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Gem Medicines

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Introduction to Gem Medicines Head Illustration from the Chapter on Medicines from Stones and Gems,Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Introduction to GemsVarious Gems and Precious Stones have been used in all Traditional Medicine Systems. Their use is especially prevalent in Unani and Tibetan Medicine, and it is most likely the Tibetans were heavily influenced by the Arabs…

3C. ALEXIPHARMICS

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3C. Alexipharmics These medicines resist Malignity and Poison. They either strengthen against the Poison, or help overcome it due to their contrary nature. In general, Cold Poisons are treated with Hot Alexipharmics, Hot Poisons are treated with Cold Alexipharmics and Corrosive Poisons are treated with Lenitive medicines. The tactic depends on the length of exposure…

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Pomegranate 4 (Se ‘bru bzhi thang)

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Se ‘bru bzhi thang སེ་འབྲུ་བཞི་ བཞི་ཐང་Pomegranate 4 Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: Herb Name Se ‘bru (Pomegranate)Shing tsha (Cinnamon)Sug smel (Green Cardamon)Pi pi ling (Long Pepper) Latin Punica granatum Cinnamonum zeylanicum Elettaria cardamomum Piper longum Amount 40 grams 20 grams ea. Preparation: Pills the size of a Pea (or Powder) Function: Benefits Digestion, warms Stomach…

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Pills for Migraine (Galen)

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Pills for Migraine Tradition: Western Source / Author: Galen Herb Name Chebulic MyrobalanYellow MyrobalanBlack MyrobalanSaffron MasticScammony prepared Aloe Latin Terminalia chebulaTerminalia chebula (yellow)Terminalia chebula (black)Crocus sativusPistacia lentiscusConvovulus scammonia Aloe spp. Amount 1⁄2 oz. each 2 drams, 2 scr. ea.1 1⁄2 drams weight of all the rest Preparation: Powder and form a Pill Mass with Fennel…

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Powder for Cough (Mesue)

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Powder for Cough Tradition: Western, Unani Source / Author: Mesue Herb Name Sweet AlmondSugarFennel seed Latin Prunus amygdalus dulcisSaccharumFoeniculum vulgare Amount 2 ounce each1 ounce Preparation: Powder Function: Clears Phlegm, stops Cough Use: 1. Cold-type Cough2. Chest Pain Dose: 1 dram Cautions: None noted Modifications: 1. Annis can be used in place of Fennel seed.2….

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Borax, Peng Sha 硼砂

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Borax, Peng Sha 硼砂 Chrysocolla (‘Gold-glue’)Bauraq, Buraq, Burak (Arabic)Peng Sha (TCM)Tankana (Ayurveda)Tsha la  ཚ་ལ  (Tibetan Medicine) Borax crystals, Kramer Mine, CaliforniaPhoto by Rock Currier Minerological name: Hydrated Sodium borate Parts used: Purified Salt; Natural and Artificial Borax was used“Its best form is that which is brittle and extremely white (as ivory)”. (Avicenna) Temperature & Taste: Cool,…

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Osteocolla

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Osteocolloa Ostrites, Bone-builder Osteocolla is a medicine whose identification was long obscure. It is a calcium tufa formed around plant stems or tree roots in sandy areas, usually coastlines. It is heavy, hard, white or pale grayish and brittle, usually with a hollow core where the organic matter has rotten away, therefore appearing quite similar…

Lamium, Dead Nettle FREE

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Lamium, Dead Nettle Urtica mortua, Galiopsis, Archangel LamiumHerbarum Vivae Eicones, Otto Brunfels, 1530 LamiumCompleat Body of Practical Botanic Physic, Bayliss, 1791 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Lamium spp.Several varieties are used: L. album (White; best, most used) L. purpureum (Red) L. lutea (syn. L. galeobdolon) (Yellow) Parts used: Herb, Seed Temperature…

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Jugulans Nux, Walnut, Hu Tao PRO

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Jugulans Nux, Walnut, He Tao 核桃 He Tao, Hu Tao (TCM)Akhrot (Unani)Star ka སྟར་ཀ་ (Tibet) Della Materia Medicinale, Andrea Valuassori, 1562 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Botanische wandplaten, 1904–1914 Kohler’s Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887 Botanical name: Jugulans regia Parts used: Ripe Nut; Confected Nuts Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Sweet“Hot in the third degree and Dry in the…

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Cloudless Moonbeam (Sprin bral zla ‘od)

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Sprin bral zla ‘od  སྤྲིན་བྲལ་ཟླ་ ཟླ་འོད་Cloudless Moonbeam Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: Men Tsee Kang Herb Name Ma nu (Inula)Kanda ka ri (Rubus)Gur gum (Safflower)Ba sha ka (Adhatoda)Hong len (Picrorhiza)Sle tres (Tinospora)A ru (Chebula)Sky ru (Emblic Myrobalan)Tsan dkar (Sandalwood)Cu gang (Tabasheer)Tig ta (Swertia)Bong dkar (White Aconite)Sga skya (Galangal)Ba ru (Belleric Myrobalan)Gi wang (Bezoar) Latin Inula…

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Thamnolia, Dngul skud mchog PRO

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Thamnolia, Dngul skud mchog དངུལ་སྐུད་ མཆོག་ Snow Tea, White Snow TeaDngul skud mchog (Tibet)Bai Xue Cha 白雪茶 (‘White Snow Tea’) (TCM) Thamnolia vermicularis(Photos by Jerzy Opioła) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Thamnolia vermicularisT. subuliformis is classed as a source of Bai Xue ChaSaussurea graminifolia is regarded as an inferior type in Tibetan Medicine. Parts used: Entire plant…

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Cephalic Powder

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Pulvis CepahlicusCephalic Powder Tradition: Western Source / Author: Pharmacia Antuerpiensis Galeno Chymica, 1660 Herb Name MasticAmberSavinRueOlibanumCannabis seedStoechas Latin Pistacia lentiscus Succinum Juniperus sabina Ruta graveolens Boswellia sacra Cannabis sativa Lavendula stoechas Amount 1 oz. each1⁄2 handful Preparation: Powder Function: Moves Blood and Qi, settles Wind, stop Spasms, benefits the Brain and Nerves Use: 1. Epilepsy2….

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