| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

Bai He Gu Jin Tang

Bybenadmin

Bai He Gu Jin Tang 百合固金汤Lily Bulb Decoction to Preserve Metal Tradition: TCM Source / Author: Writings for Prosperity of [Zhou] Shen-Zhai, 1573 Herb Name Sheng Di Huang (Rehmannia) Shu Di Huang (Rehmannia)Mai Men Dong (Ophiopogon) Bai He (Lily bulb) Chuan Bei Mu (Fritillaria)Xuan Shen (Scrophularia)Dang Gui (Chinese angelica)Bai Shao (White Peony) Gan Cao (Licorice)Jie…

| | | | |

Wine for Apoplexy

Bybenadmin

Wine for Apoplexy Tradition: Western Source / Author: Salmon Herb Name Rosemary flowersSage flowersLavender flowersJuniper Berries Latin Rosmarinus officinalis Salvia officinalis Lavendula officinalis Juniperus communis Amount 5 pugils ea. 2 oz. Preparation: Steep for 10 days in a sufficient quantity of Rhenish Wine, then strain. Function: Clears Cold and Damp, opens Obstructions, moves Qi and…

| | | |

Decoction for Vertigo (Culpeper)

Bybenadmin

Decoction for Vertigo Tradition: Western Source / Author: Culpeper Herb Name LavenderHorehoundFennel seedAsparagus rootCinnamon Latin Lavendula officinalis Marrubium vulgare Foeniculum vulgare Asparagus officinale Cinnamonum zeylanicum Amount 4 parts 2 parts ea. 1⁄2 part Preparation: Decoct Function: Settles Wind, calms the Nerves Use: 1. Vertigo2. Epilepsy3. other Wind diseases of the Head Dose: a cupful twice…

| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

Mercury Precious 18 Pill (Dngul chu rin chen bcho brgyad)

Bybenadmin

Dngul chu rin chen bcho brgyad  དངུལ་ཆུ་རིན་ཆེན་བཅོ་བརྒྱད་or Dngul btso bco brgyad  དངུལ་ བཙོ་ བཅོ་བརྒྱད་or Rin chen dngul chu bco brgyad  རིན་ཆེན་དངུལ་ཆུ་བཅོ་བརྒྱད་Mercury Precious 18 Pill Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: Herb Name Dngul chu btso thal (Mercury) **Seng ldeng khanda (Catechu)Cu Gang (Tabasheer)Gur Gum (Safflower) Li Shi (Clove)Dza ti (Nutmeg) Sug smel (Cardamon)Ka ko la (Amomum)Spos…

| | | | | | | | | | |

Sarasvata Churna

Bybenadmin

Sarasvata ChurnaPowder of Goddess Saravati Tradition: Ayurveda Source / Author: Bhaishajya Ratnavali Herb Name Kushta (Costus)Ashwagandha (Withania)Saindhava (Rock Salt)Ajamoda (Ajowan)Jiraka (Cumin)Krsna Jiraka (Nigella)Shunthi (Ginger)Marica (Black Pepper)Pippali (Long Pepper)Patha (Cissampelos root)ShankhapushpiVaca (Calamus) Latin Saussurea lappaWithania somniferumSodium chlorideTrachyspermum ammiCuminum cyminumNigella sativaZingiber officinalePiper nigrumPiper longumCissampelos pareiraConvolvulus pluricaulisAcorus calamus Amount equal parts Preparation: Powder, then grind with the juice…

| | | | |

Introduction to The Art of Distillation

Bybenadmin

Introduction to the Art of Distillation IntroductionDistillation was a major turning point in Pharmacy, and therefore, also in Medicine. Through Distillation, the Essence of a liquid or plant could be separated from the more dense or earthy aspect. This produced a medicine which is clear and won’t corrupt like a decoction would, for example. The…

| | | | | | | | |

Burnt Deer Horn

Bybenadmin

Burnt Deer Horn Burnt Harts HornSha ru (Tibetan) Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 A vendor selling whole and sliced Deer horn of various grades. (Chengdu, 2009) Zoological name: Cervus spp.A number of Deer species have been used, the main sources in TCM are:  1. C. nippon (Sika Deer)  2. C. elaphus…

| | | | | | | | |

Cimicifuga, Sheng Ma PRO

Bybenadmin

Cimicifuga, Sheng Ma, 升麻 Bugbane, Black CohochSheng Ma (TCM)Rgya rtsi རྒྱ་རྩི་ (Tibet) Cimicifuga heracleifolia(Photo by Aka) (Wikimedia) Cimicifuga Sheng Ma root (Adam 2023) Botanical name: Cimicifuga spp. (syn. Actaea spp.): C. foetida (syn Actaea foetida) Sheng Ma C. dahurica (syn Actaea dahurica) Xing An Sheng Ma C. heracleifolia (syn Actaea heracleifolia) Da San Ye Sheng…

| | | |

Confection of Cumin

Bybenadmin

Confection of Cumin Tradition: Unani Source / Author: Dispensatory of Ibn at Tilmid Herb Name Cumin prepared *RueBlack PepperGingerArmenian Borax Latin Cuminum cyminum Ruta graveolens Piper nigrum Zingiber officinalis Sodium borate Amount 30 drams ea. 10 drams * Cumin is prepared by being soaked in wine vinegar for 1 day, then dried and roasted Preparation:…

| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

Anagallis, Scarlet Pimpernel

Bybenadmin

Anagallis, Scarlet Pimpernel Bird’s Eye, Bird’s Tongue, Blue Pimpernel (‘Female’)Anaghalis (Unani)Liu Li Fan Lu, Hai Lu (TCM) Male (Left) and Female (Right)Herbarum Vivae Eicones, Otto Brunfels, 1530 Male (left) and Female (right)Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Icones Plantarum Medcio-oeconomico, Vietz, 1800 Botanical name: Anagallis arvensisTwo varieties are known, both used similarly:  1. ‘Male’ is red…

| | | | | | | | | | | | | |

Powder for Mental Weakness

Bybenadmin

Pulvis Mentis ImbecillatusPowder for Mental Weakness Tradition: Western Source / Author: Grulingus Herb Name AniseedFennel seedCoriander seed preparedRue seedFlorentine OrrisSageRosemaryThymeRoseCinnamonMaceCardamonPeony rootCubebWhite Sugar Latin Pimpinella anisum Foeniculum vulgare Coriandrum sativum Ruta graveolens Iris florentinaSalvia officinalis Rosmarinus officinalis Thymus vulgarisRosa gallica Cinnamonum zeylanicum Myristica fragrans Elettaria cardamomum Paeonia officinalisPiper cubebaSaccharum Amount 2 1⁄2 drams ea. 1⁄2 dram…

Lactuca, Lettuce

Bybenadmin

Lactuca, Lettuce Kahu (Wild Lettuce, Unani)Tukhm e Kahu (Lettuce seed, Unani) Materia Medicinale Andrea Valuassori, 1562 Left: Garden or Headed Lettuce; Right: Wild LettuceKreutterbuch, Matthiolus, 1586 LactucaKoehler’s Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887 Lactuca virosaAtlas der Officinellen Pflanzen, Berg & Schmidt, Leipzig, 1893 LACTUACARIUMSquibb’s Atlas of the Official Drugs, Mansfield, 1919 Botanical name: Lactuosa virosa (Wild Lettuce)Garden, Common,…

End of content

End of content