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Burnt Yellow Earth, Zao Xin Tu

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Burnt Yellow Earth, Zao Xin Tu 灶心土 Old Oven Earth, Burnt Earth, Terra Flava Usta Khazaf: Oven Clay, Clay pottery (Unani)Zao Xin Tu (TCM) Clay Oven (Tabun)Arbeit und Sitte in Palästina (Gustaf Dalman, 1935) (Wikimedia) Minerological name: Terra flava usta (Burnt Yellow Earth) Parts used: Traditionally, the old burnt Earth used in the construction of…

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Shilajit 9 (Brag zun dgu pa) (Tibetan Medicine)

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Brag zhun dgu pa  བྲག་ཞུན་དགུ་པ། Shilajit 9 Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: Amdo Compendium, Men Tsee Kang Herb Name Brag zhun (Shilajit)Gur gum (Safflower)Sug smel (Cardamon)Bong nga dkar po (White Aconite)Pri yang ku gzhon nu **A ru ra (Chebula)Ga dur (Geranium)Ka Ra (White Rock Sugar)Dom mkhris (Bear Bile) ***Gla rtsi (Musk) *** Latin ShilajitCarthamus tinctoriusElettaria…

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Powder to Promote Sleep (Philon)

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Powder to Promote Sleep Tradition: Western Source / Author: Philon (Nicolai Magni, De Medicis Pulveribus, 1545) Herb Name White Poppy seed Purslane seed Latin Papaver somniferum Portulaceae oleracea Amount 1⁄2 oz. each Preparation: Powder Function: Clears Heat, calms the Mind, promotes Sleep Use: Insomnia Dose: 2 drams with Almond milk Cautions: None noted Modifications: This was…

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The Count’s Night Pills

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Pilulae Noctis ComitesThe Count’s Night Pills Tradition: Unani Source / Author: Pharmacopoeia Persica (1681) Herb Name AloeYellow MyrobalanRose MasticTurbithScammony prepared Latin Aloe spp.Terminalia chebula (Yellow)Rosa gallicaPistacia lentiscusOperculina turpethum Convovulus scammonia Amount 3 drams 1 dram ea.1⁄2 dram Preparation: Powder and form pills. Function: Clears Heat and Phlegm, Benefits Sights Use: 1. Stomach pain2. Headache3. Strengthens the…

Colic, Bloating

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Colic, Bloating Western Tradition Simples CuminFennelDillPepperCostu CarawayAniseedCamomileGingerIndian Spikenard 1. Chew Fennel seed and sugar crystal after eating. This is common in India. It sweetens the breath and promotes digestion.2. Beat roasted Cumin with Salt, mix with wine and drink. (Syrian ‘Book of Medicine‘, Budge, 1913)3. Mix Pepper powder with Honey and take.4. Beat 2 Walnuts…

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Sagittaria, Arrowhead

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Sagittaria, Arrowhead SagittalisCi Gu (TCM, Corm) Salmon, Botanologia, 1710 A. Masclef, Atlas des plantes de France, vol. 3: t. 310 (1893) Botanical name: Sagittaria sagittifolia (syn. Alisma saggitaria) Parts used: Herb; Seed; Corm Temperature & Taste: Cool, neutral in respect of dry/moist, Pungent Classifications: Alterative, Astringent, Abstersive, Incarnative, Glutinative, Traumatic or Vulnerary;Appropriated to the Spleen,…

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Carduus Benedictus, Blessed Thistle PRO

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Carduus Benedictus, Blessed Thistle Ortus Sanitatis, Cube, Johann von, 1501 New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Kurtzes Handtbuchlein, Ryff, 1599 Koehler’s Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887 Atlas der Officinellen Pflanzen, Berg & Schmidt, Leipzig, 1893 Botanical name: Carduus benedictus (syn. Cnicus benedictus, Centaurea benedicta) Parts used: Herb; Seed Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Bitter, pungentattenuates, opens, discusses, and is…

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Gmelina, Gambhari PRO

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Gmelina, Gambhari White Teak, Malay Bushbeech, Kashmir TreeGambhari, Kashmiri (Ayurveda)Kattanam, Kumizham (Siddha) GmelinaW. Roxburgh, Plants of the coast of Coromandel, (1819) Gmelina arborea(Photo by Ajtjohnsingh) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Gmelina arborea (syn. Premna arborea) Parts used: Root-bark, Fruit Temperature & Taste: FRUIT: Cool, dry. Sweet, Sour, astringentSTEM / STEM-BARK: Cool, dry. Sweet, BitterROOT: Cool, dry. Bitter…

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Tai Shan Pan Shi San

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Tai Shan Pan Shi San  泰山磐石散 Tai Shan Bedrock Powder Tradition: TCM Source / Author: Systemic Great Compendium of Medicine Past and Present (1556) Herb Name Ren Shen (Ginseng)Huang Qi (Astragalus)Bai Zhu (White Atractylodes) Zhi Gan Cao (Fried Licorice)Shu Di Huang (Rehmannia) Dang Gui (Chinese angelica)Bai Shao (White Peony) Chuan Xiong (Sichuan lovage) Xu Duan…

Atractylodes, Cang Zhu PRO

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Dark Atractylodes, Cang Zhu 苍术 Cang Zhu (TCM) Atractylodes lancea(Photo by Tak56) (Wikimedia) Atractylodes Cang Zhu root(Adam, 2024) Botanical name: Atractylodes lanceaTwo different varieties are used in TCM: A. macrocephalae (White–Bai Zhu) A. lancea, A. chinensis (Dark–Cang Zhu) (Here) Parts used: Root, rhizome Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Bitter, sweet Classification: J. Aromatics that Resolve…

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Restorative Electuary (Antidotus Analeptica) (Nicholas)

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Antidotus Analeptica,or Electuarium Resumptivum Restorative Electuary Tradition: Western, Unani Source / Author: Nicholas Herb Name Red roseLicoriceGum ArabicTragacanthRed SandalwoodWhite SandalwoodLicorice juiceWhite StarchWhite Poppy seedPurslane seedLettuce seedEndive seedMelon seed Gourd seedPumpkin seedCucumber seedQuince seedMallow seedCotton seedViolet Pine nutsPistachioSweet AlmondsPulp of SebestensCloves TabasheerCinnamonSaffronSugar Penids Latin Rosa gallicaGlycyrrhiza glabraAcacia arabicaAstragalus tragacanthPterocarpus santalinusSantalum albumSuccus GlycyrrhizaAmylumPapaver somniferumPortulaceae oleraceaLactuosa sativaChicorium endivaCitrullus…

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