A useful way of Understanding Materia MedicaBy Adam Tate, 2014 In Ayurveda, there are three primary Humors (Dosas): Vata (Wind), Pitta (Bile) and Kapha (Phlegm). These three energies are found throughout the body in a delicate interplay that is responsible for life and growth. When disordered, they also cause disease. Thus, Ayurveda is a Humoral…
Armenian Earth, Red Earth, Chi Shi Zhi 赤石脂 Bole Armeniac, Armenian BoleBura Armani (Unani)Chi Shi Zhi (TCM, related Earth)Suvarnagairika (Ayurveda)Gairika is Red Ochre, used in Ayurveda. Hortus sanitatis, 1491 Red Earth (Adam, 2016) BUY RED EARTH Mineralogical name: Hydrated Aluminium Silicate with small amounts of iron oxide.Two main types can be recognised: Kaolinitum rubrum; Halloysitum…
Gastric Cancer Gastric Cancer is a Cancer forming in the lining of the Stomach. It is the 5th most common cancer in the developed world and is the most common Gastrointestinal Cancer. Initially there is often no symptoms. As the tumor progresses, Indigestion, Stomach discomfort and pain, bloating,. heartburn and nausea may appear. Feeling full…
Donkey-hide Gelatin, E Jiao 阿胶 Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Donkey Hide Gelatin (E Jiao) Zoological name: Equus asinus Parts used: Gelatin prepared from boiling ass or donkey skin Temperature & Taste: Neutral, Sweet Classification: N. Blood Tonic Uses: 1. Nourishes Blood:-paleness, dizziness, weakness, feels the cold-anemia with dizziness (Chinese Pharmacopoeia)-palpitations associated with Blood deficiency-Muscular…
Chicorium, Chicory Also called Succory, IntybusKasni (Unani) Medical Botany, Woodville, 1810 Icones Plantarum Medcio-oeconomico, Vietz, 1800 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Chicorium intybus Parts used: Root, Seed (of the Garden variety); Herb (of the Wild variety) Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. BitterOpening, attenuates, cleanses Classification: 2A APERIENT. 2F. PURIFYING. 2N. REPELLENT3B….
Bronze Bhasma Bell Metal BhasmaKansya Bhasma, Kasya Bhasma (Ayurveda)‘Khar thal (Tibetan) Minerological name: AereusBronze is a compound of Copper with 12% Tin. Sometimes small amounts of other metals are added.Bell Metal is similar to Bronze, but contains 20–25% Tin. In Ayurveda, Bell Metal is prepared with 8 parts of Copper and 2 parts of Tin….
Asparagus racemosa, Shatavari Indian AsparagusShatavari (Ayurveda)Satavar (Unani)Nye Shing ཉེ་ཤིང༌ (Tibetan) Figures of Indian Plants, Wight, 1853 Asparagus racemosusPhoto by S.K. Gawali Botanical name: Asparagus racemosusOthers used include A. sarmentosus, A. curillus, A. filicinus Parts used: Root Temperature & Taste: Cool, moist. Sweet Uses: 1. Nourishes Blood and Yin, Regulates Menstruation:-considered a special tonic medicine for…
The Treatment of Sterility from De Conceptu, 1587 De Conceptu, written in 1587 by Jacob Reuff is one of the earliest texts devoted exclusively to Obstetrics, while also dealing with some aspects of Gynecology. The section on Infertility provides differential diagnosis based on the Humors. In each case, as per Humoral Theory, medicines to prepare…
The Art of PhysickSection C. Of things Preternatural3a. Of Symptoms D. What is a Symptoms? C. The word Symptom, taken in a large sense, signifies whatever happens to a living Creature preternaturally. And so it is used generally for every preternatural Affection: But properly taken, a Symptom is defined, An Affection against Nature, which follows…
Marrubium, Horehound Prassium New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Two varieties of Marrubium traditionally usedHerbarum Vivae Eicones, Otto Brunfels, 1530 Koehler, F.E., Medizinal Pflanzen (1890) Botanical name: Marrubium vulgare Parts used: Herb Temperature & Taste: Cool (some said Warm), dry. Bitter, slightly Pungent Classifications: 2A APERIENT MEDICINES. 2K. RESOLVENT3G. EMMENAGOGUE. 3K. EXPECTORANT. 3L. ANTI-TUSSIVE4d. PECTORAL. 4f. SPLENETIC. …
Barberry & Tumeric Barberry clears Heat and Damp from the Liver and Gall Bladder, thereby settling irritation and inflammation. Tumeric likewise strongly inhibits inflammation, and also moves the Blood and Qi to help with chronic inflammation. Together they are effective for cases of obstruction of the Liver and Gall Bladder associated with Heat and Damp. …
Scrofula, Lymphatic Swellings, Goiter Scrofula and Goiter are classed as Phlegm-Masses in Traditional Medicine. The Phlegm may be associated with Cold or Heat. The former are usually softer, cold to touch with other general signs of Cold. Phlegm-Heat manifests with red, swollen, hot or painful swellings, red tongue with a greasy or thick coating and…
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