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Pills Against Barrenness (Turner)

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Pills Against Barrenness Tradition: Western Source / Author: De Morbis Foeminis, Turner, 1686 Herb Name Broom flowersCelery seedParsley seedCuminMugwortFeverfew AloeIndian SaltSaffron Latin Cytisus scopariusApium graveolensPetroselinum crispumCuminum cyminumArtemisia vulgarisTanacetum partheniumAloe spp. Sal IndiiCrocus sativus Amount 1⁄2 scruple ea.1⁄2 oz. 1⁄2 dram ea. Preparation: Powder, mix with warm Feverfew water 5 oz., and seal in a jar…

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Tincture for Tinnitus

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Tincture for Tinnitus Tradition: Western Source / Author: Wirtzung Herb Name MarjoramRueStoechasWild MintCamomileMelilot Latin Oreganum marjoranaRuta graveolensLavendula stoechasMentha arvensisMatricaria recutitaMelilotus officinalis Amount 1⁄2 handful ea. Preparation: Form a tincture in wine (or 20% alcohol) Function: Settles Wind, opens Obstructions Use: Tinnitus Dose: Dropped into the ears warm every night before sleep Cautions: None noted Modifications:…

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Powder of Crabs Claw (Countess of Kents Powder)

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Pulvis Comitissae Cantii, or, Pulvis e Chelis Cancrorum Compositus Powder of Crabs Claws Compound, The Countess of Kent’s Powder, or Gascoines Powder Tradition: Western Source / Author: Herb Name Crab EyesAmberPearlRed CoralDeer Horn preparedBlack tips of Crabs Claws Latin Lapis Cancri Succinum Margarita Corallum rubrum Cornu Cervii usta Cancri unguem Amount 1 oz. ea.5 oz….

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*Argemone mexicana, Mexican Poppy

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Argemone mexicana, Mexican Poppy Prickly Poppy, Yellow ThistleShialkanta, Swarnaksiri (Ayurveda)Satyanasi (Unani)Piramathandu (Siddha)Ji Ying Su (TCM) Millspaugh, C.F., American medicinal plants, vol. 1 (1892) Botanical name: Argemone mexicana Parts used: 1. Seed; Expressed Oil of the Seed2. Whole plant; Plant latex Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent, Bitter Constituents: Alkaloids:Seed: sanguinarine, dihydrosanguinarine Latex: berberine (0.74%), protopine…

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Manna

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Manna Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Fraxinus ornus (Flowering Ash)Medical Botany, Woodville, Hooker, Vol. 3, 1832 Atlas der Officinellen Pflanzen, Berg & Schmidt, Leipzig, 1893 Botanical name: Fraxinus ornus (Flowering Ash, Manna Ash) and F. rotundifoliaFraxinus excelsior and other species also supply some Manna Manna has been collected from several other plants, used synonymously: Persian or…

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Powder to Agglutinate the Lips of a Wound (Nicholas)

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Powder to Agglutinate the Lips of a Wound Tradition: Western Source / Author: Nicolas (Nicolai Magni, De Medicis Pulveribus, 1545) Herb Name Armenian EarthSealed EarthFrankincenseMasticSarcocollaMyrrh AloesTragacanthDragons BloodBarley mealBean meal Latin Terra ArmeniusTerra SigillataBoswellia sacraPistacia lentiscusAstragalus sarcocollaCommiphora molmolAloe spp. Astragalus tragacanthDaemonorops dracoHordeumFaba Amount 6 drams ea. 2 drams ea. 1⁄2 dram ea. Preparation: Powder Function: Astringent,…

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Antidote for Hip Pain and Arthritis (Nicholas)

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Antidotum ad Dolores Coxendicis & Arthriticos Antidote for Hip Pain and Arthritis Tradition: Western, Unani Source / Author: Nicholas Alexandrinus (Medici Graeci, 1541) Herb Name EuphorbiumCostusAgaricCastoreumGingerBlack PepperHoney Latin Euphorbium resinifera Saussurea lappa Fomitopsis officinalis Castoreum Zingiber officinalisPiper nigrumMel Amount 6 drams ea.sufficient Preparation: Powder, and mix with Honey to form an Electuary Function: Clears Cold…

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China root, Tu Fu Ling

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China root, Tu Fu Ling, 土茯苓 Tu Fu Ling (TCM)Thu pu ling  ཐུ་པུ་ལིང་ལིང་ (Tibetan)Chopachini (Ayurveda)Paranki Cakkai (Siddha)Chob Chini (Unani) A Complete History of Drugs, Pomet, London, 1748 Icones Plantarum Medcio-oeconomico, Vietz, 1800 Medical Botany, Woodville, 1810 CHINA ROOTNotes on Pharmacognosy, Otto Augustus Wall, 1902 Botanical name: Smilax glabraOthers used include S. ovalifolia, S. zeylanica, S….

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Coix, Job’s Tear, Yi Yi Ren PRO

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Coix, Job’s Tear, Yi Yi Ren 薏苡仁 Lachryma JobiYi Yi Ren (TCM) Rariorum Plantarum Historia, Clusius, 1601 Bonelli, Giorgio, Hortus Romanus juxta Systema Tournefortianum, 1783-1816 Coix Yi Yi Ren Botanical name: Coix lachryma;Coix lachryma-jobi and Coix lacryma-jobi var. ma-yuen are official in TCM. Parts used: Seed Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Sweet, Bland Classification: C….

Epsom Salts, Magnesium Sulphate

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Epsom Salts, Magnesium Sulphate Mineralogical name: Magnesium Sulphate Parts used: Salt Temperature & Taste: Cold, dry. Salty, Bitter Classifications: E. Laxative, Purgatives and Cathartics Uses: 1. Moves the Bowels, Clears Heat:-Constipation, Bowel Pain:-Dysentery and inflammatory conditions of the bowels; ‘specific in Bacillary Dysentery’ (Squires)-Edema with sluggish stomach and bowels.-Hypertension 2. Clears Swelling and Inflammation:-Rheumatic pain…

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Tinospora, Guduchi FREE

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Tinospora, Guduchi Guduchi (Ayurveda)Gilo (Unani)Zet al-Roomi, Zet al-Buta (Arabic)Sle Tres  སླེ་ཏྲེས  (Tibetan)Kuan Jin Teng (TCM) Tinospora cordifolia Tinospora cordifolia with fruit(Photo by Sanu N) (Wikimedia) Tinospora cordifolia stems as used in Tibetan Medicine.(Adam, 2016) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Tinospora cordifolia (syn. Menispermum cordifolium, Cocculus cordifolius)Related species used similarly include T. crispa,…

Chinese Glossary

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Glossary of Chinese Medicine Names Ai YeBa DouBa Ji TianBa Yue ZhaBai BuBai Dou KouBai Fu ZiBai GuoBai HeBai Hua SheBai Hua She She CaoBai JiBai Ji LiBai Jiang CaoBai Jie ZiBai LianBai Long Chuan Hua TouBai Mao GenBai Mao HuaBai Mu ErBai QianBai ShaoBai Tou WengBai Tou Weng YeBai WeiBai Xian PiBai ZhiBai ZhuBai…

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