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Ling Jiao Gou Teng Tang

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Ling Jiao Gou Teng Tang 羚角钩藤汤 Antelope Horn and Uncaria Decoction Tradition: TCM Source / Author: Revised Popular Guide to the Discussion of Cold-induced Disorders (Qing era) Herb Name Ling Yang Jiao (Antelope)Gou Teng (Gambir)Sang Ye (Mulberry leaf)Ju Hua (Chrysanthemum)Bai Shao (White Peony) Sheng Di Huang (Rehmannia)Chuan Bei Mu (Fritillaria) Zhu Ru (Bamboo shavings)Fu Shen…

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Frankincense 10 (Spos dkar bcu pa) (Tibetan Medicine)

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Spos dkar bcu pa  སྤོས་དཀར་བཅུ་པ།Shi Wei Ru Xiang San (TCM)Frankincense 10 Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: Herb Name A ru ra (Chebulic Myrobalan)Skyu ru ra (Emblic Myrobalan)Spos dkar (Frankincense)Sles tres (Tinospora) Ba ru ra (Belleric Myrobalan)Ru rta (Costus)Thal ka rdo rje (Cassia seed)So ma ra dza Ba sha ka (Malabar nut tree)Brag zhun (Shilajit) Latin…

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Portulaca, Purslane FREE

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Portulaca, Purslane, Ma Chi Xian 马齿苋 Kulfa (Ayurveda)Kharfah, Kulfa (Unani)Ma Chi Xian (TCM) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Thomé, Flora von Deutschland Österreich und der Schweiz, 1885 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Portulaca oleraceaTwo types were differentiated: Garden with Broad leaves (best); Wild with Narrow leaves Parts used:…

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Arctium, Burdock PRO

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Arctium Radix, Burdock Root Bardana, Lappa Major, PersonataNiu Bang Gen (TCM)Byi bzung  བྱི་བཟུང་ (Tibetan Medicine) Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Kurtzes Handtbuchlein, Ryff, 1599 Medicinal Plants, Millspaugh, 1892 ARCTIUM LAPPA1, Crown with tuft of white hairs. 2. Longitudinal section showing the white pith and the incurved edges of the cortex. 3, Small curved root. 4,…

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Ferula sumbul, Musk root

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Ferula sumbul, Musk root Sumbul, SambalaRishah-i-kalafs (Unani) Sumbuluttib (Arabic) Curtis, W., Curtis’s botanical magazine (1800-1948) Squibb’s Atlas of the Official Drugs, Mansfield, 1919 Sumbul rootNotes on Pharmacognosy, Otto Augustus Wall, 1902 Botanical name: Ferula sumbul (syn. F. moschata) Parts used: Root and Rhizome Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent, Bitter. Has a Musk-like odor Constituents:…

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Cleome, Ajagandha PRO

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Cleome, Ajagandha Caravella; Spiderflower; Wild Mustard (Yellow-flowered)Tilaparni (White-flowered)Ajagandha (Yellow-flowered)Arkapushpi (Blue-flowered)Hurhur; Panwar (Yellow-flowered) (Unani)Kadugu, Nalvelai (Siddha)Bai Hua Cai Zi (TCM, Seed) White-flowered (C. gynandra)Curtis’s Botanical Magazine, vol. 40 (1814) Yellow-flowered (Cleome viscosa)J. Martyn , F. Panzer, Abbildung und Beschreibung sellener Gewaechse neu übersetzt,systematisch bearbeitet und mit Anmerkungen begleitet von D. Georg Wolffgang Franz Panzer (1797)(From the…

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Polygala, Yuan Zhi PRO

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Polygala, Yuan Zhi 远志 Chinese Senega, Thinleaf MilkwortYuan Zhi (TCM)Byi ‘u srad ma  བྱི་འུ་ སྲད་མ་ (Herb, Tibetan Medicine) Colla., Icones plantarum rariorum herbarium pedemontanum, (1835-1837) Polygala sibirica flower(Photo by Igorpysh) (Wikimedia Botanical name: Polygala spp. P. tenuifolia P. sibirica Parts used: Root. Classically, the root and leaf were often both used. (Ming Yi Bie Lu)…

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E Jiao Ji Zi Huang Tang

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E Jiao Ji Zi Huang Tang  阿胶鸡子黃汤Ass-Hide Gelation and Egg Decoction Tradition: TCM Source / Author: Revised Popular Guide to the Discussion of Cold-induced Disorders (Chong Ding Tong Su Shang Han Lun) Herb Name E Jiao (Ass hide gelatin)Ji Zi Huang (Egg Yolk)Sheng Di Huang (Rehmannia)Bai Shao (Chinese Peony)Zhi Gan Cao (fried Licorice)Gou Teng (Uncaria)Shi…

Toxic Medicines The Safe Use of Potent Medicines

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Toxic MedicinesThe Safe use of Potent Medicine IntroductionIn all Traditional Medicine systems, there are toxic and potentially Fatal medicines that are used from the Plant, Mineral and Animal Kingdoms. Despite the fact that many of these medicines are prohibited from use in modern western society, they continue to be used in many traditional cultures, especially…

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Ju Pi Tang

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Ju Pi Tang 橘皮汤Tangerine Peel Decoction Tradition: TCM Source / Author: Essentials from the Golden Cabinet (Jin Gui Yao Lue) Herb Name Chen Pi (Tanergine peel)Sheng Jiang (fresh Ginger) Latin Citrus reticulataZingiber officinalis Amount 9–12 grams9–18 grams Preparation: Prepare a standard decoction. Function: Warms the Stomach, Stops Vomiting Use: Epigastric and Abdominal pain which is…

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Hypericum, St. Johns Wort PRO

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Hypericum, St. John’s Wort Hiofariqun (Unani)Guan Ye Lian Qiao 贯叶连翘 (TCM) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Flora von Deutschland (21), Kohler, 1885 Botanical name: Hypericum perforatum (syn. H. officinalis)A number of local species have been used including H. humifusum Parts used: Herb Temperature & Taste: Cool (traditionally classed…

Exhilaratives

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Exhilaratives Exhilaratives are a class of medicine especially of the Arab physicians, although the original Laetificans (Latin for Happy or Cheerful), credited to Galen, shows the ancient Greeks were the first to use this class of medicine. However, Unani has a number of elegant compounds used as Exhilarants, often containing gems, and still uses such…

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