nettle PRO

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Lamium, Dead Nettle Urtica mortua, Galiopsis, Archangel Herbarum Vivae Eicones, Otto Brunfels, 1530 Compleat Body of Practical Botanic Physic, Bayliss, 1791 Botanical name: Lamium spp.Several varieties are used: L. album (White; best, most used) L. purpureum (Red) L. lutea (syn. L. galeobdolon) (Yellow) Diverse types were known; Stinking or Not-Stinking, Spotted (called Lamium) or Unspotted…

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Decoction of Woods

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Decoction of Woods Tradition: Western Source / Author: Herb Name GuaiacumSassafrasSarsaparillaChina root Latin Guaiacum officinale Laurus sassafras Smilax sarsaparilla Smilax glabra Amount equal parts Preparation: Decoct until one-third is wasted Function: Clears Heat and Toxin, purifies the Blood Use: 1. Syphilis2. Chronic Joint disease, Arthritis, Rheumatism, Gout3. Chronic Heacaches, Migraines, Neuralgia4. Tumors, Fibroids and Cancer…

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Vernonia anthelmintica PRO

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Vernonia anthelmintica Purple Flea-bane, Worm Seed FleabaneKalijiri, Somaraj, Krsna Jiraka (Ayurveda)Kaddu Cirakam (Siddha)Shabit al-fahuz, Kali zeeri (Unani) Vernonia anthelminticaBurman, J., Thesaurus Zeylanicus, 1737 Vernonia anthelmintica(Photo by Vinayaraj) (Wikimedia) Vernonia anthelmintica(Photo by Kingbossix) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Vernonia anthelmintica (syn. Centratherum anthelminticum, Serratula anthelmintica) Parts used: Seed Temperature & Taste: Hot, dry. Pungent Uses: 1. Kills Worms:-Roundworm,…

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