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Catechu, Er Cha FREE

ByAdam Tate

Catechu, Er Cha 儿茶 Er Cha (TCM)Khi la wa ri (Tibetan)Khadira (Ayurveda) Acacia catechuBotanische wandplaten, 1904–1914 Acacia catechuAn Encyclopaedia of useful and ornamental Plants, Burnett, 1852 Uncaria Gambir (used as an alternate source in TCM)Atlas der Officinellen Pflanzen, Berg & Schmidt, Leipzig, 1893 Catechu (Adam, 2016) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name:…

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Wheat, Triticum

ByAdam Tate

Triticum, Wheat Xiao Mai  小麦 (Wheat) Fu Xiao Mai 浮小麦 (Light Wheat) (TCM)Gandum (Unani) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 WheatKöhler, F.E., Köhler’s Medizinal Pflanzen (1890) Botanical name: Triticum aestivum (syn. T. vulgare) Parts used: Seed (Grain)Two different products are used in TCM. Regular Wheat, and ‘Light’ Wheat, the latter floating when put in water and has…

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Carthamus, Safflower, Hong Hua PRO

ByAdam Tate

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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Chinese Ink, Jing Mo

ByAdam Tate

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

ByAdam Tate

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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Chalk

ByAdam Tate

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

ByAdam Tate

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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Vitis, Grape Vine FREE

ByAdam Tate

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

ByAdam Tate

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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Chicken Egg

ByAdam Tate

Chicken Egg Centrum Ovi: Egg Yolk.Cerebrum Arietis: Egg White.            Alumen Philosophorum: Lime of Egg Shells. Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Zoological name: Gallus domesticus Parts used: Whole Egg, Egg shell, ashes of Egg Shell, Egg Yolk, Egg White Temperature & Taste: “The eggs (as a whole) are moderate. The white and the yolk…

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Ferrous sulphate, Green Vitriol, Iron Sulphate

ByAdam Tate

Ferrous sulphate, Green Vitriol, Iron Sulphate Ferrum vitriolatum, Sulphas Protoxidii Ferri, Mars vitriolatus, Sal Chalybis, Sal Martis, Vitriolum viride, Vitrolum Martis, Vitrolum Ferri, Vitriolum Romanum, Vitriolum HungaricumLu Fan 綠礬 (Melanterite, TCM) VitriolHortus sanitatis, 1491 Native MelanteritePhoto: Rob Lavinsky (iRocks.com) Minerological name: Ferrum sulphate, Green VitriolMelanterite is the native form; it is a hydrated Iron Sulphate….

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Myrica, Bayberry PRO

ByAdam Tate

Myrica, Bayberry Myrica, Box Myrtle, Wax-Myrtle, Candleberry, WaxberryTuffah Alajaib, Ood al-Barg Tandol, Kaayaphal (Unani)Katphala (Ayurveda)Marudam (Siddha) The Family Flora and Materia Medica Botanica, Good, 1847 MYRICA ROOT-BARK1, Portion of the bark without the corky layer.  2. Piece of the corkylayer.  3, Cross-section of the bark.  4, A thick piece of the bark. Squibb’s Atlas of…

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