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Hordeum, Barley PRO

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Hordeum, Barley Jau, Jao (Unani)Tsampa (Tibetan Highland Barley)Dai Mai 大麦 (TCM) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Della Materia Medicinale, Andrea Valuassori, 1562 Icones Plantarum Medcio-oeconomico, Vietz, 1800 Botanical name: Hordeum vulgare Parts used: Seed (grain), whole or husked (Pearl Barley)“Its peeled variety is termed as sult or Pearl Barley but both are similar in actions”. (Avicenna)…

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Zinziberis Siccum, Dry Ginger, Gan Jiang FREE

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Zinziberis Siccum, Dry Ginger, Gan Jiang 干姜 Gan Jiang (TCM)Shunthi (Ayurveda)Chuku (Siddha)Zanjabil, Zanjabeel Khushk (Unani)Sman Sga  སྨན་སྒ  (Tibetan) Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Medical Botany, Woodville, Hooker, 1832 Chinese Ginger Culcutta Ginger Jamaica Ginger African Ginger Squibb’s Atlas of the Official Drugs, Mansfield, 1919 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Zingiber officinalis Parts used:…

Cancer Melanoma

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Melanoma Melanoma is the most dangerous type of Skin Cancer as it is highly metastatic. It develops in melanocytes which are the cells that produce pigment in the skin (melanin). Melanoma can also occur in other sites such as the eyes, and rarely in the nose or throat, under the nails, in the vagina etc….

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Dioscorea bulbifera, Huang Yao Zi PRO

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Dioscorea bulbifera, Huang Yao Zi 黄药子 Air Potato, Potato YamVarahi, Varahikanda (Ayurveda)Barahikand (Unani)Kodi-kilangu, Pannu-kilangu (Siddha)Huang Yao Zi (TCM) Ben Cao Tu Pu, 1644 (Welcome) Dioscorea bulbifera(Seikei Zusetsu, 1804, Leiden University Library) Dioscorea bulbifera(Photo by Forest and Kim Starr) (Wikimiedia) Dioscorea bulbifera fresh tuber (Photo by Rémi Tournebize) (Wikimiedia) Botanical name: Dioscorea bulbifera (syn. D. sativa,…

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Rhubarb, Da Huang FREE

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Rhabarbari, Rhubarb, Da Huang 大黄 Rha Barbarum, Raved Sceni, Turkey RhubarbDa Huang: ‘Big Yellow’ (TCM)Amla-Vetasa or Amla Parni (Ayurveda)Chutsu (Tibet) Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Kreutterbuch, Matthiolus, 1586 Two forms of RhubarbBotanische wandplaten, (1904–1914) Wild-crafted Rhubarb: whole (left) and sliced (right)(Chengdu, 2016, photo by Adam) Large slices of Wild Rhubarb (Adam, 2016) Members CLICK HERE for the…

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Chaenomeles, Chinese Quince, Mu Gua PRO

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Chaenomeles, Chinese Quince, Mu Gua 木瓜 Chinese Quince, Flowering Quince, ChaenomelesMu Gua (TCM)Bse yab  བསེ་ཡབ (Tibetan) Duhamel du Monceau, H.L., Traité des arbres et arbustes, 1815 Chaenomeles speciosa(Photo by MOs810) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Chaenomeles spp. C. lagenaria C. speciosa (Bengal Quince) C. sinensis (Chinese Quince) In Tibetan Medicine, C. speciosa (Bengal Quince) is most used….

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Powder Against Toxicity and Venom (Wecker)

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Pulvis Contra Toxicum & Omne Venenum Powder Against Toxicity and Venom Tradition: Western Source / Author: Wecker Herb Name Pimpernel rootTormentilCinnamonAloeswoodJuniper GingerBlessed ThistleAngelica Latin Pimpinella saxifraga Potentilla tormentilla Cinnamonum zeylanicum Aquillaria agallocha Juniperus communis Zingiber officinalis Carduus benedictus Angelica archangelica Amount 1⁄2 oz. each 1 dram each 1⁄2 dram each Preparation: Powder Function: Resists Poison…

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Powder Proven for Lung Defects and All Coughs (Galen)

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Powder Proven for Lung Defects and all Coughs Tradition: Western Source / Author: Galen (Omnia Quae extant in Latinum Sermonem Conversa, 1556) Herb Name Radish seedPellitoryElecampaneOrris * Black Pepper Latin Raphanus sativaAnacyclus pyrethrumInula helenium Iris spp.Piper nigrum Amount 1 dram ea. * The text lists Iridis Illyricae, Illyrian Orris from the region of Albania and Croatia….

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Phellodendron, Huang Bai PRO

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Phellodendron, Huang Bai 黄柏 Amur cork-tree barkHuang Bai (TCM) Sargent, Trees and shrubs, illustrations of new or little known ligneous plants, 1855 Phellodendron amurense(Photo by Jean-Pol GRANDMONT) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Phellodendron chinense, P. amurense Parts used: Bark Temperature & Taste: Cold, dry. Bitter Classification: B. Clears Heat & Damp Uses: 1. Drains Damp-Heat:-purges Damp-Heat, especially…

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Medicinal Effects of Foods

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Medicinal Effects of Foods The following gives a brief overview of the healing effects of certain foods. It is not comprehensive, but rather representative. Not all listing will be suitable in all circumstances. For example, Spinach in a Liver tonic in people with Liver Heat, but is not a Liver tonic in those with internal…

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Sulphur, Liu Huang 硫磺

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Sulphur, Liu Huang 硫磺 Gandhaka (Ayurveda)Gandhak (Unani)Liu Huang (TCM)Mu Zi   མུ་ཟི  (Tibetan) Hortus sanitatis, 1491 Sulphur, from Museum Museorum, Valentini, 1704 Sulphur crystalsPhoto by Oscar Lumps of Raw Tibetan Sulphur (Adam, 2009) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Mineralogical Name: Sulphur, Sulfur Parts Used:Native (raw) Sulphur may be used externally; Purified Sulphur is better…

AconitePHOTO

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Aconite Photos See the Full Monograph on Aconitum (Fu Zi) Introduction Aconite is one of the special medicines used, not only in TCM, but is all Eastern systems including Ayurveda, Siddha, Tibetan, Nepalese and Mongolian Traditional Medicines, and is also used in Unani Medicine. Most species are highly toxic in their raw, unprocessed form, so…

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