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Powder to Purge Bile (Mesue)

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Powder to Purge Bile Tradition: Western, Unani Source / Author: Mesue Herb Name RhubarbYellow MyrobalanAloes washedCinnamonCamphorRed RoseRed SandalwoodYellow Sandalwood Latin Rheum palmatumTerminalia chebula (yellow) Aloe spp.Cinnamonum zeylanicumCamphoraRosa gallicaPterocarpus santalinusSantalum citrinum Amount 4 drams ea.6 drams 1 scruple ea. Preparation: Powder Function: Purges Bile Use: Used for Bile and Liver Heat disorders. Dose: 1 dram taken…

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Powder for Pica

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Powder for Pica Tradition: Unani Source / Author: Pharmacopoeia Persica, 1681 Herb Name MasticAloeswoodCumin Latin Pistacia lentiscus Aquillaria agallocha Cuminum cyminum Amount 1 dram1⁄2 dram 1⁄2 scruple Preparation: Powder Function: Benefits the Stomach, Promotes Appetite Use: Pica; Poor Appetite of Pregnancy Dose: 1 scruple Cautions: None noted Modifications: Back To POWDERSBack to FORMULASHow to Modify…

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Bezoar, Niu Huang, 牛黄

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Bezoar, Niu Huang 牛黄 Niu Huang (TCM)Gi Wam གི་ཝང༌  (Tibetan)Fad Zahar Madani, Hajr us Sam (Unani) Bezoar is a stone from the stomach of a quadraped. Classically, it was from the ‘Bezoar-Goat’, Capra aegagrus and related species. In the West, it was differentiated into Oriental (Eastern) and Occidental (Western) varieties, the former being regarded as…

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Birth Powder

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Pulvis OxytociusBirth Powder Tradition: Western Source / Author: Herb Name SaffronCassia WoodMyrrhWhite AmberBorax Latin Crocus sativusCinnamonum cassiaCommiphora mukulSuccinum albumSodium tetraborate Amount 2 drams each1 dram Preparation: Powder Function: Moves the Blood, promotes Labor, relieves Pain Use: Promotes and Increases Labor. Evidently, it was used to induce Labor when due or overdue, but was most commonly…

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A Western Astragalus similar to Huang Qi

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A Western Astragalus variety similar tothe Chinese Astragalus Huang Qi Astragalus exscapusMedical Botany, Woodville, Vol III, 1810 Astragalus Huang Qi is an important tonic medicine in TCM. It is derived primarily from A. membranaceus and A. membranaceus var. mongholicus, although there are a number of local species used including A. ernestii, A. monadelphus, A. floridus,…

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Powder for Hernia (Pharmacopoeia Extemporanea)

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Powder for Hernia Tradition: Powder Source / Author: Pharmacopoeia Extemporanea, Thomas Fuller, London, 1710 Herb Name Soloman’s SealComfrey rootAniseed Latin Polygonatum officinaleSymphytum officinale Pimpinella anisum Amount 1 dram each Preparation: Powder Function: Astringes, promotes Healing Use: 1. used specifically for Hernia: it can be used for Hiatus Hernia, Inguinal Hernia2. Hematoma3. Varicose Veins4. Hemorrhoids. Dose: For…

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Lonicera Flos, Honeysuckle flower, Jin Yin Hua PRO

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Lonicera Flos, Honeysuckle flower, Jin Yin Hua 金银花 Honeysuckle flowerJin Yin Hua (TCM) Lonicera japonica Botanical Register, 1815 Kerner, Hortus Sempervirens, vol. 60: 1825 Botanical name: Lonicera spp.Four main species supply the Chinese market: L. japonica L. hypoglauca L. confusa (syn. L. dasystyla) L. fulvotomentosa Lonicera periclymenum is the European Honeysuckle which has been used…

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Arabian Pills (Nicholas)

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Pilulae ArabicaeArabian Pills Tradition: Western, Unani Source / Author: Nicholas Myrepsus Herb Name AloeWhite BryonyChebulic MyrobalanBelleric MyrobalanEmblic MyrobalanBlack Myrobalan Yellow Myrobalan Scammony preparedAsarabaccaRoseMastic CastoreumSaffron Latin Aloe spp.Bryonia dioicaTerminalia chebulaTerminalia bellericaEmblica officinalisTerminalia chebula (black) Terminalia chebula (yellow) Convovulus scammoniaAsarum europeumRosa gallicaPistacia lentiscusCastoreum Crocus sativus Amount 4 oz. 1 oz. each3 drams1 dram Preparation: Powder and with…

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Frog Oviduct, Ha Ma You

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Frog Oviduct, Ha Ma You 蛤蟆油 Forest Frog OviductHa Ma You (TCM) Rana dybowskii(Photo by Pierre Fidenci) (Wikimedia) The worm-like organ marked “Od” represents the Oviduct of the Frog(The annals and magazine of natural history, 1838) Botanical name: Rana dybowskii (Official)Other species are also used including R. chinensis and R. temporaria Parts used: Dried Oviduct,…

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Yang Yin Qing Fei Tang

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Yang Yin Qing Fei Tang 养阴清肺汤 Nourish Yin and Clear the Lungs Decoction Tradition: TCM Source / Author: Jade Key to Many Towers (Chong Lou Yu Yao) Herb Name Sheng Di Huang (Rehmannia)Xuan Shen (Figwort)Mai Men Dong (Ophiopogon)Bai Shao (Peony) friedMu Dan Pi (Tree Peony root bark)Chuan Bei Mu (Fritillaria)Bo He (Mint)Gan Cao (Licorice) Latin…

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Sang Piao Xiao San

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Sang Piao Xiao San 桑螵蛸散Praying Mantis Egg-Case Powder Tradition: TCM Source / Author: Extension of the Materia Medica, 1116 Herb Name Sang Piao Xiao (Mantis Egg) Long Gu (Fossil bones)Gui Ban (Tortoise plastron)Fu Shen (Poria sclerotium)Yuan Zhi (Polygala) Ren Shen (Ginseng)Dang Gui (Chinese angelica)Shi Chang Pu (Acorus) Latin Mantidis ootheca Fossila Ossis Chinemys reevesii Poria…

Apoplexy & CVA

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Apoplexy & CVA Apoplexy is the unconsciousness or paralysis associated with CVA (Cerebo-vascular Accident), or Stroke. A vessel in the brain ruptures causing bleeding. This deprives that part of the brain of Blood and oxygen, causing a loss of function of the parts associated. Some may experience Hemiplegia (paralysis of half the body), or paralysis…

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