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Sophora tonkinensis, Shan Dou Gen PRO

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Sophora tonkinensis, Shan Dou Gen 山豆根 Bushy SophoraShan Dou Gen (TCM) Sophora tonkinensis(Photo: 阿橋 HQ) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Sophora tonkinensis (syn. S. subprostrata), Sophora tonkinensis var. polyphylla Parts used: Root Temperature & Taste: Cold, dry. Bitter Classification: B. Clears Heat and Poison Uses: 1. Clears Heat, Resists Poison, Benefits the Throat:-Swollen, painful Sore Throat, Tonsillitis-taken…

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Powder for Evil Complexion of the Heart (Isaac)

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Powder for Evil Complexion of the Heart Tradition: Powder Source / Author: Isaac (Nicolai Magni, De Medicis Pulveribus, 1545) Herb Name Black MyrobalanChebulic MyrobalanEmblic MyrobalanBasil seed BoraxStoechasArmenian EarthAloeswoodCyperusCoriander seedAmberRed CoralGems *Silkworm Cocoon burntParsley seedPurslane seedGourd seed Latin Terminalia chebula (black variety) Terminalia chebulaEmblica officinalisOcinum basilicum BoracisLavendula stoechas Terra Armenius Aquillaria agallocha Cyperus rotundus Coriandrum sativum…

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Dang Gui Yin Zi

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Dang Gui Yin Zi  当归饮子Dang Gui Decoction Tradition: TCM Source / Author: Formulas to Aid the Living (1253) Herb Name Sheng Di Huang (Rehmannia) Dang Gui (Chinese angelica)Bai Shao (White Peony)Chuan Xiong (Sichuan Lovage) Ci Ji Li (Tribulus) Jing Jie (Schizonepeta)Fang Feng (Saposhnikovia)Huang Qi (Astragalus)He Shou Wu (Polygonum) *Gan Cao (Licorice) Latin Rehmannia glutinosaAngelica sinensisPaeonia…

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Pills of Dodder

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Pills of Dodder Tradition: Unani Source / Author: Herb Name DodderAgaricTurpethStoechasPolypody Latin Cuscuta europea Fomitopsis officinalis Operculina turpethum Lavendula stoechas Polypodium vulgare Amount 20 grams 10 grams ea. Preparation: Powder and form pills with clarified Fennel juice or Fennel water. Function: Cleanses the Brain, purges Melancholy Use: 1. Melancholy2. Mental Illness3. Psychosis Dose: 5–10 grams…

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Sinapi, Mustard PRO

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Sinapi, Mustard Khardal, Rai (Black Mustard, Unani)Safaid Sarson (White Mustard, Ayurveda)Yungs Dkar  ཡུངས་དཀར  (White Mustard, Tibetan) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Two varieties of MustardDella Materia Medicinale, Andrea Valuassori, 1562 Brassica nigraKohler’s Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887 Sinapsis alba(Photo by Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: There are 2 types of Mustard: Sinapsis alba (White, syn. Brassica alba)…

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Verbena, Vervain PRO

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Verbena, Vervain, Ma Bian Cao 马鞭草 Sacra Herba, Sideritis, Herba Sanguinalis, ColumbinaMa Bian Cao (TCM) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Male Vervain (left) and Female Vervain (above)Herbarum Vivae Eicones, Otto Brunfels, 1530 Flora von Deutschland (19), Kohler, 1884 Botanical name: Verbena officinalisSeveral different varieties are used including ‘Male’ and ‘Female’ Parts used:…

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Cynoglossum, Nad ma ‘byar ma PRO

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Cynoglossum, Nad ma ‘byar ma ནད་མ་འབྱར་མ་ Ceylon Hounds Tongue (C. zeylanicum), Small petaled Hounds Tongue (C. lanceolatum)Nad ma ‘byar ma (Tibet)Liu Li Cao (C. zeylanicum, TCM)Gou Shi Hua (C. amabile, TCM)Chitkari (Ayurveda) Cynoglossum lanceolatumJacquin, N.J. von, Plantarum rariorum horti caesarei Schoenbrunnensis descriptiones et icones (1804) Cynoglossum wallichiiLindley, J., Edwards’s Botanical Register (1841) Cynoglossum lanceolatum(Photo by…

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Electuary of Fruit Kernels (Rhazes)

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Electuarium de Nucleis Fructum Electuary of Fruit Kernels Tradition: Unani Source / Author: Rhases (Rhazes) Herb Name Sweet AlmondHazelnutIndia NutsPine nutPomegranate seedBlack PepperPistachio GingerLong PepperPeony seed Latin Prunus amygdalus dulcisCorylus avellanaCocos nuciferaNux Pinea Punica granatumPiper nigrumPistachio verumZingiber officinalisPiper longumPaeonia officinalis Amount 1 part ea. 1⁄3 part ea. Preparation: Powder and with Sugar form an Electuary….

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Calcite 9 (Cong zhi dgu pa)

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Cong zhi dgu pa  ཅོང་ཞི་དགུ་ དགུ་པ་Calcite 9 Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: Herb Name Cong zhi (Calcite)A ru ra (Chebula)Gur gum (Safflower)Shing tsha (Cinnamon)Sug smel (Cardamon)Se bru (Pomegranate)Pi pi ling (Long Pepper)Rgya tshva (Sal ammoniac)Sga skya (Galangal) Latin CalcitumTerminalia chebulaCarthamus tinctoriusCinnamonum zeylanicumElettaria cardamomumPunica granatumPiper longumAmmonium chlorideKaempferia galanga Amount 500 grams300 grams30 grams300 grams400 grams500 grams300…

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Fucus, Kelp, Kun Bu FREE

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Fucus, Kelp, Kun Bu 昆布 BladderwrackKun Bu (TCM) Fucus spp.Notes on Pharmacognosy, Otto Augustus Wall, 1902 Fucus nodosaEnglish Botany, Sowerby, 1799 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Fucus spp;F. vesiculosis, F. serratus, F. nodosus Parts used: Thallus (whole plant); Carbonised Plant Temperature & Taste: Cold, dry. Salty Classification: P. Clears Hot Phlegm…

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Eight Treasure Congee

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Eight Treasure Congee, Ba Bao Fan 八宝饭 MedicineTraditions is a subscription service for students and practitioners of Herbal and Traditional Medicine. A Unique Resource with the most comprehensive Materia Medica ever created, ‘s of Traditional Combinations and Formulas, Treatment of Disease, and ample Resources to help you become a Master.–SUBSCRIBE NOW– One of the famous…

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Nymphyae, Water Lilly FREE

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Nymphyae, Water Lilly Nilofar, Nasreen (Unani) New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 The Family Flora and Materia Medica Botanica, Good, 1847 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Nymphea alba. Related species have been used. Parts used: Mainly Root and Seed; also Flower and Leaf Temperature & Taste: Root and Seed: Cool,…

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