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Cassia tora, Jue Ming Zi PRO

ByAdam Tate

Cassia tora, Jue Ming Zi 决明子 Cassia seed, Foetid Cassia seedJue Ming Zi (TCM)Chakramarda (Ayurveda)Thal ka rdo rje  ཐལ་ཀ་རྡོ་རྗེ (Tibetan) Blanco, M., Flora de Filipinas, 1875 Botanical name: Cassia tora; also used are C. obtusifolia, C. occidentalis, C. sophera Parts used: Seed Temperature & Taste: Cool, moist. Bitter, Sweet, Salty Classification: B1. Clear Strong Heart…

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Burnt Deer Horn

ByAdam Tate

Burnt Deer Horn Burnt Harts HornSha ru (Tibetan) Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 A vendor selling whole and sliced Deer horn of various grades. (Chengdu, 2009) Zoological name: Cervus spp.A number of Deer species have been used, the main sources in TCM are:  1. C. nippon (Sika Deer)  2. C. elaphus…

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Anagallis, Scarlet Pimpernel

ByAdam Tate

Anagallis, Scarlet Pimpernel Bird’s Eye, Bird’s Tongue, Blue Pimpernel (‘Female’)Anaghalis (Unani)Liu Li Fan Lu, Hai Lu (TCM) Male (Left) and Female (Right)Herbarum Vivae Eicones, Otto Brunfels, 1530 Male (left) and Female (right)Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Icones Plantarum Medcio-oeconomico, Vietz, 1800 Botanical name: Anagallis arvensisTwo varieties are known, both used similarly:  1. ‘Male’ is red…

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Eryngium, Sea Holly PRO

ByAdam Tate

Eryngium, Sea Holly Shaukah al-Yahud, Qirsana (Unani, Avicenna) Herbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Left: E. campestre.      Right: E. planumFlora von Deutschland (4), Kohler, 1884 Botanical name: Eryngium spp.Although E. maritimum is the principle species, several species are used: E,. maritimum (Sea Eryngo or Sea Holly) E. campestre (Common…

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Lagerstroemia, Zi Wei PRO

ByAdam Tate

Lagerstroemia, Crepe Myrtle, Zi Wei 紫薇 Crape MyrtleZi Wei (TCM)–Zi Wei Gen (Root)–Zi Wei Hua (Flower)–Zi Wei Ye (Leaf)Pavalak-Kurinji, Sinappu (Siddha) Lagerstroemia indicaWight, R., Illustrations of Indian botany (1840-1850) Crepe Myrtle flower(Photo by JardineriaOn) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Lagerstroemia indica Parts used: Root, Leaf, Flower Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Bitter Uses: ROOT & BARK:1. Clears…

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Corchorus, Huang Ma PRO

ByAdam Tate

Corchorus, Huang Ma 黄麻 Jute, Jew’s Mallow (C. olitorius)  Korkoros (Dioscorides)Chunchu, Chanchu; Kalasaka (C. capsularis) (Ayurveda)Huang Ma, Huang Ma Ye (leaf) (C. capsularis); Sha Ma (C. olitorius) (TCM)Chang Shuo Huang Ma (C. olitorius, TCM)Baqla, Mlokheyeh (C. olitorius) (Arabic) Corchorus olitoriusCurtis, W., Curtis’s botanical magazine (1800-1948) C. aestuans (syn. C. acutangulus)Blanco, M., Flora de Filipinas, ed….

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Sal Ammoniac, Ammonium Chloride, Nao Sha 硇砂

ByAdam Tate

Sal Ammoniac, Ammonium Chloride, Nao Sha 硇砂 Ammonium chloride, Muriate of AmmoniacNao Sha (TCM)Naushadur (Unani)Rgya tsha  རྒྱ་ཚ  (Tibetan) Ortus Sanitatis, 1491 Native Ammonium ChlorideExotic Mineralogy, Sowerby, 1811 Natural Sal Ammoniac crystalsPhoto by Rob Lavinsky iRocks.com Mineralogical Name: Ammonium chloride Parts used: purified Salt Temperature & Taste: Very Warm, dry. Salty, Pungent, Bitter Classifications: 2G. CLEANSING.   …

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Aristolochia, Birthwort PRO

ByAdam Tate

Aristolochia, Birthwort Zarawand Mudharij (Round Birthwort, Unani)Zarawand Taveel (Long Birthwort, Unani)Ba le ka (Tibetan) Round BirthwortHerbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 Long BirthwortHerbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 Round Birthwort.                                                            …

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Oreosolen, Rta lpags dkar po PRO

ByAdam Tate

Oreosolen, Rta lpags dkar po རྟ་ལྤགས་དཀར་པོ་ Rta lpags dkar po (Tibet) Oreosolen wattiiHooker, W.J., Hooker, J.D., Icones Plantarum [Hooker’s Icones plantarum] (1837-1922) Oreosolen wattii(Photo by Woudloper) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Oreosolen wattii (syn. O. unguiculatus) Parts used: Whole herb in flower Temperature & Taste: Neutral. Sweet Classification: Uses: 1. Settles Wind:-Wind (rLung) disorders 2. Clears Damp-Heat,…

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Tylophora, Anthrapachaka PRO

ByAdam Tate

Tylophora, Anthrapachaka Indian IpecacAnthrapachaka (Ayurveda)Kurinjan (Siddha)Wa Er Teng (TCM, related spcies) Tylophora indicaA hand-book to the flora of Ceylon (1895) (Wikimedia) Tylophora indica(Photo by Rison Thumboor) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Tylophora indica (syn. T. asthmatica)TCM uses the root of T. floribunda Parts used: Root; Leaf is emetic and used as a substitute for Ipecac Temperature &…

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Adenanthera, Rakta Kambal PRO

ByAdam Tate

Adenanthera, Rakta Kambal Red Wood, Coral Wood, Sandal Bead-treeRakta Kambal, Rakta Kanchana (Ayurveda); Kamboji (Seed, Ayurveda)Anai gundumani (Siddha)Hai Hong Dou (TCM, Seed) Adenanthera pavonina N.J. von Jacquin, Collectanea Austriaca, vol. 4 (1790) Botanical name: Adenanthera pavonina Parts used: Leaf, bark, seed Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Uses: 1. Clears Heat and Damp:-Bile diseases-skin diseases-Jaundice-heat-type Rheumatism…

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Tourmaline

ByAdam Tate

Tourmaline Schorl is the black varietyVaikranta (Sanskrit)Di Qi Shi (TCM) Photo: Rob Lavinsky, iRocks.com Minerological name: Tourmaline; Boron aluminosilicate Parts used: Prepared stoneThere are various colored Tourmaline but only black is used in medicine. Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Pungent, Bitter, Salty. Tourmaline is said to have all 6 tastes in Ayurveda. Properties: Crystal system:…

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