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Ren Shen Yang Rong Tang

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Ren Shen Yang Rong Tang   人参养荣汤Ginseng Nourishing Decoction Tradition: TCM Source / Author: Discussion of Illnesses, Patterns and Formulas Related to the Unification of the Three Etiologies (1174) Herb Name Ren Shen (Ginseng)Huang Qi (Astragalus)Bai Zhu (White Atractylodes) *Fu Ling (Poria)Shu Di Huang (Rehmannia) Dang Gui (Chinese Angelica)Bai Shao (White Peony) *Rou Gui (Cinnamon…

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Carthamus, Safflower, Hong Hua PRO

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Carthamus Flos, Safflower, Hong Hua 红花 Bastard or Wild Saffron; Cnicus, Crocus Saracenicus, CartamusKusumbha, Vahinshikha (Ayurveda)Qurtum, Asfar (Unani)Chendurakam (Siddha)Gur Gum གུར་གུམ་ (also used for Saffron)Rtsa Gur Gum རྩ་གུར་གུམ་ (Carthamus, Tibet)Hong Hua (TCM) Herbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Above: Safflower Left: dried whole Safflower flower (Adam, 2016, 2018) Botanical name: Carthamus tinctorius Parts…

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Lapis Lazuli

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Lapis Lazuli Lajward (Unani)Lazward (Arabic)Tian Qing Shi (TCM)Mu Men མུ་མེན་ (Tibetan) Hortus sanitatis, 1491 Ortus Sanitatis, Beck, 1517 Lapis Lazuli (Adam, 2017) Mineralogical Name:LazuriteMetamorphic rock chiefly consisting of Lazurite; silicate and sulphate of sodium and aluminium Parts used: Prepared stone (Washed; Burnt; or Bhasma) Temperature & Taste: Washed it is Cool, dry; Raw or Burnt…

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Chinese Ink, Jing Mo

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Beijing Ink, Jing Mo 京墨 Jing Mo (TCM) Traditional Ink Block (Photo from Cleveland Museum of Art) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Pinus spp.Ink made from the soot of burning pine wood, mixed with gum. Parts used: Ink Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent. Classification: Uses: 1. Stops Bleeding:–Nosebleeding-Vomiting Blood, Blood in the Stool-Postpartum Bleeding-Bleeding from Wounds,…

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Asplenium, Ceterach

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Asplenium, Ceterach SpleenwortSaquluqandrium (Unani) New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Left: Scolopendrum; Above: Scolopendrum verum, Arabian CeterachKrauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Botanical name: Asplenium ceterach (syn. Ceterach offcinarum, Hemidictyum ceterach) Parts used: Herb Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry“Hot in the First and Dry in the Second degree” (Avicenna) Uses: 1. Clears Damp, Promotes Urine:-urinary diseases; Edema-removes Kidneys and Bladder Stones…

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Syrup of Fumitory Lesser (Mesue)

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Syrupus Fumaria MinusSyrup of Fumitory Lesser Tradition: Western, Unani Source / Author: Mesue Herb Name Yellow MyrobalanVioletDodderWormwood Latin Terminalia chebula (yellow) Viola odorataCuscuta europeaArtemisia absinthum Amount 2 oz. 1 oz. ea. Preparation: Decoct in 7 lbs water to the third part. Then with clarified Fumitory juice and Sugar, of each 2 lbs., boil to a…

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Chalk

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Chalk CretaHajar al-labant (Unani)Fen Bi  粉笔 (TCM)Chu skyur rdo  ཆུ་སྐྱུར་ རྡོ་ (native calcium carbonate, Tibetan Medicine) Native Chalk(Photo by Alina Zienowicz Ala z’) (Wikimedia) Minerological name: Native Calcium carbonate Parts used: Prepared Chalk Temperature & Taste: Cold, dry. Sweet, Bitter. Avicenna said it was moderate (Neutral) in temperature. Classification: 2Z. CICATRIZING Uses: 1. Clears Stomach…

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Motherwort seed, Chong Wei Zi

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Leonurus semen, Motherwort seed, Chong Wei Zi 茺蔚子 Leonurus seedChong Wei Zi (TCM) L. sibiricusM. Blanco, Flora de Filipinas. (1875) Botanical name: Leonurus spp.  1. L. heterophyllus (syn. L. artemisia)  2. L. sibiricus  3. L. turkestanicus   4. L. rnacranthus Parts used: Seed Temperature & Taste: Cool, moist. Sweet Uses: 1. Moves the Blood, Regulate…

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Electuary of Pine Nuts (Looch de Pino) (Mesue)

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Looch de Pino Electuary of Pine Nuts Tradition: Western, Unani Source / Author: Mesue Herb Name Pine nuts prepared *Bitter AlmondSweet Almonds parchedHazelnut Gum ArabicTragacanthLicoriceStarchMaidenhairOrrisHoney of RosesButter White SugarDateClarified Honey Latin Nux PineaPrunus amygdalus amaraPrunus amygdalus dulcisCorylus avellanaAcacia arabicaAstragalus tragacanthGlycyrrhiza glabraAmylumAdiantum capillus-venerisIris germanicaMel RosataButurumSaccharum albaDiospyros lotusMel Amount 15 drams1 1⁄2. oz. 2 drams ea.1818 3⁄4…

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Vitis, Grape Vine FREE

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Vitis, Grape Vine VineDrakshadi (Raisins, Ayurveda)Pu Tao 葡萄 (TCM)Kishmish (Raisins, Unani)rgun brum  རྒུན་འབྲུམ (Raisins, Tibetan) Grapes                                                                                                          RaisinsOrtus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Grape Vine and WineMuseum Museorum, Valentini, 1704 Grapes (Adam, 2017) Light (‘Golden Sultanas’) and Dark (‘Purple Raisins’) dried fruit (Adam, 2017) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Vitis vinifera Parts used: Grapes,…

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Cedrela, Xiang Chun PRO

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Cedrela, Xiang Chun 香椿 Chinese MahogonyXiang Chun, Zhong Guo Yang Chun (TCM)Xiang Chun Zi (Fruit, TCM) Revue horticole, sér. 4 (1875) Cedrela sinensis (syn. Toona sinensis)(Photo by KATHERINE WAGNER-REISS) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Cedrela sinensis (syn. Toona sinensis)The Indian C. toona (syn. C. ciliata–Indian Mahogony tree or Indian Red Cedar) is used similarly, especially for Dysentery…

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Cordial Syrup

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Syrupus Cardiacus Cordial Syrup Tradition: Western Source / Author: Herb Name Rhenish WineRose WaterGingerCloveCinnamonSugar Latin Vinum RheniAqua RosataZingiber officinalis Eugenia caryophyllus Cinnamonum zeylanicum Saccharum Amount 2 lbs.2 1⁄2 lbs. 2 scruples ea. 1⁄2 dram3 1⁄2 oz. Preparation: Boil it to a thick consistency (thickness of a Julep); traditionally it was aromatised by adding 3 grains…

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