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Fu Zi Li Zhong Wan

Fu Zi Li Zhong Wan 附子理中丸 Aconite Regulate the Middle Pill Tradition: TCM Source / Author: Formulary of the Pharmacy Service for Benefitting the People in the Taiping Era (1107) Herb Name Gan Jiang (dried Ginger)Ren Shen (Ginseng)Bai Zhu (White Atractylodes) Zhi Fu Zi (Processed Aconite)Zhi Gan Cao (Fried Licorice) Latin Zingiber officinalePanax ginsengAtractylodes macrocephala…

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Lycopodium, Clubmoss, Shen Jin Cao PRO

Lycopodium, Clubmoss, Shen Jin Cao 伸筋草 Clubmoss, Stag Horn, Wolf Claw, Snake Moss, Vegetable SulphurMuscus terrestris, Muscus clavatus, Plicaria (old names)Shen Jin Cao “Stretch Tendon Herb” (TCM) Lycopodium clavatumEicones plantarum seu stirpium, Jacobus Theodorus, 1590 Lycopodium clavatumF.E. Koehler, Medizinal Pflanzen, vol. 1 (1887) Lycodium spores under magnificationSquibb’s Atlas of the Official Drugs, Mansfield, 1919 Botanical…

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Er Xian Tang

Er Xian Tang 二仙汤Two Immortals Decoction Tradition: TCM Source / Author: Herb Name Xian Mao (Curculigo)Yin Yang Huo (Epimedium)Ba Ji Tian (Morinda)Dang Gui (Chinese Angelica)Huang Bai (Phellodendron)Zhi Mu (Anemarrhena) Latin Curculigo orchioidesEpimedium sagittatumMorinda officinalisAngelica sinensisPhellodendron chinenseAnemarrhena asphodeloides Amount 6–15 grams9–15 grams6–9 grams6–12 grams4–9 grams4–9 grams Preparation: Prepare a standard decoction.Also used as Pills or Powder….

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Powder of China root (Chobchini Churna) (Ayurveda)

Chobchini ChurnaPowder of China root Tradition: Ayurveda Source / Author: Herb Name Chobchini (China root)Pippali (Long Pepper)Pippali Mula (Long Pepper root) Maricha (Black Pepper)Shunthi (Ginger)Tvaka (Cinnamon)Lavanga (Clove)Akarakarabha (Pyrethrum) Parsikayavani (Henbane)Vidanga (Embelia)Sugar Latin Smilax chinaPiper longumPiper longumPiper nigrumZingiber officinaleCinnamomum verumSyzygium aromaticumAnacyclus pyrethrumHyoscyamus nigerEmbelia ribesSaccharum Amount 6 oz. 180 grains each2 oz. Preparation: Powder Function: Clears Heat…

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Syrup of Betony (Bononiense)

Syrup of Betony Tradition: Western Source / Author: Antidotarium Bononiense, 1641 Herb Name BetonyRueCelandineStrawberry leafEyebrightLovagePennyroyalChamedrysRosemaryOregano Bay leafSageHyssopLicoriceMadderCloveAniseedDill seedAmmiParsley seedLettuce seedBorage flowersRose Latin Betonica officinalisRuta graveolensChelidonium majusFragaria spp.Euphrasia officinalisLevisticum officinaleMentha pulegiumTeucrinum chamaedrysRosmarinus officinalisOreganum vulgareLaurus nobilis Salvia officinalisHyssopus officinaleGlycyrrhiza glabraRubia tinctorumEugenia caryophyllusPimpinella anisumAnethum graveolensAmmi majusPetroselinum crispumLactuosa sativaBorago officinalisRosa gallica Amount 1 handful 1⁄2 handful ea. 1 1⁄2…

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Ulva, Sea Lungwort PRO

Ulva, Sea Lungwort Oyster Green, Green Laver, Iceland Sea-Grass, Lichen MarinusShi Chuan (Lettuce-leaf Ulva, TCM) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 The Herbal Or General Historie of Plantes, Gerard, 1597 Botanical name: Ulva spp.  1. U. latissima, Sea Lungwort  2. U. lactuca, Lettuce-leaf Ulva  3. U. conglobata and U. pertusa are also used similarly in TCM. Parts…

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Malva, Mallow, Dong Kui Zi PRO

Malva Semen, Mallow seed Tukhm e Khubbazi (M. sylvestris, Unani) Malva Moschata, Musk Mallow, Dong Kui Zi 冬葵子 Dong Kui Zi (TCM)Lcam pa  ལྕམ་པ  (Tibetan) Gart der Gesundheit, Cuba, 1485 New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Malva sylvestrisKoehler’s Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887 Left: Musk Mallow   Right: Low MallowFlora von Deutschland (21), Kohler, 1885 Musk Mallow Seed (Dong Kui…

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Sambucus Flos, Elder flower FREE

Sambucus Flos, Elder Flower Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Della Materia Medicinale, Andrea Valuassori, 1562 ‘Common’ and ‘Jagged’ ElderParkinson, Theatrum Botanicum, 1640 Koehler’s Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Sambucus nigra Parts used: Flower Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Pungent, Sweet Classifications: 2B ATTENUATERS.    2F. PURIFYING.    2J. RAREFYING.    2L….

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Si Wu Xiao Feng Yin

Si Wi Xiao Feng Yin  四物消風飲Four Substances Eliminate Wind Decoction Tradition: TCM Source / Author: Golden Mirror of the Medical Tradition (Yi Zong Jin Jian) Herb Name Sheng Di Huang (Rehmannia)Dang Gui (Chinese Angelica)Jing Jie (Schizonepeta)Fang Feng (Saposhnikovia)Chi Shao Yao (Red Peony)Chuan Xiong (Sichuan Lovage)Bai Xian Pi (White Dittany)Chan Tui (Cicada Slough)Bo He (Mint)Du Huo…

Albizia cortex, He Huan Pi PRO

Albizia Cortex, He Huan Pi 合欢皮 Silk Tree barkHe Huan Pi (TCM)Siras (Unani)Shirisha (Ayurveda) Albizia julibrissin (as A. rosea)Revue horticole, serié 4, vol. 42: (1870) Albizia lebbeckM. Blanco, Flora de Filipinas., (1875) Botanical name: Albizia spp.Three species can be noted: Albizia julibrissin (Syn: A. nemu, A. rosea, Mimosa julibrissin, M. speciosa, Feuilleea julibrissin, Acacia julibrissin);…

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Omphalia, Lei Wan PRO

Omphalia, Lei Wan 雷丸 Lei Wan (TCM) Omphalia Lei Wan from the early 18th centuryChinese encyclopedia Gujin Tushu Jicheng (Wikimedia) Omphalia (Ben cao tu pu, 1644)(Welcome images) Botanical name: Omphalia lapidescensIt is a parasitic fungii growing on the roots of certain species of Bamboo. Parts used: Fruiting body, collected in Autumn, washed, and sun-dried. Temperature…

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Triphala Electuary to Purge Phlegm and Black Bile

Triphala Electuary to Purge Phlegm and Black Bile Tradition: Unani Source / Author: Dispensatory of Ibn at Tilmid Herb Name Chebulic MyrobalanBelleric MyrobalanEmblic MyrobalanBlack MyrobalanYellow MyrobalanTurpeth AniseDodder Latin Terminalia chebulaTerminalia bellericaEmblica officinalisTerminalia chebula (black)Terminalia chebula (yellow) Operculina turpethum Pimpinella anisumCuscuta europea Amount 36 grams ea. 30 grams6 grams15 grams * Note: amounts given are rounded…

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