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Eugenia, Clove, Ding Xiang FREE

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Eugenia, Clove, Ding Xiang 丁香 Caryophyllatus aromaticusAnthophyllum: Mother Cloves: Mature ClovesLavanga (Ayurveda)Kirambu (Siddha)Ding Xiang (TCM); Mother Clove is Mu Ding Xiang (literally “Mother Clove”)Li Shi  ལི་ཤི  (Tibetan)Qaranful (Unani) Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Medical Botany, Woodville, Hooker, Vol. 3, 1832 Botanische wandplaten, 1904–1914 Anthophyllum or ‘Mother Clove’Notes on Pharmacognosy, Otto Augustus Wall, 1902 Above: Clove (Adam, 2016) 1,…

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Coral, Shan Hu PRO

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Coral, Shan Hu 珊瑚 Praval (Ayurveda)Marjun (Unani)Bassad, Besed, Bassath (Arabic)Shan Hu (TCM)Byu ru  བྱུ་རུ, Jumar (Tibetan) Hortus sanitatis, 1491 Gesner, De Rerum fossilium, 1565 Two main varieties of Red Coral used in medicine including Pipe Coral (top)A History of Plants, Hill, 1751 Red Coral necklaceKrauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Left: Red Coral; Center top: Coral Trunk; Center…

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Wu Pi San

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Wu Pi San 无披散Five Peel Powder Tradition: TCM Source / Author: Teasury Classic (Zhong Zang Jing) Herb Name Sang Bai Pi (Mulberry bark)Fu Ling Pi (Poria peel)Da Fu Pi (Betel shell)Chen Pi (Tangerine peel)Sheng Jiang Pi (fresh Ginger peel) Latin Morus albaPoria cocosAreca catechuCitrus reticulataZingiber officinalis Amount 15 grams ea.9 grams6 grams Preparation: Powder.It can…

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Electuary for Facial Paralysis

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Electuary for Facial Paralysis Tradition: Unani Source / Author: Dispensatory of Ibn at Tilmid Herb Name Zeera Safaid (Cumin)Kundur (Frankincense)Oont Katara (Globe Thistle)Filfil Safaid (White Pepper)Laung (Clove)Jaiphal (Nutmeg)Zafran (Saffron) Latin Cuminum cyminumBoswellia sacraEchinops spp.Piper alba Eugenia caryophyllusMyristica fragransCrocus sativus Amount 15 grams 4 grams 6 grams 3 gram 4 grams ea. * Note: amounts given…

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Tanacetum vulgare, Tansy PRO

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Tanacetum, Tansy Athanasia, Tanasia, Herba immortalis Herbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 Darstellung und Beschreibung Pharmacopoea Borussica, Berg, 1861 Botanical name: Tanacetum vulgare (syn. Chrysanthemum vulgare)Two types were known: the sweet, and that without scent; the Sweet was divided into the common yellow, curly leaved, small white, and that from the Alps; that without scent is also…

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Antidotum Epilepticus (Nicholas)

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Antidotum Epilepticus Tradition: Western, Unani Source / Author: Nicholas Alexandrinus (Medici Graeci, 1541) Herb Name Indian SpikenardSaffronGingerCassia WoodLong PepperGentian Selinum seed *OpiumWhite PepperAniseedHoney Latin Nardostachys jatamansiCrocus sativusZingiber officinalisCinnamonum cassiaPiper longum Gentiana luteaSelinum palustre *Papaver somniferumPiper nigrumPimpinella anisumMel Amount 27 dr., 3 scr. ea. 18 dr., 2 scr. ea. 9 dr., 1 scr. ea.sufficient * Listed…

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Eliminator of All Lung Imbalances (Khrugs glo bcu gsum)

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Khrugs glo bcu gsum  ཁྲུགས་ གློ་ བཅུ་གསུམ་Or, Khrugs glo kun sel  ཁྲུགས་ གློ་ ཀུན་ སེལ་Eliminator of All Lung Imbalances Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: Men Tsee Kang Herb Name A ru (Chebula)Ba ru (Belleric Myrobalan)Skyu ru (Emblic Myrobalan)Ma nu (Inula)Ru rta (Costus)Ba le kaCu gang (Tabasheer)Rgya tshos (Lacca)Btsod (Madder)‘Bri mogSro lo dkar po *Spang rtsi…

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Psoralea, Bu Gu Zhi FREE

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Psoralea, Bu Gu Zhi 补骨脂 ScurfpeaBakuchi, Bakuci, Somaraji (Ayurveda)Karpoogarisi (Siddha)Bu Gu Zhi (TCM)So ma ra ja  སོ་མ་ར་ཇ་ ; Ba gu ji  བ་གུ་ཇི་ (Tibet) Psoralea corylifoliaCurtis’s Botanical Magazine, 1803 Psoralea corylifolia(Photo by Biswarup Ganguly) (Wikimedia) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Psoralea corylifolia (syn. Cullen corylifolium) Parts used: Seed Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent,…

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Gui Zhi Fu Zi Tang

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Gui Zhi Fu Zi Tang 桂枝附子汤Cinnamon Twig and Aconite Decoction Tradition: TCM Source / Author: Discussion of Cold Induced Disorders (Shang Han Lun) C.220 Herb Name Gui Zhi (Cinnamon twig)Bai Shao (White Peony) Sheng Jiang (fresh Ginger)Da Zao (jujube fruit)Zhi Gan Cao (Fried Licorice) Zhi Fu Zi (Processed Aconite) Latin Cinnamomum cassiaPaeonia lactifloraZingiber officinaleZiziphus jujubaGlycyrrhiza…

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Styrax, Storax FREE

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Styrax, Storax, Su He Xiang 苏合香 Rosa MallasSu He Xiang (TCM)Salaras, Asl Labni (Unani) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Left: Styrax officinalis (ancient source); Center & Right: Liquidamber (modern source)Museum Museorum, Valentini, 1704 Styrax officinalisMedical Botany, Woodville, 1810 Liquidambar orientalis, the modern source of StoraxKöhler’s Medizinal-Pflanzen, 1897 Styrax officinalis(Photo by Davidbena) (Wikimedia) Liquidambar orientalis(Photo by Rohit…

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Tibetan Materia Medica

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Image from “Illustrations of Tibetan Materia Medica” from the Welcome Collection Tibetan Materia Medica The following is the primary Materia Medica used in Tibetan Medicine. As noted elsewhere, exact identity of some Tibetan herbs is confusing, partly because various plant sources are given for the same Tibetan medicine by different authors. In some cases they…

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Alchemilla, Lady’s Mantle FREE

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Alchemilla, Lady’s Mantle Gart der Gesundheit, Cuba, 1485 Alchemilla vulgaris, Lady’s MantleFlora von Deutschland (25), Kohler, 1886 Lady’s Mantle(Photo by Plenuska) (Wikimedia) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Alchemilla vulgarisA number of varieties were used including Lesser and Alpine Parts used: Herb (fresh is best); sometimes the root Temperature & Taste: Temperate…

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