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Myrobalan, Chebula FREE

ByAdam Tate

Myrobalan, Chebula Haritaki (Ayurveda)He Zi 诃子 (TCM)Halela (Unani)A Ru Ra  ཨ་རུ་ར (Tibetan) Chebulic MyrobalanRoxburgh, W., Plants of the coast of Coromandel (1795-1819) Chebulic, Emblic, Belleric, Citrine (Yellow) and Indian (Black) MyrobalanA Complete History of Drugs, Pomet, London, 1748  1. Yellow (Citrine) Myrobalan 2. Black (Indian, Nigrum) Myroabalan 3. Chebulic Myrobalan 4. Emblic Myrobalan 5. Belleric Myrobalan Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Left…

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Dactylorhiza, Finger root FREE

ByAdam Tate

Dactylorhiza, Finger root Marsh Orchid, Spotted OrchidSalam Panja, Munjataka (Ayurveda)Dbang lag  དབང་ལག  (Tibetan)Hong Men Lan (China) A species of Dactylorhiza, listed as ‘Female Orchid’ and used as Salep.Herbarum Vivae Eicones, Otto Brunfels, 1530 Wild Finger root (Dactylorhiza hatagirea)(Photo by Manas Badge) Finger root, Chengdu Herbal Medicine Market (Adam, 2016) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO…

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Kochia, Di Fu Zi FREE

ByAdam Tate

Kochia, Di Fu Zi 地肤子 Broom CypressDi Fu Zi (TCM) Kochia scopariaCurtis’s Botanical Magazine, vol. 145 (1919) Kochia scoparia(Photo by Matt Lavin) (Wikimedia) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Kochia scoparia (syn. Bassia scoparia) Parts used: Fruit Temperature & Taste: Cold, dry. Bitter, Sweet Classification: C. Clear Damp, Promote Urine Uses: 1….

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Silybum, Mary’s Thistle FREE

ByAdam Tate

Silybum, Milk Thistle Mary’s Thistle, Carduus Mariae, Carduus lacteus New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Chaumeton, Flore médicale, 1829 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Silybum marianum (syn. Carduus marianus) Parts used: Seed; herb; rarely the root Temperature & Taste: Temperate, dry. Bittercuts, opens, gently binds Classification: B. Clear Heat and Toxin Uses: 1….

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Rosmarinus, Rosemary PRO

ByAdam Tate

Rosmarinus, Rosemary Ortus sanitatis, Cube, Johann von, 1501 New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Darstellung und Beschreibung Pharmacopoea Borussica, Berg, 1858 Botanical name: Rosmarinus officinalis Parts used: Herb in flower; Flower. Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent, Bitter Classifications: 2B ATTENUATER.     2C INCIDERS.     2G. CLEANSING.    2S. STRENGTHENING3C. ALEXIPHARMIC.    3D. CORDIALS & CARDIACS.    3E. DIURETIC.   …

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Phaseolus, Kidney Bean

ByAdam Tate

Phaseolus, Kidney bean French Bean New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Flora von Deutschland (24), Kohler, 1886 Botanical name: Phaseolus vulgaris Parts used: Seed (bean); Bean pods Temperature & Taste: Warm, moist. Sweet Classifications: Suppurative, AstringentNephritic, Spermatogenic, Alterative Uses: 1. Strengthens the Kidneys:–Culpeper said it is ‘As great a strengthener of the Kidneys as…

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Gynura, San Qi Cao

ByAdam Tate

Gynura, San Qi Cao 三七草 Canton San Qi, Canton Tu San QiSan Qi Cao, Ju Ye San Qi (TCM) Gynura japonicaSiebold, P.F. von, Zuccarini, J.G., Flora Japonica (1842-1870) Gynura pseudochina(Photo by Len Worthington) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Gynura japonica (syn. G. segetum, Porophyllum japonicum)Related species appear to be used similarly: G. pseudochina (syn. G. nudicaulis) appears…

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Tabasheer, Tian Zhu Huang PRO

ByAdam Tate

Tabasheer, Tian Zhu Huang 天竺黄 Bamboo Silica, Bamboo Manna, Bamboo Salt, Bamboo CamphorTian Zhu Huang (TCM)Vasalocana (Ayurveda)Cu Gan (Tibetan)Tabaashir (Unani)Bansalochan (Persian)Qasab (Arabic) Indiae Utriusque re Naturali et Medica, Pisonis, 1658 B. arundinacea (as Arundo bambos)Plantarum indigenarum et exoticarum Icones ad vivum coloratae, vol. 5 (1792) Two varieties of Tabasheer available on the market, Blue and…

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Entada scandens, Gla gor zho sha PRO

ByAdam Tate

Entada scandens, Gla gor zho sha གླ་གོར་ཞོ་ཤ Elephant Creeper, Matchbox Bean, Climbing EntadaGil (Ayurveda)Chillu (Siddha)Gla gor zho sha  གླ་གོར་ཞོ་ཤ  (Tibetan)Gai Teng Zi  盖藤子 (TCM) Entada scandensM.E. Descourtilz, Flore médicale des Antilles (1827) Entada scandens(Photo by J.M.Garg) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Entada scandens (syn. E. phaseoloides. E. pursaetha; Lens phaseoloides, Mimosa entada) Parts used: Seed, collected when ripe…

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Lemna, Duckweed, Fu Ping

ByAdam Tate

Lemna, Duckweed, Fu Ping 浮萍 Lens palustris, Lens lacustris, L. aquatica, Muscus palustrisFu Ping (TCM)Tuhlab (Unani) Gart der Gesundheit, Cuba, 1485 Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Kreutterbuch, Matthiolus, 1586 4 different varieties of Duckweed (Lemna)Lindman, Bilder ur Nordens Flora, vol. 2 (1922-1926) Botanical name: Lemna spp., including L. minorThere are a number of…

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Viola, Violet FREE

ByAdam Tate

Viola, Violet Banafsha (Unani)Zi Hua Di Ding  紫花地丁 (TCM)Sngo Rta Rmig  སྔོ་ རྟ་རྨིག་ (Tibet) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Kurtzes Handtbuchlein, Ryff, 1599 Plantæ Utiliores, Burnett & Burnett, 1842 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Viola odorata Parts used: Leaf, Flower; rarely the Seed or Root Temperature & Taste:…

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Cardamine, Chu rug PRO

ByAdam Tate

Cardamine, Chu rug ཆུ་རུག་ Ladies Smock, Cuckoo flower, Sinapis alteraChu rug (Tibet) Cardamine macrophylla (as Sinapis altera)Colonna, F., Phytobasanos, sive plantarum aliquot historia (1592) Cardamine macrophylla(Photo by Oleg Kosterin) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Cardamine macrophyllaThere are several varieties of Chu rug in Tibetan Medicine: Chu rug: Cardamine macrophylla Chu rug sbal lag: Ranunculus tricuspis Cardamine pratensis…

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