Cancer – Chemo & Radio Side Effects Chenotherapy and Radiotherapy, along with Surgery where applicable, remain the most common treatments for Cancer in Modern Medicine. All of these tactics can be viewed as “attacking” therapies, and yet little to nothing is done to support the body during the biggest battle of its life. Chemo- and…
Why Traditional Medicine is stronger than Modern Herbalism and Naturopathy By Adam Tate, 2012 To the Lay person, Traditional Medicine, Modern Herbal Medicine and Naturopathy may all be very similar. However, there are fundamental differences that make Traditional Medicine more effective and more holistic than its modern counterparts. 1. Philosophy vs Pseudo-science All traditional medicine…
Calcined Boar Feces, Gar nag གར་ནག ‘Black Camphor’Gar nag (Tibetan Medicine) Zoological name: Sus scrofa and related species Parts used: Carbonised Boar dung Temperature & Taste: Cold, dry. Pungent Uses: 1. Clears Heat, Resists Toxin:-Septic disorders-Infectious and Epidemic Fevers-Tumors from Bile-also regarded as an antidote to poison in the West 2. Promotes Digestion, Clears Heat…
Electuary to Clarify the Voice Tradition: Western Source / Author: Galen (Omnia Quae extant in Latinum Sermonem Conversa, 1556) Herb Name Cumin roastedMustardBlack PepperCalamintPellitoryCinnamon Latin Cuminum cyminumSinapis albaPiper nigrumCalamintha officinalisAnacyclus pyrethrumCinnamonum zeylanicum Amount 2 oz.15 drams ea. 1 oz. ea. Preparation: Powder and form an Electuary with Honey Function: Clears Wind-Cold, Resolves Phlegm, Benefits the…
Pyrethrum, Pellitory Spanish Camomile, Pellitory of Spain; BertramAaqarqarha, Ood al-qarh (Unani)Akarkara, Aakarakarabha (Ayurveda)Akirakaram (Siddha) Della Materia Medicinale Andrea Valuassori, 1562 Krauterbuch, Rihel, 1565 Left: Greater Pyrethrum; Right: Lesser PyrethrumKrauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Kreutterbuch, Matthiolus, 1586 Medical Botany, Stephenson & Churchill, 1836(Image by Rawpixel) (Wikimedia) 1, Broken surface showing radiate ridges. 2. Tuft of white fibers in…
Electuary for Sadness and Worry Tradition: Western Source / Author: Galen (Omnia Quae extant in Latinum Sermonem Conversa, 1556) Herb Name Basil seedBuglossMintLapis lazuli prepared *Pearl Crab washedWhite CoralArmenian EarthSilk burntGallia ** Indian SpikenardChebulic MyrobalanDodderCinnamonFrankincenseMastic ZedoaryDoronicumRed BehenWhite BehenIndian leafCardamonClove UsneaCastoreumLicoriceSaffronLettuce seedHenbane seedSquinanthMandrake root barkAloeswood PeonyRhubarbWild Rue seedNutmegPomegranate barkCarobAgnus CastusCoriander seedSilver filingsGold filingsCamphorRoseTabasheer ***Musk Latin Ocinum…
Punica Fructus, Pomegranate fruit Shi Liu Zi (TCM)Se bru སེ་འབྲུ (Tibetan)Dadima (Ayurveda)Anardana (Unani) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Kreutterbuch, Matthiolus, 1586 Pomegranate Fruit (Adam, 2019) Dried Pomegranate fruit as used inAyurveda and Tibetan Medicine (Adam, 2016) Botanical name: Punica granatum Parts used: Fruit; the dried, ripe fruit-seed are used in Tibetan Medicine and Ayurveda.Unani…
Heracleum candicans, Spru dkar སྤྲུ་དཀར་ Spru dkar (Tibet)Ruan Mao Du Huo (H. lanatum, TCM) Heracleum lanatumIllustrated Flors of the US, Canada, and the British Possessions, Britton & Brown, 1913 Heracleum lanatum(Photo by Dr. Alexey Yakovlev) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Heracleum candicans, H. nepalense, H. lanatum (Masterwort)H. lanatum and H. hemsleyanum are used as alternate sources of…
Lobelia Indian Tobacco, Pukeweed, Asthma Weed, Emetic rootDevanala (Ayurveda) Lobelia inflataAtlas der Officinellen Pflanzen, Berg & Schmidt, Leipzig, 1893 1. Channeled and winged stems. 2. Mass of leaves and stems. 3. Inflated calyx. 4. Three typesof leaves. 5. Raceme of flowers(Squibb’s Atlas of the Official Drugs,Mansfield, 1919) Botanical name: Lobelia inflata Parts used: Whole Herb; Dried aerial…
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Talisadya,or TalisadiPowder of Silver Fir Tradition: Ayurveda Source / Author: API (Sarngadharasamhita) Herb Name Talisa (Indian Silver Fir leaf)Marica (Black Pepper)Sunthi (Ginger)Pippali (Long Pepper)Vansha (Tabasheer)Ela (Cardamon)Tvak (Cinnamon)Sarkara (Sugar) Latin Abies webbianaPiper nigrumZingiber officinale Piper longumBambusa bambos Elettaria cardamomumCinnamomum zeylanicum Saccharum Amount 12 grams24 grams36 grams 48 grams60 grams 6 grams ea.384 grams Preparation: Powder Function:…
Pad rag mdog ldan པད་རག་མདོག་ལྡན་Possessor of Ruby Color Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: Herb Name Ha lo dmar po (Althea)Gur gum (Safflower)Sug smel (Cardamon)Skyu ru (Emblic) Zhu mkhan (Symplocos leaf)Rgya tshos (Lacca)Btsod (Madder)Shug tsher (Juniper) Brag zhun (Shilajit)Mkhal zho dkar po (Erythrina) *Skyer pa dkar po (Barberry)Gze ma (Tribulus) **Dom mkhris (Bear Bile) *** Latin…
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