Shi Zao Tang 十枣汤Ten Jujubes Decoction Tradition: TCM Source / Author: Discussion of Cold Induced Disorders (Shang Han Lun) C.220 Herb Name Yuan Hua (Daphne flower)Gan Sui (Euphorbia)Da Ji (Euphorbia) Latin Daphne genkwaEuphorbia kansuiEuphorbia pekinensis Amount equal parts Preparation: Powder equal amounts of each herb separately, then mix.Decoct 10 Jujubes (Da Zao) in 300 mls…
Armeniaca, Apricot, Xing Ren 杏仁 Malus Armenius (‘Apple of Armenia’)Xing Ren (Apricot kernel, TCM) Kreutterbuch, Matthiolus, 1586 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Prunus armeniacaOther species used in TCM include: 1. P. sibirica 2. P. manshurica 3. P. armeniaca L. var ansu Parts used: Kernel; Oil; rarely the Fruit or FlowerSweet…
Powder of Sesame and Chebula Tradition: Ayurveda Source / Author: Herb Name Sesame seed Chebulic Myrobalan Latin Sesamum indicumTerminalia chebula Amount 2 parts1 part Preparation: Powder. It can be made into a confection with Honey and Ghee Function: Moistens, nourishes Yin, settles Wind Use: 1. Tonic for Wind constitutions2. Settles Wind generated by dryness or Yin…
Mu tig nyer lnga མུ་ཏིག་ཉེར་ལྔ།Rin Chen Mutik 25Er Shi Wu Wei Zhen Zhu Wan (TCM)Pearl 25 Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: Drungtso, Product Information Herb Name Mu tig (Pearl)Cu gang (Tabasheer)Kha che gur gum (Saffron) *Li shi (Clove)Sug smel (Cardamon)Dza ti (Nutmeg) Ka ko la (Amomum)Gi wan (Bezoar)Tsan dkar (White Sandal)Tsan dmar (Red Sandal)Ar ga…
The Treatment of Melancholy from Praxis Medicinae Theorica et Empirica, 1585 This text is interesting as it deals with the treatment of disease, but the whole text is set out in Table form. Each disease lists Preparers, Purges (where applicable) and Strengtheners (tonic medicines) used in the treatment of the disease. In some cases, other…
Euphorbia helioscopiae, Ze Qi 择期 Sun Spurge, Wart-wortZe Qi (TCM) Willkomm, Illustrationes florae Hispaniae insularumque Balearium (1881-1885) Euphorbia helioscopiaKorsmo, Unkrauttaflen – Weed plates – Planches desmauvaises herbes – Ugressplansjer (1934-1938) Botanical name: Euphorbia helioscopia Parts used: Herb Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Pungent, Bitter, Slightly Toxic Classification: P. Clears Hot Phlegm Uses: 1. Clears Phlegm,…
Sarracenia, Pitcher Plant Indian Cup, Small-Pox Plant, Saddle plant, Side-Saddle plantHuang Ping Zi Cao (S. flava, Yellow Pitcherplant) Sarracenia spp.Medicinal Plants, Millspaugh, 1892 Sarracenia purpurea(Photo by incidencematrix) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Sarracenia spp. S. purpurea (most commonly used species) S. flava S. variolatus Some claimed the only active species was S. pururea (Morris), while others suggested…
Shing kun nyer lnga ཤིང་ཀུན་ཉེར་ལྔ་Asafetida 25 Tradition: Tibetan Medicine Source / Author: Men Tsee Kang Herb Name Shing kun (Asafetida)Gar nag (Burnt Pig stool)Brong khrag (Yak heart) **Li shi (Clove) Dza ti (Nutmeg)Shing tsha (Cinnamon)Sga skya (Galangal)Pi pi ling (Long Pepper)Pho ba ris (Black Pepper)Spos dkar (Frankincense)Gul nag (Myrrh)Rgya tshos (Lacca)Shu dug (Calamus)Se bru (Pomegranate)Sgog…
Blatta, Cockroach Oriental Cockroach, Water Bug, Black BeetleZhang Lang (TCM)Bse spur (Tibet)Banat wardan (Unani) Oriental Cockroach (Blatta orientalis)Manual of Organic Materica Medica, Sayre, 1879 American Cockroach (Periplaneta americana)(Principal Household Insects of theUnited States, Howard, 1896) Entomological name: Blatta orientalis (syn. Periplaneta orientalis, Stylopyga orientalis)The American Cockroach, Periplaneta americana, appears to have been used similarly in…
Regimen Sanitatis Salernitanum The Regimen of Health from the School of Salerno Part 4. HUMORS Text FOUR humors reign within our bodiesAnd these compared to four Elements,The Sanguine, Choler, Phlegm, and Melancholy,The latter two are heavy, dull of sense,Th’ other two are more Jovial, quick and Jolly,And may be likened thus without offense,Like air both…
Cyanus, Blue-bottle or Cornflower New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Herbarium Blackwellianum, 1750 Botanical name: Centaurea cyanus (syn. Cyanus major, Cyanus cyanus)Great, Common, Double, Small-leaved, Mountain and Creeping types were used. Parts used: Flower Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Bitter Classifications: Astringent, Opthalmic, Cardiac, Alterative, Alexipharmic Uses: 1. Clears Wind-Heat, Resists Poison:-Fevers-given for venom…
Avena, Oats Ortus sanitatis, Cube, Johann von, 1501 Dioscorides Materia Medica, Ruellio, 1549 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Botanical name: Avena sativa Parts used: Seeds (grain); Straw Temperature & Taste: Neutral, dry. Sweet Uses: OATS1. Calms the Mind, Calms Wind, Moves the Qi:-Extract or tincture is used as a nerve and uterine tonic;-Melancholy and Depression-Menopausal neurasthenia.-general debility…
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