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Nimbadi Churna

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Nimbadi ChurnaCompound Neem Powder Tradition: Ayurveda Source / Author: Bhaishajya Ratnavali Herb Name Nimba (Neem) setm barkGuduchi (Tinospora) Haritaki (Chebulic Myrobalan)Amalaki (Emblic Myrobalan)Bakuchi (Psoralea)Sunthi (Ginger)Vidanga (Embelia)Chakramarda (Cassia seed) Pippali (Long Pepper)YavaniVaca (Calamus)Sveta jiraka (Cumin)Katuka (Picrorhiza) Khadira (Acacia heart wood)Saindhava (Rock Salt) *Yava (Salt from Barley)Haridra (Turmeric) Daruharidra (Barberry stem) Musta (Cyperus)Devadaru (Cedar)Kushtha (Costus) Latin Azadirachta…

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Calcite, Han Shui Shi 寒水石

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Calcite, Han Shui Shi 寒水石 Han Shui Shi  (TCM)Cong Zhi  ཅོང་ཞི  (Tibetan) Calcite crystal(Photo by Slim Sepp) Mineralogical name: CalcitumCalcium carbonate Parts Used:Various types and sources of ‘Calcite’ have been used. Some are related stones, for example, Red Gypsum is used for Calcite in North China and Limestone varieties may be also used. Tibetan Medicine…

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Sa ra’i Garuda (Sa ra’i bya khyung)

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Sa ra’i bya khyung  ས་རཻ་བྱ་ཁྱུང་Or, A ru bcu bdun  ཨ་རུ་བཅུ་བདུན་Sa ra’i GarudaOr, Chebula 17 Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: Men Tsee Kang Herb Name A ru ra (Chebulic Myrobalan)Ru rta (Costus)Shu dag nag po (Calamus)Gla rtsi (Musk) Bong nga nag po (Aconite) **Mdog ldan (Hollyhock)Nya phyis (Mother of Pearl) ***Gu gul (Bdellium) ***Zhu mkhan (Sapphireberry)Tshos…

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Pills of Fumitory and Senna (Unani)

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Pills of Fumitory and Senna Tradition: Unani Source / Author: Pharmacopeia Persica, 1681 Herb Name Halela Zard (Yellow Myrobalan)Sana (Senna)Shahtara (Fumitory)Afsanteen (Wormwood) Latin Terminalia chebula (yellow) Cassia angustifoliaFumaria officinalisArtemisia absinthum Amount 6 drams 2 drams ea.1 1⁄2 drams Preparation: Powder and form into Pills. Function: Clears Heat and Toxin from the Blood Use: 1. Pruritus2….

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Centella, Pennywort FREE

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Centella, Pennywort, Ji Xue Cao 积雪草 Indian Pennywort, Gotu KolaBrahmi, Mandukaparni (Ayurveda)Ji Xue Cao (TCM) Kirtikar, Basu, Indian medicinal plants, Plates, 1918 Centella asiatica(Photo by Md. Siddiq Hasan) (Wikimedia) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Centella asiatica (syn. Hydrocotyle asciatica)The European C. vulgaris has been used similarly.In India, Brahmi also encompasses Bacopa…

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Actinolite, Amianthus, Yang Qi

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Actinolite, Amianthus, Yang Qi Shi 阳起石 Amianthus, a type of Actinolite (traditionally Alumen plumbosum)Yang Qi Shi (TCM)Rdo chu, Rdo rul, Rdo skyur (Tibet) Amianthus and Asbestos treated together inMuseum Museorum, Valentini, 1704 AmianthusA History of Fossils, Hill, 1751 Actinolite (Heath Canyon, California, USA)Photo by Rob Lavinsky, iRocks.com Mineralogical name: Green mineral of the amphibole group…

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Thymus, Thyme PRO

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Thymus, Thyme Serpyllum, Mother of Thyme Mother of Thyme: Serpillum, Quendel–Ajagandha (Ayurveda)–Hasha, Jangali Pudina (Unani) Herbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 ThymeOrtus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 SerpyllumOrtus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Thyme (Left), Mother of Thyme (Right)New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 ThymeKoehler’s Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887 Left: T. vulgars; Right: T. serpyllum (Atlas der Officinellen Pflanzen, Berg & Schmidt, Leipzig, 1893)…

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Cuminum, Cumin PRO

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Cuminum, Cumin Sweta Jiraka (Ayurveda)Cirakam (Siddha)Zeera Safaid (Unani)Zi ra dkar po  ཟི་ར་དཀར་པོ  (Tibetan) Della Materia Medicinale, Andrea Valuassori, 1562 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Botanical name: Cuminum cyminumFour Kinds were described in Unani: Farsi, or Persian Nabti, Nabathean Kirmani, Black Cumin Shami, or Syrian Parts used: Seed Temperature & Taste: Very Warm, dry. Pungent“Cumin is hot in…

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Pills of Rhubarb (Greater) (Pil. de Raved Sceni) (Mesue)

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Pilulae de Raved Sceni,or Pilulae de RhabarbaroPills of Rhubarb (Greater) Tradition: Western, Unani Source / Author: Mesue Herb Name Gum AmmoniacumSagapenBdelliumTurbith Yellow MyrobalanLaccaRhubarbMastic Indian SpikenardPoley MontaneAloeOpopanaxMezereon preparedGum Arabic Latin Dorema ammoniacumFerula persicaCommiphora mukulOperculina turpethumTerminalia chebula (yellow) Laccifer lacca Rheum palmatumPistacia lentiscusNardostachys jatamansiTeucrium polium Aloe spp.Commiphora guidottiiDaphne mezereumAcacia arabica Amount 10 drams ea.8 drams7 drams6 drams…

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Paeoniae suffruticosa, Tree Peony rootbark, Mu Dan Pi FREE

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Paeonia suffruticosa, Tree Peony, Mu Dan Pi 牡丹皮 Tree PeonyMu Dan Pi (TCM)Shing pad ma ser po  ཤིང་པད་མ་སེར་པོ་ (P. delavayi, Tibetan Medicine) Paeonia suffruticosaThe botanist’s repository [H.C. Andrews] 1806-1807 Paeonia suffruticosa(Photo by Cillas) (Wikimedia) Tree Peony root bark Mu Dan Pi (Adam, 2022) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Paeonia suffruticosa Parts…

Cypressus, Cypress tree

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Cypressus, Cypress tree Sarw (Unani) Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Kreutterbuch, Matthiolus, 1586 Duhamel du Monceau, Traité des arbres et arbustes, Nouvelle édition, 1806 Botanical name: Cupressus sempervirens Parts used: ‘Cypress Nuts’ (Fruit); Cypress Turpentine; Wood; rarely the leaves‘Its nuts are comparatively stronger than all parts of its leaves’ (Avicenna) Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent, Bitter“Hot…

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Pills of Azurite (Mesue)

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Pilulae de Lapide ArmeniusPills of Azurite Tradition: Western, Unani Source / Author: Mesue Herb Name Azurite prepared *Hiera Picra powder DodderPolypodyAgaric Scammony preparedCloveRock salt Latin AzuritumHiera PicraCuscuta europeaPolypodium vulgareFomitopsis officinalisConvovulus scammonia Eugenia caryophyllusSal Gem Amount 5 drams ea. 8 drams ea.3 1⁄2 drams ea.2 drams1 1⁄2 drams * Azurite is prepared by washing a number…

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