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Emmenagogue Powder

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Emmenagogue Powder Tradition: Western Source / Author: Medicus Officiosus, Weinhart, 1724 Herb Name RhubarbPennyroyalWormwoodSavin Bay berriesMaceSaffron Latin Rheum palmatum Mentha pulegium Artemisia absinthum Juniperus sabina Laurus nobilis Myristica fragrans Crocus sativus Amount 2 drams 1 dram ea. 1⁄2 dram 1 scruple Preparation: Powder Function: Clears Heat, opens Obstructions, moves Blood and Qi Use: 1. Amenorrhea2….

2K. RESOLVENT

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2K. Resolvent Resolvitive, Diaphoretica, Discutientia, Discussives, Dissolvents Materia Medica in Arabic & Persian, Shirazy, 1793 Resolvent or Discussing medicines are those that break up, dissolve and disperse thick matter. They resolve Inflammations and Swellings, and are also used for Tumors. The Greeks called them Diaphoretica as they help the matter transpire through the skin (‘insensible…

Diseases of the Eyes

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Diseases of the Eyes Slacks Herbal, 1892 The Eyes are connected to the Liver in TCM, so many diseases of the Eyes are related to either Liver Heat / Bile Humor (acute), or deficiency of the Liver Yin (chronic). Western Tradition Eye Diseases in generalConfection for all Diseases of the EyesSyrup of Betony (Augustana)Syrup of…

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SolmsLaubachia, Sro lo smug po PRO

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Solms-Laubachia, Sro lo smug po སྲོ་ལོ་སྨུག་པོ Sro lo smug po (Tibetan) Solms-Laubachia eurycarpaC.J. Maximowicz, Historia naturalis itinerum N. M. Przewalskii per Asiam Centralem,vol. 1, Flora Tangutica, vol. 1  (1889) Solms-laubachia flabellata(Photo by yakovlev.alexey, edited) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Solms-Laubachia eurycarpa (syn. Solms-laubachia dolicocarpa, Solms-laubachia latifolia)In Tibetan Medicine it is one of the three Sro lo: Solms-Laubachia…

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Hordeum, Barley FREE

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Hordeum, Barley Jau, Jao (Unani)Tsampa (Tibetan Highland Barley)Dai Mai 大麦 (TCM) Della Materia Medicinale, Andrea Valuassori, 1562 Icones Plantarum Medcio-oeconomico, Vietz, 1800 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Hordeum vulgare Parts used: Seed (grain) Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Sweetcleanses, opens, digests, mollifies Classifications: 2E LENITIVE.   2G. CLEANSING.   2K. RESOLVENT.   2L. EMOLLIENT.  …

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Juniperus, Shug pa PRO

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Juniperus, Shug pa ཤུག་པ Himalayan JuniperShug pa (Tibetan) Cupressus torulosaDallimore, W., Bruce, A., A handbook of Coniferae, 1923 Juniperus recurva(Photo by MPF) (Wikimedia) Juniperus formosana(Photo by Daderot) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Juniperus spp.A number of species of Juniperus are used in Tibetan Medicine; the main types are: Shug pa  ཤུག་པ : J. recurva, J. sabina, J….

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Achillea, Yarrow FREE

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Achillea, Yarrow MillefoliumYang Shi Cao (TCM) ‘Greater’ (left) and ‘Lesser’ (right) YarrowDella Materia Medicinale, Valuassori, 1562 Koehler’s Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Achillea millefolium Parts used: Herb in flower Temperature & Taste: Cool (some said Warm), dry. Bitter Classification: 2O. ASTRINGENTS.   2P. HEMOSTATICS.   2T. GLUTINATE3A. SUDORIFICS & DIAPHORETICS…

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Sophora japonica, Huai Mi, Huai Jiao PRO

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Sophora japonica Flos, Huai Mi 槐米 Sophora japonica Fructus, Huai Jiao 槐角 Japanese Pagoda tree, Chinese Scholar treePagoda tree flower bud: Huai MiPagoda tree flower: Huai HuaPagoda tree fruit: Huai Jiao Sophora japonicaJaume Saint-Hilaire, J.H., Traité des arbres forestiers (1824) Sophora japonica flower(Photo by Penarc) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Sophora japonica (syn. Styphnolobium japonicum) Parts used:…

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Special Medicines Shilajit

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Special Medicines – Shilajit, Mumiya IntroductionA great deal of confusion surrounds the medicine that goes by the name ‘Mummy’. Mummy, used in medicine, applies to 2 distinct medicines: Mummified human flesh (traditionally from Egypt), and Mumiya (syn. Shilajit) a mineral-pitch, long used as a tonic in Persia and India. The word Mummy, as we have…

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Tabasheer 7 (Cu gang bde byed)

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Cu gang bde byed  ཅུ་གང་བདེ་བྱེད་Tabasheer 7 Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: Men Tsee Kang Herb Name Cu gang (Tabasheer)Gur gum (SafflowerLi shi (Clove)Ud pal (Meconopsis)Se bru (Pomegranate)Pi pi ling (Long Pepper)Shing tsha (Cinnamon) Latin Bambusae silicae Carthamus tinctorius Eugenia caryophyllus Meconopsis simplicifoliaPunica granatumPipier longum Cinnamomum zeylanicum Amount 50 grams15 grams4 grams20 grams15 grams15 grams15 grams…

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