Plaster for Cancer Tradition: Western Source / Author: The Physicians of Myddvai, translated by John Pughe esq., 1861 Herb Name fresh Sage leavesSaltVinegar Latin Salvia officinalisSalAcetum Amount 9 leaves sufficient of each Preparation: Best well together Function: Clears Heat and Toxin, resolves Tumors Use: Cancer of the Lip, Mouth, Face Dose: apply topically Cautions: None…
Zhen Ren Yang Zang Tang 真人养脏汤True Man’s Decoction to Nourish the Organs Tradition: TCM Source / Author: Imperial Grace Formulary of the Tai Ping Era (Tai Ping Hui Min He Ji Ju Fang) Herb Name Ren Shen (Ginseng)Bai Zhu (Atractylodes)Rou Gui (Cinnamon)Rou Dou Kou (Nutmeg) *He Zi (Chebula)Ying Su Ke (Poppy capule) **Bai Shao (White…
Zhi byed bcu gcig ཞི་བྱེད་བཅུ་གཅིག། Pacific 11 Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: Herb Name Ma nu (Inula)Sga skya (Galangal)A ru ra (Chebula)Lcum rtsa (Rhubarb)Cong Zhi (Calcite) **Bul tog (impure Sodium carbonate) Star bu (Sea Buckthorn)Sbrul sha las snon byas paRgya tshwa (Sal ammoniac)Sdig srin (Crab shell)Ol mo se (Podophyllum) Latin Inula heleniumKaempferia galangaTerminalia chebulaRheum officinalisCalcitum…
A gar nyi shu ཨ་གར་ཉི་ཤུ་Er Shi Wei Chen Xiang (TCM) Aloeswood 20 Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author:Men Tsee Kang Herb Name A gar (Aloeswood) Dza ti (Nutmeg) Snying zho shaCu gang (Tabasheer) Spos dkar (Frankincense) Ru rta (Costus) A ru ra (Chebulic Myrobalan) Na ga ge sar (Silk Cotton tree) Tsan dan dmar po (Red…
Crotalaria, Sana Sunn HempSana (Seed, Ayurveda)Sanal (Siddha)Tukhm Sun (Unani) Crotalaria juncea(Curtis’s Botanical Magazine, 1800) Crotalaria juncea(Photo by A16898) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Crotalaria juncea Parts used: Primarily Seed; also the leaf and Root (TCM) Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Sour, Pungent, Bitter. Toxic Uses: 1. Warms the Stomach:-Indigestion, Loss of appetite 2. Clears Toxin from the…
Euphorbia thymifolia, Dudhi Asthma plant, Pill-bearing Spurge, Small EuphorbiaLesser variety (E. thymifolia):–Thyme-leaved Euphorbia–Dudhi, Chhoti Dudhi (Ayurveda)–Thar nu (Tibetan)–Sittrapaladi (Siddha)–Dudhi Khurd (Unani)–Shabram (Arabic)Greater variety (E. hirta, E. pilulifera):–Small Euphorbia–Badi Dudhi (Ayurveda)–Ammanptharisi (Siddha)–Dudhi Kalan (Unani)–Laban Maghrabi (Arabic)–Da Fei Yang Cao (TCM)E. prostrata:–Dagdhika (Ayurveda) Euphorbia thymifoliaK.R. Kirtikar, B.D. Basu, Indian medicinal plants, Plates, vol. 5: t. 847 (1918) Euphorbia…
Polipodium, Polypody Bisfayaj (Unani)Shui Long Gu, Duo Zu Jue Shu [lit. ‘Multi-Foot fern’=Polypodium] (TCM) Kurtzes Handtbuchlein, Ryff, 1599 New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Medical Botany, Woodville, Hooker, 1832 Flora von Deutschland, Kohler, 1886 Polypody root(Calcutta Unani College, Adam, 2019) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Polypodium vulgare (TCM, West); P. virginianum is also…
Cubeba, Cubeb Bi Cheng Qie (TCM)Kankola, Kokola, Kankola, Takkola, Kolaka (Ayurveda)Kabanchini, Kababah, Habb-ul-Uruus (Unani)Valmilaku (Siddha) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Medical Botany, Bohn, 1832 CUBEB1. Many fruits. 2. Large fruits. 3. Small fruits. 4. Seed in the pericarp. 5. Stems. Squibb’s Atlas of the Official Drugs, Mansfield, 1919 Botanical name: Piper cubeba (primary)Litsea cubeba Parts used:…
Powder for Diabetes Greater Tradition: Unani Source / Author: Herb Name Babul (Gum Arabic)Bura Armani (Armenian Earth)Gulnar (Pomegranate flowers)Sumaq (Sumac)Ballut (Acorn)Nishasta (Starch)Kateera (Gum Tragacanth)Tuhkm e Kahu (Lettuce seed)Tukhm e Khurfa (Purslane seed)Sandal Safaid (White Sandal) Latin Acacia arabicaTerra ArmeniusPunica granatumRhus parvifloraQuercus spp.AmylumAstragalus tragacanthLactuosa sativaPortulaceae oleraceaSantalum album Amount 5 drams ea. 3 drams ea.1 dram Preparation:…
Pills for Vertigo Tradition: Ayurveda Source / Author: Herb Name GingerLong PepperDill seedChebulic Myrobalan Latin Zingiber officinalisPiper longumAnethum graveolensTerminalia chebula Amount equal parts Preparation: Powder and mix with 1 1⁄2 times their weight of molasses and form pills of 2 grams each. Function: Settles Wind Use: 1. Vertigo2. Dizziness Dose: 1–2 pills twice daily with…
Pediatrics-Diseases of Children Pediatrics is a special branch of Medicine dealing with diseases of Infants and Children. In general, Children may be treated with the same medicines used to treat adults, with a proportionate reduction in dosage (click here for doses used for Children). Nevertheless, there are some special formula used specifically for children and…
Diahyssopus Electuary of Hyssop Tradition: Western, Unani Source / Author: Nicholas Herb Name HyssopOrrisThymeBlack PepperPennyroyalSavory RueCuminDate pulpTragacanthLicoriceRaisinsFennel seedGingerAniseedCarawayLovage seedSugar Latin Hyssopus officinaleIris germanicaThymus vulgarisPiper nigrumMentha pulegiumSatureja montanaRuta graveolensCuminum cyminumDiospyros lotusAstragalus tragacanthGlycyrrhiza glabraVitis viniferaFoeniculum vulgareZingiber officinalisPimpinella anisumCarum carviLevisticum officinaleSaccharum Amount 30 drams ea. 20 drams ea. 10 drams ea. 5 drams ea. sufficient Preparation: Powder the…
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