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Kochia, Di Fu Zi PRO

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Kochia, Di Fu Zi 地肤子 Broom CypressDi Fu Zi (TCM) Kochia scopariaCurtis’s Botanical Magazine, vol. 145 (1919) Kochia scoparia(Photo by Matt Lavin) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Kochia scoparia (syn. Bassia scoparia) Parts used: Fruit Temperature & Taste: Cold, dry. Bitter, Sweet Classification: C. Clear Damp, Promote Urine Uses: 1. Clears Damp-Heat, Promotes Urine:-urinary obstruction, difficult or…

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Warming Powder of Gems (Mesue)

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Species de Gemmis CalidiiWarming Powder of Gems Tradition: Western, Unani Source / Author: Mesue Herb Name Troches DiarrhodonTroches of AloeswoodPearlZedoary DoronicumCitron peelMaceBasil seedSapphireJacinthSardonyxGarnet EmeraldCinnamonGalangalRed BehenWhite BehenClove GingerLong PepperIndian SpikenardIndian leafSaffronCardamonAmberRed CoralIvoryGold leafSilver leafMusk Latin a compounda compoundMargaritaCurcuma zedoariaDoronicum hookeriCitrus medicaMyristica fragransOcinum basilicumSapphirusHyacinthusSardinusGranatumSmaragdusCinnamonum zeylanicumAlpina officinarumSalvia hemotodesCentaurea behenEugenia caryophyllusZingiber officinalisPiper longumNardostachys jatamansiCinnamonum tamalaCrocus sativusElettaria cardamomumSuccinumCorallum rubrumEborisAurumArgentumMoschus Amount…

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Huang Qi Gui Zhi Wu Wu Tang

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Huang Qi Gui Zhi Wu Wu Tang  黄芪桂枝五物汤Astragalus and Cinnamon twig Five Decoction Tradition: TCM Source / Author: Essentials from the Golden Cabinet (c. 220) Herb Name Huang Qi (Astragalus)Gui Zhi (Cinnamon twig)Bai Shao (White Peony) Sheng Jiang (fresh Ginger)Da Zao (Jujube fruit) Latin Astragalus membranaceusCinnamomum cassiaPaeonia lactifloraZingiber officinaleZiziphus jujuba Amount 12–30 grams6–12 grams9–15 grams12–18…

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Cancer Powder

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Cancer Powder Tradition: Western Source / Author: Antonius Montagnana Herb Name Gold leafSilver leafBezoarPowder of Crabs Latin Aurum Argentum Bezoar Cancer Amount 1⁄2 oz. ea. 1 oz.1 1⁄2 oz. Preparation: Powder Function: Clears Heat and Toxin, opens Obstructions, resolves Tumors Use: 1. Cancer2. Obstinate Tumors Dose: 1 scruple up to 2 scruples, twice daily. It…

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Clematis, Dbyi mong PRO

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Clematis, Dbyi mong དབྱི་མོང༌ Dbyi mong  དབྱི་མོང༌ (Clematis spp)Dbyi mong khra po དབྱི་མོང་ཁྲ་པོ  (C. montana) (Tibet)Dbyi mong nag po  དབྱི་མོང་ནག་པོ  (C. tibetana) (Tibet)Dbyi mong dkar po  དབྱི་མོང་དཀར་པོ  (C. rehderianum) (Tibet)Dby mong ser po དབྱི་མོང་སེར་པོ (C. orientalis var. intricata) (Tibet)Chuan Mu Tong (C. montana) (TCM)Gan Qing Tie Xian Lian (C. tangutica) (TCM)Xi Zang Tie Xian Lian (C. tibetana)…

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Pinellia, Ban Xia FREE

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Pinellia, Ban Xia 半夏 Prepared Pinellia, Zhi Ban Xia 制半夏 Ban Xia (TCM) Pinellia ternataBlume, Rumphia, 1835 Left: Lime-prepared Pinellia   Right: Ginger-prepared Pinellia (Jiang Ban Xia) (Adam, 2017) Prepared Pinellia Fa Ban Xia as commonly used in the West (Adam, 2017) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Pinellia ternata Parts used:…

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Inula japonica, Xuan Fu Hua FREE

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Inula japonica, Xuan Fu Hua 旋覆花 Xuan Fu Hua (TCM) Inula britannicaBarrellier, J., Plantae per Galliam, Hispaniam et Italiam observatae (?) Inula britannica(Photo by Repina Tatyana) (Wikimedia) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Inula spp. I. japonica I. britannica (Ou Ya Xuan Fu Hua) I. hupehensis (Hu Bei Xuan Fu Hua), used…

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Mercurialis, PotMercury

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Mercurialis, Mercury Annual, Garden, or French Mercury Kurtzes Handtbuchlein, Ryff, 1599 Flora von Deutschland (2), Kohler, 1842 Botanical name: Mercurialis annua, M. perennisA number of different Mercury species have been used.The Chinese have used M. leiocarpa (Tou Ku Cao) but it is not commonly used. Parts used: Herb in flower. Some (such as Leclerc) said…

Pulsatilla, Pasque flower, Bai Tou Weng

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Pulsatilla, Pasque flower, Bai Tou Weng 白头翁 Anemone, Wood Anemone, Windflower, Herb VentiiShaqiq, Shaqaq-un-Noman (Unani)Chinese Pulsatilla is Bai Tou Weng Herbarum Vivae Eicones, Otto Brunfels, 1530 AnemoneKreutterbuch, Matthiolus, 1586 A. pratensisMedical Botany, Woodville, Vol III, 1810 Anemone patens(Photo by GalinaGouz) (Wkimedia) Botanical name: Three varieties of Anemone were listed in the Pharmacopoeias:  i. Meadow Anemone:…

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Electuary for Stones (Azaricon)

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Electuary for Stones Tradition: Western Source / Author: Azaricon (Omnia Quae extant in Latinum Sermonem Conversa, 1556) Herb Name MaidenhairScorpion ashesGentianGlass burntJew’s StoneCucumber seedPumpkin seedAniseed Orris Latin Adiantum capillus-venerisScorpion ustaGentiana luteaVitri adusti Lapis JudaicusCucumis sativusCucurbita pepoPimpinella anisumIris germanica Amount equal parts Preparation: Powder and with a decoction of Camomile or Meliot and Honey, form an…

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Troches of Ten Things

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Troches of Ten Things Tradition: Western Source / Author: Pharmacopeia Universal, Lemery, 1749 Herb Name AniseedAgrimony juiceAloesIndian leafAsarumWormwoodMacedonian ParsleySpikenardBitter AlmondMastic Latin Pimpinella anisumAgrimonia eupatoriaAloe spp.Cinnamonum tamalaAsarum europeumArtemisia absinthumPetroselinum macedonicumNardostachys jatamansiPrunus amygdalus amaraPistacia lentiscus Amount 1⁄2 oz. ea.2 drams 1 dram ea. Preparation: Powder, and with Wormwood juice, form Troches Function: Opens Obstructions Use: 1. Used…

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Aframomum, Grains of Paradise

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Aframomum, Grains of Paradise Guinea grains, Melegueta Pepper, African Pepper, Alligator PepperHeel Habshi (Unani) Zorn, J., Oskamp, D.L., Vervolg op de Afbeeldingen der artseny-gewassen met derzelver Nederduitsche en Latynsche beschryvingen (1813) Grains of Paradise(Photo by Shaddiii) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Aframomum melegueta (syn. Amomum melegueta, Amomum grana paradisi)Aframomum korarima (known as “Flase Cardamon”) is also said…

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