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An Shen Zhen Jing Er Shi Pian

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An Shen Zhen Jing Er Shi Pian  安神镇惊二十味丸Calm the Shocked Mind 20 Pills Tradition: Mongolian Source / Author: Herb Name Chen Xiang (Aloeswood)Rou Dou Kou (Nutmeg)Qing Pi (Green Orange peel)Guang Zao (Choerospondias)Mu Xiang (Costus)Shi Gao (Gypsum)Chong Lou (Paris root)Bo Leng Gua Zi (Herpetospermum) *Xuan Fu Hua (Inula flower)Tan Xiang (Sandalwood)Bai Yun Xiang (Melicope)Zhi Cao Wu…

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Triphala Electuary of Bdellium (Triphala Guggulu, Itrifal Muqil)

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Triphala Guggulu (Ayurevda)Itrifal Muqil (Unani) Triphala Electuary of Bdellium Tradition: Ayurveda, Unani, Western Source / Author: Ayurveda (Sarngadhara Samhita) The first version is from Ayurveda: Herb Name Amla (Emblic Myrobalan)Haritaki (Chebulic Myrobalan)Vibjitaki (Belleric Myrobalan)Pippali (Long Pepper)Guggulu (Bdellium) Latin Emblica officinalis Terminalia chebulaTerminalia belericaPiper longumCommiphora mukul Amount 1 part ea.5 parts A modern Unani version: Herb…

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Artemisia santolinifolia, Phur nag PRO

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Artemisia santolinifolia, Phur nag ཕུར་ནག Phur nag (Tibetan) Artemisia sacrorum (Russian Wormwood)J.G. Gmelin, Flora sibirica, vol. 2 (1749) Botanical name: Artemisia spp.Several species have been identified as supplying Phur nag: A. santolinifolia (syn. A. sacrorum var. minor) A. gmelinii (North-West Tibet) A. vestita (West Himalayas) A. sacrorum–Russian Wormwood (West Tibet) This is one of three…

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Dactylorhiza, Finger root PRO

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Dactylorhiza, Finger root Marsh Orchid, Spotted OrchidSalam Panja, Munjataka (Ayurveda)Dbang lag  དབང་ལག  (Tibetan)Hong Men Lan (China) A species of Dactylorhiza, listed as ‘Female Orchid’ and used as Salep.Herbarum Vivae Eicones, Otto Brunfels, 1530 Wild Finger root (Dactylorhiza hatagirea)(Photo by Manas Badge) Finger root, Chengdu Herbal Medicine Market (Adam, 2016) Botanical name: Dactylorhiza spp. D. hatagirea…

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Crataegus, Hawthorn, Shan Zha PRO

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Crataegus, Hawthorn, Shan Zha 山楂 Oxyacantha, White ThornShan Zha (TCM) Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 C. oxyacanthaFlora von Deutschland (25), Kohler, 1886 C. monogynaFlora von Deutschland (25), Kohler, 1886 Chinese Hawthorn fruit slices (Adam, 2017) Botanical name: Crataegus spp.In Europe: C. laevigata (formerly C. oxyacantha); Branched Hawthorn C. monogyna; Single Hawthorn C. pentagyna; Five-headaed Hawthorn…

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Pills for Migraine (2) (Galen)

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Pills for Migraine (2) Tradition: Western Source / Author: Galen Herb Name Bay berry and leafBryony rootMasticAloe Latin Laurus nobilisBryonia dioicaPistacia lentiscusAloe spp. Amount 1 dram each2 drams Preparation: Powder, and with Cabbage juice form pills Function: Purges the Head, stops Wind, eases Pain Use: 1. Migraine2. Headache Dose:1–2 scruple Cautions: None noted Modifications: There…

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Zhi Bai Di Huang Wan

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Zhi Bai Di Huang Wan 知柏地黄丸 Rehmannia Six with Anemorrhena and Phellodendron Tradition: TCM Source / Author: Investigation of Medical Formulas, 1584 Herb Name Sheng Di Huang (Rehmannia)Shan Zhu Yu (Cornus fruit)Shan Yao (Chinese yam)Fu Ling (Poria) Mu Dan Pi (Tree peony root)Ze Xie (Water Plantain root) Huang Bai (Amur cork-tree bark)Zhi Mu (Anemarrhena) Latin…

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Nardostachys, Indian Spikenard FREE

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Nardostachys, Indian Spikenard Nardi IndicaJatamansi, Mansi (Ayurveda)Sumbul-e-Hindi, Sambul-ut-Teeb, Balchhar (Unani)Gan Song 甘松 (TCM) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Krauterbuch, Danz & Uffenbach, 1610 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Nardostachys jatamansi‘there is a false Spikenard of Narbo, and a mountain Spikenard like Valerian’. (Schroder) Parts used: Root Temperature & Taste:…

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Confection of Astoron

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Confection of Astoron Tradition: Western Source / Author: Astoron (Omnia Quae extant in Latinum Sermonem Conversa, 1556) Herb Name CinnamonIndian SpikenardAloeswoodMasticAniseedAcorusClove Latin Cinnamonum zeylanicum Nardostachys jatamansiAquillaria agallochaPistacia lentiscusPimpinella anisum Iris pseudoacorusEugenia caryophyllus Amount 1 dram2 drams1 1⁄2 drams1 dram2 drams 1⁄2 dram ea. Preparation: Powder and form an Electuary with Honey Function: Opens the Veins,…

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Gentiana tibetica, Kyi lce PRO

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Gentiana tibetica, Kyi lce ཀྱི་ལྕེ Kyi lce  ཀྱི་ལྕེ  Trayamana (Ayurveda)Xi Zang Qin Jiao  西藏秦艽 (G. tibetica) (TCM)Tian Shan Qin Jiao  天山秦艽 (G. tianschanica) (TCM) Genitana tibeticaCurtis’s Botanical Magazine (1897) Gentian Flower for sale at the Chengdu Medicine Market (Adam, 2018) Botanical name: Gentiana spp.Several varieties of the plant are used: Kyi lce dkar po  ཀྱི་ལྕེ་དཀར་པོ …

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Powder to Clarify the Eyes (Nicholas)

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Pulvis Oculorum Claritatem Powder to Clarify the Eyes Tradition: Western Source / Author: Nicolas (Nicolai Magni, De Medicis Pulveribus, 1545) Herb Name MasticEyebrightSugar Latin Pistacia lentiscus Euphrasia officinalis Saccharum Amount 1 dram ea.2 drams Preparation: Powder the Mastic and Eyebright, then mix with the Sugar Function: Benefits the Sight, strengthens the Eyes Use: 1. Poor…

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Incarvillea, Ug chos PRO

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Incarvillea, Ug chos ཨུག་ཆོས Ug chos (Tibetan) Incarvillea compactaGartenflora [E. von Regel] (1882) Incarvillea younghusbandii(Photo by Chao Shi [Chao7]) (Inaturalist) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Incarvillea spp.There are 3 types of Incarvillea used: White variety: Ug chos dkar po  ཨུག་ཆོས་དཀར་པོ : Incarvillea compacta Red variety: Ug chos dmar po   ཨུག་ཆོས་དམར་པོ : Incarvillea younghusbandii Yellow variety: Ug…

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