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Chai Hu Shu Gan San

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Chai Hu Shu Gan San 柴胡疏肝散Bupleurum Powder to Spread the Liver Tradition: TCM Source / Author: Collected Treatises of Jing-Yue Herb Name Chen Pi (Tangerine peel)Chai Hu (Thoroughwax root) Chuan Xiong (Sichuan lovage) Zhi Ke (Bitter Orange)Bai Shao (White Peony) Zhi Gan Cao (Fried Licorice) Xiang Fu (Cyperus) Latin Citrus tangerinaBupleurum chinenseLigusticum chuanxiongCitrus aurantium Paeonia…

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Pyritum, Zi Ran Tong 自然铜

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Pyritum, Iron Pyrite, Zi Ran Tong 自然铜 Pyrite; Vulcan’s Stone: Lapis luminaris: Hephaestites: Lapis aerarius: ‘Fire Stone’:Zi Ran Tong (TCM)Vimala Makshik (Ayurveda)Pha Bang Long Bu ཕ་བང་ལོང་བུ་ (Tibetan Medicine)Marqashitha (Unani, from which our ‘Marcasite’ comes) Hortus sanitatis, 1491 Conradi Gesneri de Rerum Fossilium Lapidum et Gemmarum, 1565 Metallotheca Vaticana, Mercati, 1719 Photo: Rob Lavinsky iRocks.com Mineralogical…

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Letificans Electuary of Filius Zacharia

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Letificans Electuary of Filius Zacharia Tradition: Western Source / Author: Filius Zacharia (De morbis internis curandis, Mesue, 1551) Herb Name RoseCyperusCloveMasticAloeswoodIndian SpikenardAsarabaccaCinnamonSaffron BalmClove Basil seedPearlIndian leafMaceCardamonGreater CardamonNutmegCitron peelGallia MoschataZedoaryDoronicumBasil seedMusk Latin Rosa gallicaCyperus rotundusEugenia caryophyllusPistacia lentiscusAquillaria agallochaNardostachys jatamansiAsarum europeumCinnamonum zeylanicumCrocus sativusMelissa officinalisOcinum gratissimumMargaritaCinnamonum tamalaMyristica fragransElettaria cardamomum Amomum subulatum Myristica fragransCitrus medicaGallia Moschata Curcuma zedoaria Doronicum…

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Peptic Powder

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Pulvis PepticusPeptic Powder Tradition: Western Source / Author: 1. A version from Lazarus Riverius: Herb Name Coriander seed, preparedFennel seedAniseedCinnamon CloveSugar Latin Coriandrum sativum Foeniculum vulgare Pimpinella anisum Cinnamonum zeylanicum Eugenia caryophyllus Saccharum Amount 1⁄2 ounce 2 drams ea. 1⁄2 dram ea.18 drams 2. A more compound version from Pharmacopeia Extemporanea (Fuller, 1710): Herb Name…

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Raphani hortensis et sylvestris, Radish and Horseradish FREE

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Raphani hortensis et sylvestris, Radish, Garden & Horse-radish Radish:–Turb (Unani)Radish Seed–Lai Fu Zi 莱菔子 (TCM)–Tukhm e Turb (Unani) Gart der Gesundheit, Cuba, 1485 New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 HorseradishCochlearia armoraciaFlora von Deutschland (14), Kohler, 1883 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Raphanus sativa: Garden RadishCochlearia armoracia: Wild or Horseradish Parts used: Seed of…

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Magnolia Flos, Xin Yi FREE

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Magnolia Flos, Xin Yi 辛夷 Magnolia FlowerXin Yi (TCM) Magnolia denudataKerner, J.S., Hortus sempervirens (1795-1830) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Magnolia spp.  1. M. biondii  2. M. denudata  3. M. sprengeri Parts used: Flower bud Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent Classification: A. Clear Exterior Wind-Cold Uses: 1. Clears Wind, Opens…

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Lethariella, Hong Xue Cha PRO

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Lethariella, Hong Xue Cha 红雪茶 Red Snow TeaHong Xue Cha, Jin Si Shua (TCM)Gser skud  གསེར་སྐུད  (Tibetan) Lethariella cladonioides (Adam, 2016) Botanical name: Lethariella cladonioidesSynonyms: L. cashmeriana, L. sernanderi, Chlorea cladonioide, Usnea cladonioides Parts used: whole herb (Lichen) Temperature & Taste: Cool, moist. Bitter Uses: 1. Nourishes Heart and Blood, Calm the Spirit, Settles Wind;-nervousness,…

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Electuary of Coltsfoot Magisterial

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Electuarium de Farfara MagistraleElectuary of Coltsfoot Magisterial Tradition: Western Source / Author: Luminare Majus 1551 Herb Name Coltsfoot rootsPine nutsRaisinsCinnamonMace SaffronCloveLicorice juice Latin Tussilago farfaraNux PineaVitis vinifera Cinnamonum zeylanicum Myristica fragrans Crocus sativus Eugenia caryophyllus Succus Glycyrrhiza Amount 6 oz.1 1⁄2 oz. 2 oz. 1 scruple ea. 1⁄2 scruple ea. 15 grains Preparation: Decoct the…

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Scindapsus, Gajakrishna PRO

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Scindapsus, Gajakrishna Gajakrishna, Gajapippali (Ayurveda)Anaitippili (Siddha) Scindapsus officinalisR. Wight, , Icones Plantarum Indiae Orientalis, (1846) Botanical name: Scindapsus officinalis Parts used: Fruits Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent, Sweet Uses: 1. Clears Phlegm, Stops Cough and Wheezing:-Chronic Cough, Bronchitis, Asthma with excess Phlegm (Ayurveda, Unani)-acute throat diseases 2. Clears Wind-Cold, Promotes Sweat:-Fever, acute diseases-promotes sweat…

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Gomphrena, Qian Ri Hong PRO

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Gomphrena, Qian Ri Hong 千日红 Globe AmaranthQian Ri Hong (TCM)Amlana (Ayurveda) Gomphrena globosa Descourtilz, M.E., Flore [pittoresque et] médicale des Antilles (1821-1829) Gomphrena globosa (Photo by Carl Lewis) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Gomphrena globosa Parts used: Flowering tops or Whole Herb Temperature & Taste: Neutral. Sweet, slightly Salty Uses: 1. Stops Cough and Wheezing: -Cough, Whooping…

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