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Essence Pills (Bcud len ril bu)

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Bcud len ril bu  བཅུད་ལེན་རིལ་བུ།Essence Pills,or Longevity Pills Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: Herb Name A ru ra (Chebula)Brag zhun (Shilajit)‘Od ldan ser po (Saxifrage)Dbang po lag pa (Gymnadenia) Nye shing (Asparagus)Lcam bru (Musk Mallow seed)Gze ma (Tribulus)Ba spru (Mirabilis)Mkhan dkarDwa lis (Rhododendron)Shug pa (Juniper)Ba ru ra (Belleric Myrobalan)Skyu ru ra (Emblic Myrobalan)dByar rtswa dgun ‘bu…

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Mu Li San

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Mu Li San  牡蛎散Oyster Shell Powder Tradition: TCM Source / Author: Imperial Grace Formulary of the Tai Ping Era (Xi Ping Hui Min He Ji Ju Fang) Herb Name Mu Li (Oyster Shell)Huang Qi (Astragalus)Ma Huang Gen (Ephedra root)Fu Xiao Mai (Light Wheat) Latin Concha OstreaAstragalus mongholicusEphedra sinicaTriticum aestivi Amount 15–30 grams9–15 grams3–6 grams15–30 grams…

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Wu Zhu Yu Tang

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Wu Zhu Yu Tang 吴茱萸汤Evodia Decoction Tradition: TCM Source / Author: Discussion of Cold Induced Disorders (Shang Han Lun) C.220 Herb Name Wu Zhu Yu (Evodia)Ren Shen (Ginseng)Sheng Jiang (fresh Ginger)Da Zao (Jujube fruit) Latin Evodia ruticarpaPanax ginsengZingiber officinaleZiziphus jujuba Amount 9–12 grams9 grams18 grams12 pieces Preparation: Decoction Function: Warms the Stomach, Clears Cold, Stops rising…

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Carminative Powder

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Pulvis Carminativum Carminative Powder Tradition: Western Source / Author: Herb Name AniseedFennel seedMasticNutmegCinnamonLong PepperClove Latin Pimpinella anisum Foeniculum vulgare Pistacia lentiscus Myristica fragrans Cinnamonum zeylanicum Piper longum Eugenia caryophyllus Amount 26 grains ea. 20 grains 18 grains ea. 6 grains ea. Preparation: Powder; divide into 6 doses. It was commonly kept whole and powdered as…

Glossary of Unani Disease Names

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Glossary of Unani Disease Names Aashob e Chasm–ConjunctivitisAatishak–SyphilisAdat e Isqat–Habitual MiscarriageAnaf ul Anzah–InfluenzaAnanat–ImpotenceAqrab Gazeedgi–Scorpion biteAtash e Mufrit–Excess ThirstAuja e Mafasil–Joint painBahaq Abyaz–Pityriasis albaBahaq Aswad–Pityriasis nigraBaheq–see BahaqBakhr ul Fam–Bad BreathBars–Leucoderma, VitiligoBasoor e Reham–Pustules of UterusBaul Filfarash–Nocturnal Enuresis (bed wetting)Baul ud Dam–HematuriaBaul e Zulali–AlbuminuriaBawaseer–HemorrhoidsBawaseer Amya–Blind HemorrhoidsBawaseer Damiya–Bleeding HemorrhoidsBawaseer e Khooni–Bleeding HemorrhoidsBawaseer e Reehi–Non-bleeding HemorrhoidsBayaz ul Ain–OpacityBayaz e…

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Cinnamon twig, Gui Zhi PRO

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Cinnamon twig, Gui Zhi 桂枝 Gui Zhi (TCM) Koehler, Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887 Botanical name: Cinnamomum cassia Parts used: twigs Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent, Sweet Classification: A. Clear Exterior Wind-Cold Uses: 1. Clear Wind-Cold, Promotes Sweat:-acute Wind-Cold with sweat; Cold, Flu-“It relieves headache due to invading pathogenic Wind … expels exterior syndrome and induces…

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Syrup of Jujube Compound (Mesue)

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Syrupus Zizyphi CompositumSyrup of Jujube Compound Tradition: Western, Unani Source / Author: Mesue Herb Name JujubeVioletMallow seedLicoriceMaidenhairBarleyQuince seedWhite Poppy seedMelon seedLettuce seedTragacanth Latin Ziziphus jujubaViola odorataMalva sylvestris Glycyrrhiza glabra Adiantum capillus-veneris Hordeum vulgare Cydonia oblonga Papaver somniferum Citrullus vulgaris Lactuosa sativa Astragalus tragacanth Amount 60 5 drams ea. 1 oz. ea.  3 drams ea. Preparation:…

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Decoction for Cold Coughs (Nicolas Myrepsus)

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Decoction for Cold Coughs Tradition: Western Source / Author: Nicholas Myrepsus Herb Name HorehoundRueHyssopOreganoThymeWild SavoryPennyroyalFennel seedAniseed Latin Marrubium vulgare Ruta graveolens Hyssopus officinale Oreganum vulgare Thymus vulgaris Satureja montana Mentha pulegium Foeniculum vulgare Pimpinella anisum Amount equal parts Preparation: Decoct, strain then add Honey Function: Clears Cold Phlegm, stops Cough Use: 1. Cold-type Cough2. ‘Wet’…

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Powder Against Incontinence

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Powder Against Incontinence Tradition: Western Source / Author: Enchiridion Medicum, Petrus Pomarius, 1612 Herb Name Coriander seedAmberRed CoralAloeswoodAcornsNutmeg Red Sandalwood Latin Coriandrum sativumSuccinumCorallum rubrumAquillaria agallochaQuercus spp.Myristica fragrans Pterocarpus santalinus Amount 1 dram 1⁄2 dram 1⁄2 scruple each2 drams5 scruples 2 1⁄2 scruples Preparation: Powder, and with 5 ounces of Sugar, form Troches Function: Astringes to…

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Sida, Bala PRO

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Sida, Bala Indian Country MallowBala (Ayurveda)Bala, Beej Band (Unani)Xin Yin Huang Hua Zai (TCM) Martius, Eichler, Urban, Flora Brasiliensis, 1891 Sida cordifolia(Photo by Karen Pagel) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Sida cordifolia (syn. Malva tormentosa)Various species have supplied Bala in the past:  i. Batyalaka: S. cordifolia  ii. Mahabala: S. rhombidea (variety of S. rhombifolia)  iii. Atibala: S….

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Eriophyton, Spang tshan pu ru PRO

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Eriophyton, Spang tshan pu ru སྤང་ཚན་སྤུ་རུ Spang tshan pu ru (Tibetan)Mao Yao Cao 毛药草, Mian Shen 綿參 (Eriophyton, TCM) Alajja rhomboideaV. Jacquemont, Voyage dans l’Inde pendant les années 1828 à 1832, (1844) Marmoritis rotundifolia (syn. Nepeta thibeticaV. Jacquemont, Voyage dans l’Inde pendant les années 1828 à 1832 (1844) Botanical name: A number of herbs have been…

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