Trikatu – Three Pungents Trikatu is the traditional Ayurvedic term for the ‘Three Pungents’– Ginger, Long and Black Pepper. Sometimes, especially in the Western Tradition, White Pepper was also added or used instead of one of the Peppers. These three heating spices are some of the most famous of all the spices. Despite Long Pepper…
Asparagus root, Tian Men Dong 天门冬 Palacium Leporis (Wild Asparagus)Chinese Asparagus root: Tian Men DongShweta Musali (A. abscendens, Ayurveda)Nye Shing ཉེ་ཤིང༌ (A. adscendens, Tibetan)Safed Musali (A. adscendens, Unani)Halyon (A. officinalis, Unani) Herbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 Gart der Gesundheit, Cuba, 1485 Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Japanese Herbal, 17th century (Welcome) Della Materia Medicinale, Andrea Valuassori, 1562…
Tinospora, Guduchi Guduchi (Ayurveda)Cinthil Thandu (Siddha) Gilo (Unani)Zet al-Roomi, Zet al-Buta (Arabic)Sle tres སླེ་ཏྲེས (Tibetan)Kuan Jin Teng (TCM) Tinospora cordifolia Tinospora cordifolia with fruit(Photo by Sanu N) (Wikimedia) Tinospora cordifolia stems as used in Tibetan Medicine.(Adam, 2016) Botanical name: Tinospora cordifolia (syn. Menispermum cordifolium, Cocculus cordifolius)Related species used similarly include T. crispa, T. malabarica (syn. T….
Electuary of Aloeswood Tradition: Unani Source / Author: Pharmacopoeia Persica (1681) Herb Name AloeswoodFennel seedCelery seedCalamusIndian SpikenardMace Peony flowerCyperusClove Basil seedZerumbetCinnamonGingerBlack PepperMasticBuglossCamphorMusk Latin Aquillaria agallochaFoeniculum vulgareApium graveolensAcorus calamusNardostachys jatamansiMyristica fragransPaeonia officinalisCyperus rotundusOcimum caryophyllatumZingiber zerumbetCinnamomum zeylanicumZingiber officinalePiper nigrumPistacia lentiscusAnchusa officinalisCamphoraMoschus Amount 3 drams ea. 1 1⁄2 drams ea. 1 dram ea. 5 drams1⁄2 scruple1 scruple Preparation: Powder…
Athanasia Magnus NicolaiAthanasia Greater Tradition: Western, Unani Source / Author: Nicholas (Antidotarium, Plantini, 1561) Herb Name CinnamonCassia WoodSaffronSchoenanthStoraxValerianSeseliHenbane seedBetony Celery seedCarrot seedAniseedOpiumIndian SpikenardIndian leafCastoreumMyrrh HematiteAmberDragon’s BloodRed CoralArmenian EarthMumiya (Shilajit)Comfrey rootSealed EarthAcorusAsarabaccaMandrake root-barkPoley MontanePennyroyal Bay berrySpignel rootWhite PepperLong PepperParsley seed Latin Cinnamonum zeylanicum Cinnamonum cassiaCrocus sativusCymbopogon schoenanthusStyrax officinalis Valeriana officinalisSiler montanumHyoscyamus nigerBetonica officinalisApium graveolensDaucus carrotaPimpinella anisumOpiumNardostachys…
Zha Chong 13 Pill Tradition: Mongolian Medicine Source / Author: Herb Name A Ru Ra (Chebulic Myrobalan)Ru Rta (Costus)Shu Dag Nag Po (Calamus)Gla Rtsi (Musk) Bong Nga Nag Po (Dark-blue Aconite) Ju mar (Red Coral)Mu tig (Pearl)Li shi (Clove) Ar ga ru (Aloeswood)Sindhu ra (Red Earth)Khab len (Magnetite, calcined)Shing mngar (Licorice)Dza ti (Nutmeg) Latin Terminalia…
Drosera, Sundew Ros Solis, Lustwort, Herba RorellaeBdud rtsi rtag ngu བདུད་རྩི་རྟག་ངུ་ (Tibet) A. D. burmanni; B. D. intermedia; C. D. indica; D. D. peltataIllustrations of Indian Botany, Wight, 1840 D. rotundifoliaMedicinal Plants, Millspaugh, 1892 D. rotundifoliaFlora von Deutschland, Kohler, 1886 Botanical name: Drosera spp. 1. D. rotundifolia (Common, European or Round-leaved Sundew) 2. D. peltata…
Alternanthera, Matsyakshi Matsyakshi (Ayurveda)Ponnangani (Siddha)Machechi, Panachooni (Unani)Xia Qiao Cai, Man Ti Xian, Lian Zi Cao (TCM) Dictionnaire des sciences naturelles, Plates Botanique,Turpin, 1816-1830 Flore d’Oware et de Benin en Afrique,Palisot de Beauvois, 1804-1807 Botanical name: Alternanthera sessilis(syn. A. triandra, A. denticulata, A. repens, A. achyranthoides; Achyranthes sessilis, A. triandra, A. villosa; there are many other…
Cassia tora, Jue Ming Zi 决明子 Cassia seed, Foetid Cassia seedJue Ming Zi (TCM)Chakramarda (Ayurveda)Thal ka rdo rje ཐལ་ཀ་རྡོ་རྗེ (Tibetan) Cassia toraBlanco, M., Flora de Filipinas, 1875 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Cassia tora; also used are C. obtusifolia, C. occidentalis, C. sophera Parts used: Seed Temperature & Taste: Cool, moist….
Rtsa dkar bsam phel brgyad pa རྩ་དཀར་བསམ་ཕེལ་བརྒྱད་པ་Pills of Mother of Pearl Or, Wish-fulfilling 8 Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: Herb Name Nya phyis (Mother of Pearl) **Shing Mngar (Licorice)Dza ti (Nutmeg)Cu gang (Tabasheer) Gur gum (Safflower)Sug smel (Cardamon)Ka ko la (Greater Cardamon)Li Shi (Clove) Latin Mater MargaritaGlycyrrhiza glabraMyristica fragransBambusa textilesCarthamus tinctoriusElettaria cardamomumAmomum subulatumEugenia caryophyllus Amount…
Kanchanara GugguluBauhinia and Bdellium Pills Tradition: Ayurveda Source / Author: Sarngadhara Samhita Herb Name Kanchanara (Bauhinia) stem barkHaritaki (Chebula)Bibhitaki (Belleric Myrobalan)Amalaki (Emblic Myrobalan)Shunthi (Ginger)Marica (Black Pepper)Pippali (Long Pepper)Varuna (Crataeva) Ela (Cardamon)Tvak (Cinnamon)Tejapatra (Cinnamon leaf)Guggulu (Bdellium) purified Latin Bauhinia variegata Terminalia chebulaTerminalia bellericaPhyllanthus emblicaZingiber officinalis Piper nigrumPiper longumCrataeva nurvalaElettaria cardamomumCinnamomum zeylanicum _Cinnamomum tamalaCommiphora wightii Amount 480…
Santonicum, Wormseed Semen Sanctum, Semen Cinae, Semen Cynae, Semen Contra Vermes, Semen Lumbricorum Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Waldstein, F. de Paula Adam von, Kitaibel, P., Descriptiones et icones plantarum rariorum Hungariae (1799-1802) Botanical name: Artemisia santonicum Parts used: SeedTraditionally, three types supplied the market: 1. Aleppo; 2. East Indian; 3. Barberry Temperature…
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