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Blood Medicine 7 (khrag sman bdun pa)

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Khrag sman bdun pa  ཁྲག་ སྨན་ བདུན་པ་Blood Medicine 7 Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: Herb Name Bri mog (Onosma)Cong zhi tskha btul (Calcite)Skyu ru (Emblic Myrobalan)Ma nu (Inula)Ru rta (Costus)Shing mngar (Licorice)Ba sha ka (Adhatoda) Latin Onosma echioldesCalcium carbonateEmblica officinalisInula racemosaSaussurea lappaGlycyrrhiza glabraAdhatoda vasica Amount 200 grams150 grams170 grams120 grams80 grams70 grams100 grams Preparation: Powder…

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Cistanche, Broomrape, Rou Cong Rong PRO

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Cistanche, Broomrape, Rou Cong Rong 肉苁蓉 Rou Cong Rong (TCM) von Ledebour, Icones plantarum novarum, vol. 4: 1833 Large wild Rou Cong Rong for sale in Chengdu (Adam, 2016) Bunches of Wild Cistanche at the Chengdu Medicine Market (left), and the Urumqi Medicine Market (right), Xinjiang, China (Adam, 2017) Cistanche tubulosa(Photo by Nikola, cropped) (Wikimedia)…

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Powder Against Miscarriage (Unani)

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Sufuf Muhafiz Janeen Powder Against Miscarriage Tradition: Unani Source / Author: Herb Name Ood Hindi (Aloeswood)Dandan (Ivory)Sandal Safaid (White Sandalwood)Marjun (Red Coral)Tabasheer (Tabasheer)Anjabar (Bistort)Tukhm e Khurfa (Purslane seed)Darunaj aqrabi (Doronicum root)Kishneez (Dried Coriander)Bura Armani (Armenian Earth)Mastagi (Mastic)Cowdi Kushta (Cowrie shell ashed)Shakar Safaid (White Sugar) Latin Aquillaria agallochaEborusSantalum albumCorallum rubrumBambusae silicaePolygonum bistortaPortulaceae oleraceaDoronicum hookeriCoriandrum sativumTerra ArmeniusPistacia…

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Pontic Rhubarb or Rhaponticum

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Rhei Pontici Rapontici, Pontic Rhubarb or Rhaponticum English Rhubarb Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Herbarium Blackwellianum, 1757 The Root, from Gerards Herbal, 1636 Botanical name: Rheum rhaponticum Parts used: Root Temperature & Taste: Cool (some said Neutral), dry. Sweet, Pungent, Bitter Uses: 1. Clears Heat and Poison, Purges:-Purges Choler (Bile), Phlegm…

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Bursa pastoris, Shepherds Purse PRO

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Bursa pastoris, Shepherd’s Purse Ji Cai  荠菜 (TCM)Sog ka pa  སོག་ཀ་པ  (Tibetan) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Masclef, Atlas des plantes de France, (?) Botanical name: Capsella bursa-pastoris Parts used: Herb Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Mildly Sweet and Bitterdries, binds, astringes Classification: 2P. HEMOSTATIC Uses: 1. Cools the Blood, Stops Bleeding and…

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Kermes

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Kermes Kermes, Chermes; Kermes Grains; Alhermes; Dying Grains; Grana Tinctorum; Coccum Baphica; Coccus infectorium; Coccus of the Oak Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Illex cocciferaDioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Coccus illicis on Holm Oak(Photo by Bernard DUPONT) (Wikimedia) Entomological name: Insect of Coccus illicis (syn. Kermes illicis) on Illex coccifera Parts used: Insect…

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Sardonyx

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Sardonyx Sardonyx (Photo by Arpingstone) (Wikimedia) Minerological name: Chalcedony type Parts used: Sardonyx as we know it today is red and white banded Agate. However, the term traditionally included a number of other Chalcedony varieties: Pellucid, with the redness or Sard (Cornelian) and the whiteness of Onyx; this is most valuable–true Sardonyx (Salmon) Blood-red, White…

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Powder Against Abortion (France)

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Pulvis contra Abortum Powder Against Abortion Tradition: Western Source / Author: Royal Pharmacopoeia of France, Charras, 1678 Herb Name PearlNarwhal (‘Unicorn’) hornIvory shavingsWhite AmberRed CoralMasticPlantain seedKermesRed SandalwoodSealed EarthTormentilMaceCloveGold leaves Latin MargaritaMonodonEborisSuccinumCorallum rubrumPistacia lentiscusPlantago majusCoccus illicisPterocarpus santalinusTerra SigillataPotentilla tormentillaMyristica fragransEugenia caryophyllusAurum Amount 1⁄2 oz. ea.1 dram1 scruple6 Preparation: Powder Function: Clears Heat, Astringes, Strengthens Use: 1….

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Amomum krervanh, Bai Dou Kou

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Amomum krervanh, Bai Dou Kou 白豆蔻 Round Cardamon, Cluster Cardamon, Java CardamonBai Dou Kou (TCM)Khemama (Unani) Amomum compactumRoscoe, W., Monandrian plants of the order Scitamineae (1854) Botanical name: Amomum krervanh (A. kravanh), A. compactum Parts used: Fruit Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent, Aromatic Classification: J. Aromatics that Resolve Dampness Uses: 1. Moves Qi, Strengthens…

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Electuary of Turbith (Zenon)

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Electuary of Turbith Tradition: Western Source / Author: Zenon of Athens (Omnia Quae extant in Latinum Sermonem Conversa, 1556) Herb Name TurbithAgaricSaffronMasticSquinanthRound Birthwort Latin Operculina turpethum Fomitopsis officinalis Crocus sativus Pistacia lentiscus Juncus odoratus Aristolchia spp. Amount 50 aur16 aur 6 aur ea. 8 aur ea. Preparation: Powder and form an Electuary with Honey Function:…

Taste of Medicines

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Tastes of Medicines Taste is a very important aspect of the way a Herb works, and helps greatly to suggest the activity of a given Medicine. Taste has been recognised as important in all Medicine Traditions. The primary Tastes with their general effects are as follows: Bitter: tends to be cool, to clear Heat and…

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