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Betonica, Betony PRO

ByAdam Tate

Betonica, Betony Chiron, Serratula Ortus Sanitatis, Cube, Johann von, 1501 Dioscorides Materia Medica, Ruellio, 1549 Kurtzes Handtbuchlein, Ryff, 1599 Medical Botany, Woodville, 1810 Botanical name: Betonica officinalis (syn. Stachys betonica, S. officinalis)It appears that local varieties were also used synonymously Parts used: Herb; flower Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Bitter, pungentdiscusses, attenuates, opens, cleanses Classification:…

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Laurus, Baytree FREE

ByAdam Tate

Laurus, Bay-tree Bay tree, Sweet Bay, Bay Laurel; Baccum Lauri (berry)Ghar, Hab-el-Ghar (Unani)Yue Gui Zi (Fruit) Yue Gui Ye (Leaf) TCM) LaurusOrtus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 LaurusDella Materia Medicinale, Andrea Valuassori, 1562 LaurusKrauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Laurus nobilisFlora von Deutschland (10), Kohler, 1882 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Laurus nobilisDioscorides described 2 varieties:…

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Picrorhiza, Hu Huang Lian FREE

ByAdam Tate

Picrorhiza, Hu Huang Lian 胡黄连 Hu Huang Lian (TCM)Katuki (Ayurveda)Kutki (Unani)Hong Len  ཧོང་ལེན  (Tibet) Picrorhiza kurroaRoyle, Illustrations of the botany and other branches of the naturalhistory of the Himalayan Mountains and of the flora of Cashmere, 1839 Picrorhiza kurroa(Photo by Kenraiz) (Wikimedia) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Picrorhiza spp. (sometimes spelled Picrorrhiza) …

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Fraxinus rhynchophylla, Qin Pi FREE

ByAdam Tate

Fraxinus rhynchophylla, Qin Pi 秦皮 Korean or Chinese Ash treeQin Pi (TCM)Stab seng  སྟབ་སེང༌ (Tibet) Fraxinus chinensisNakai, T., Trees and shrubs indigenous in Japan proper [Dai Nihon jumokushi] (1935-1951) Fraxinus rhynchophylla(Photo by 阿橋) (Wikimedia) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Fraxinus rhynchophylla (syn. F. chinensis)Other sources used include: F. bungeana, F. szaboana (syn….

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Talcum, Hua Shi

ByAdam Tate

Talcum, Hua Shi 滑石 Hua Shi (TCM)Talq (Unani)Ha shig ཧ་ཤིག  (Tibetan) Green TalcPhoto by Rob Lavinsky iRocks.com Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Minerological name: Hydrated Magnesium Silicate  Mg3 (Si4Oio) (0H)2 Parts used: The Lexicon of Alchemy says there was 4 species: white, yellow, black and red‘Greenish foliaceous Venice Talc’ was preferred for medicinal use…

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Myrobalan, Yellow PRO

ByAdam Tate

Myrobalan, Yellow Citrine MyrobalanHalela Zard (Unani)A ru gser mdog  ཨ་རུ་གསེར་མདོག་ (Tibetan) Chebulic, Emblic, Belleric, Citrine (Yellow) and Indian (Black) MyrobalanA Complete History of Drugs, Pomet, London, 1748 Yellow MyrobalanIcones Plantarum Medcio-oeconomico, Vietz, 1804  1. Yellow (Citrine) Myrobalan 2. Black (Indian, Nigrum) Myroabalan 3. Chebulic Myrobalan 4. Emblic Myrobalan 5. Belleric Myrobalan Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Left to Right: Yellow Myrobalan, Chebulic…

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Rubia, Madder, Qian Cao PRO

ByAdam Tate

Rubia, Madder, Qian Cao 茜草 Dyers MadderQian Cao (TCM)Manjistha (Ayurveda)Manjeeth, Manjesta, Favvah (Unani)Btsod  བཙོད  (Tibetan) Herbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Rubia tinctorumMedizinal-Pflanzen, Köhler, 1897 Madder root as used in Tibetan Medicine (Adam, 2016) Botanical name: Rubia spp.Two main species are used: R. tinctorum (Europe) R. cordifolia…

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Cynosbatus, Rose Hip FREE

ByAdam Tate

Cynosbatus, Rose Hip Cherokee Rose Hip, Jin Ying Zi 金樱子 CynosbatusCherokee Rose Hip, Jin Ying Zi  金樱子 (TCM)Se rgod  སེ་རྒོད   (Tibetan) Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 R. caninaFlora von Deutschland (25), Kohler, 1886 R. laevigata (Jin Ying Zi) used in TCMEdwards’s Botanical Register, vol. 23, 1922 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Rosa caninaA number…

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Hypericum, St. Johns Wort FREE

ByAdam Tate

Hypericum, St. John’s Wort Hiofariqun (Unani)Guan Ye Lian Qiao 贯叶连翘 (TCM) HypericumOrtus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 HypericumDioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 HypericumKrauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Hypericum perforatumFlora von Deutschland (21), Kohler, 1885 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Hypericum perforatum (syn. H. officinalis) Parts used: Herb in flower Temperature & Taste: Cool (traditionally classed…

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Satureia, Savory

ByAdam Tate

Satureia, Savory Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Kurtzes Handtbuchlein, Ryff, 1599 S. montanaSturm & Sturm, Deutschlands flora, 1845-1849 Botanical name: Satureja montana; S. hortensis (Summer Savory)Garden, Mountain, Cretic and Thyme-leaved varieties were known Parts used: Herb Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent Classifications: 2D ATTENUATERS OF CONGEALED BLOOD4a. CEPHALIC.    4i. UTERINE Uses: 1. Clears Damp, Moves…

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Sparrow Brain

ByAdam Tate

Sparrow Brain Maghz Sar Kanjishk (Sparrow brain, Unani)Maghz Sar Kanjishk Ner (Male sparrow brain, Unani)Que Nao 雀脑 (TCM) House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)Photo by Boothsift (Wikimedia) Sparrow ‘Brain’ as available on the Chinese market (with skull) Sparrow skullPhoto by Hirvenkürpa (Wikimedia) Zoological name: Passer domesticus is the Common European Sparrow. P. montanus is the Tree sparrow.P. rutilans…

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Phyllanthus amarus PRO

ByAdam Tate

Phyllanthus amarus, Bhuiamla Bhuiamla, Bhumyumalaki, Bahupatri, Bahuphala, Tamalaki (Ayurveda)Bhui Amala (Unani)Kellkay Nelli, Kizkaynelli Camulam (Siddha)Ye Xia Zhu (TCM) Phyllanthus amarusPhoto by Sailesh Botanical name: Phyllanthus amarus, P. fraternus, P. debilis, P. niruri (Thailand)Other local species are also used. Parts used: Leaf; root; or the whole plant in powder Temperature & Taste: Cold, dry. very Bitter…

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